Metal behind drywall. What to do?

[Anna.p]

Hello, I am building an interior wall in a three-year-old condominium from Ikano. In one of the walls that borders the bathroom with a lot of water pipes behind this wall, I can only drill through the drywall before hitting metal. There is no gap between the drywall and the metal, thus no room for drywall anchors. Unfortunately, I can't change the location of the partition wall. It could be some sheet metal to protect the water pipes or something else. Do you have any ideas on how to secure a metal stud in the drywall?

 

[prototypen]

Could be metal studs instead of wooden studs.

protte

 

[Anna.p]

Yes, it can be. Or a metal sheet. I saw a lot of water pipes (in the bathroom) attached to this wall and a metal sheet behind them. I'm wondering what I can do with my construction. Will my partition hold if one side is so weakly anchored? Gypsum weighs a lot, and I was planning to set up metal studs with cc600.

 

[GoC]

Glue the Regel to the wall with mounting adhesive.

 

[Anna.p]

Thank you! Does it work to glue a metal rail to gypsum? Is mounting adhesive the strongest option in that case?

 

[GoC]

Thank you! Does it work to glue a metal rail on plaster? Is assembly glue the strongest option in that case?

It's perfectly adequate. It's the ceiling and floor rule that takes up the loads. Against the existing wall, it's mostly to avoid any potential flexing, so there are no large forces there unless a sea battle is planned in the new room.

 

[Anna.p]

That will do fine. It's the rule on the ceiling and floor that absorbs the loads. Against the existing wall, it’s mostly to avoid any potential sway, so no major forces there unless planning for a brawl in the new room.

Thank you. I guess I’ll glue it then but I won’t dare to lean against the wall.

 

[GoC]

Thank you I guess I'll have to glue it then but I won't dare to lean against the wall

Just try it for the rule and you'll see. I would think you'd need to be at least the size of a sumo wrestler to affect that wall.

 

[blue.b]

If it is a BoKlok house, it may be that the toilet has come completely finished from the manufacturer, then it is basically a metal box they lift in with a crane and place where the toilet (room) is supposed to be.

Drill with a metal drill bit and mount with a suitable sheet metal screw; if you have opened the wall on the toilet side, you can put the screws in from that direction.

 

[GoC]

If it's a BoKlok house, it might be that the toilet has come completely ready-made from the manufacturer; in that case, it's basically a metal box they lift in with a crane and place where the toilet (room) is supposed to be.

Drill with a metal drill bit and mount with appropriate sheet metal screws; if you've opened the wall on the toilet side, you can insert the screws from that direction.

Completely unnecessary, a dab of glue will suffice. You wouldn't set braces out into a room from an interior wall to brace it several meters away from the nearest wall, which is akin to TS's question. A few beads of glue are enough so the wallpaper won't crack in the corner even if things get chaotic in the room.

 

[Anna.p]

If it is a BoKlok house, it might be that the toilet came entirely pre-assembled from the manufacturer, then it is essentially a metal box they lift in with a crane and place where the toilet (room) is supposed to be.

Drill with a steel drill and mount with a suitable sheet metal screw. If you have opened the wall on the toilet side, you can put the screws from that side.

I'm probably not brave enough to drill through the metal sheet since there are many pipes. There might be hidden ones too. In the bathroom, it looks like a metal box, hidden plumbing. The house is built by Ikano as mentioned, I don't know how they usually construct the bathrooms. I have also tried drilling above the metal box from the room's side, but it was metal there too.

 

[GoC]

I'm probably not going to dare to drill through the metal sheet because there are many pipes. There might be hidden ones as well. In the bathroom, it looks like a metal box, with concealed piping. As I said, the house is built by Ikano, I don't know how they usually construct the bathrooms. I also tried drilling above the metal box from the room's side but it was metal there too

Don't drill at all.
You have a beam in the ceiling and one on the floor that the metal studs stand in.
If you feel worried, place an extra vertical wall stud closest to the bathroom wall.

 

[Anna.p]

Do not drill at all.
You already have a track on the ceiling and one on the floor where the metal studs are placed.
If you're worried, install an extra vertical wall stud closest to the bathroom wall.

Yes, that's what I was thinking too, to install a stud 15 cm from the wall. The piece that was intended to be placed at the door opening.