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The most important point about fitting kitchen wall units is to find secure fixing positions. This is not normally a problem with masonry walls, but with hollow or stud walls, ideally all fixings should go into the wooden studs. Alternatively you can take off the plasterboard behind the units and fix wooden noggings (horizontal supports) inside the wall between adjacent vertical studs. read more »

Hollow walls or stud walls are most commonly made from vertical wooden supports (studs) that are covered by sheets of plasterboard. Because there are gaps between the vertical supports, significant areas of the wall will be hollow when covered with plasterboard, so this wall type is often referred to as a hollow wall. Ideally, you should try and fix into the wooden supports, but, if this is not possible, there are fixing techniques to ensure that you can cope with the hollow part of the wall, and that is what is shown below. read more »

Masonry walls are most commonly concrete block (lightweight or dense), brick, natural stone and rubble, and many combinations of these categories. They all require the same fixings and technique. Use a cable, pipe and stud detector to help find safe positions to fix into. It is important to locate all these elements, all of which may be concealed within the wall surface you are working on. read more »