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Mounting Sheet Metal? Dan R 03-26-2008
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Posted by Dan R on March 26, 2008, 9:14 am
Hi, so I just moved into a new place (leased, not owned), and I have a
slight problem... the refridgerator isn't magnetic, and I have a lot
of magnetic spice containers that I was going to put there. So I
bought a piece of sheet metal that the magnets do stick to.

I want to mount it to the piece of wallboard on the side of the
refridgerator.

What's the best way to mount it? Just drill holes in the corners and
use some short drywall screws? or is there a better way?

Posted by ransley on March 26, 2008, 9:34 am
> Hi, so I just moved into a new place (leased, not owned), and I have a
> slight problem... =A0the refridgerator isn't magnetic, and I have a lot
> of magnetic spice containers that I was going to put there. =A0So I
> bought a piece of sheet metal that the magnets do stick to.
>
> I want to mount it to the piece of wallboard on the side of the
> refridgerator.
>
> What's the best way to mount it? =A0Just drill holes in the corners and
> use some short drywall screws? =A0or is there a better way?

I never saw a non metal fridge with wallboard. Dont drill unless you
know where all the freon and electric wires go, and you dont. Plus its
not your frige.

Posted by hallerb@aol.com on March 26, 2008, 9:48 am
>
> > Hi, so I just moved into a new place (leased, not owned), and I have a
> > slight problem... =EF=BF=BDthe refridgerator isn't magnetic, and I have =
a lot
> > of magnetic spice containers that I was going to put there. =EF=BF=BDSo =
I
> > bought a piece of sheet metal that the magnets do stick to.
>
> > I want to mount it to the piece of wallboard on the side of the
> > refridgerator.
>
> > What's the best way to mount it? =EF=BF=BDJust drill holes in the corner=
s and
> > use some short drywall screws? =EF=BF=BDor is there a better way?
>
> I never saw a non metal fridge with wallboard. Dont drill unless you
> know where all the freon and electric wires go, and you dont. Plus its
> not your frige.

double sided sticky tape.

dont drill etc its not your fridge!

Posted by Smitty Two on March 26, 2008, 10:15 am
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> >
> > > Hi, so I just moved into a new place (leased, not owned), and I have a
> > > slight problem... ?the refridgerator isn't magnetic, and I have a lot
> > > of magnetic spice containers that I was going to put there. ?So I
> > > bought a piece of sheet metal that the magnets do stick to.
> >
> > > I want to mount it to the piece of wallboard on the side of the
> > > refridgerator.
> >
> > > What's the best way to mount it? ?Just drill holes in the corners and
> > > use some short drywall screws? ?or is there a better way?
> >
> > I never saw a non metal fridge with wallboard. Dont drill unless you
> > know where all the freon and electric wires go, and you dont. Plus its
> > not your frige.
>
> double sided sticky tape.
>
> dont drill etc its not your fridge!

I'm guessing the OP meant wallboard "near" or "to" the side of the
refrigerator, not literally "on" the side. They don't make refrigerator
cabinets out of wallboard.

Posted by DerbyDad03 on March 26, 2008, 10:04 am
> Hi, so I just moved into a new place (leased, not owned), and I have a
> slight problem... =A0the refridgerator isn't magnetic, and I have a lot
> of magnetic spice containers that I was going to put there. =A0So I
> bought a piece of sheet metal that the magnets do stick to.
>
> I want to mount it to the piece of wallboard on the side of the
> refridgerator.
>
> What's the best way to mount it? =A0Just drill holes in the corners and
> use some short drywall screws? =A0or is there a better way?

When the OP said: "Just drill holes in the corners and use some short
drywall screws?" I doubt he meant he wanted to drill into the fridge!

I believe he was talking about attaching the metal to the wallboard.

For the metal to wallboard connection I'd consider a heavy duty spray
adhesive or even epoxy. You want a surface to surface bond, not
something like double sided tape which leave a gap between the metal
and wallboard (read: flexing)

For the wallboard to fridge connection consider 3M Command Picture
Hanging Strips - removable adhesive backed hook and loop fasteners.
Easily adjustable for alignment and no surface damage (according to
3M) when removed.

See a demo here:

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Command/home/us_en/products/pict=
ure_hangers/game

BTW...you might want to consider something different than "wallboard".
If you mean drywall, then you going to have a pretty ugly exposed
edge.


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