Wanting magnets to hold on trims

[Beau]

Hi all.

I'm doing some building work and wanting a discreet way of fixing some wooden trims. First job is boxing in a hot tank in a nice-ish utility room. The plan is building the box with painted ply and then covering the corners and fixings with a hardwood wooden trim. We may need access so detachable is a must. Ive heard of magnets being used for this purpose but there are so many size/strength magnets I have no idea where to start. I dont want to be having to prize them off with a crow bar nor having them fall off under their own weight. Anyone have any experience of doing things like this? Thanks

 

[fleyh]

If the force applied is a peel type, then any rare earth (neodymium) magnets could work, as long as they are rated for the weight you have in mind plus some extra.

However, if you’re thinking of attaching vertical panels without hard support at the bottom (i.e., subject to shear force), then magnets are not ideal for this application.

Personally, I wouldn’t use magnets, because a bump to one of these panels (especially if they are heavy) could dislodge it and cause it to fall on someone (e.g., a child or pet).

If you have a little space above the panel (so it could be slid up a couple of centimetres), have you considered using cabinet hangers? For example, like this one:
https://www.toolstation.com/flushmount-fitting/p60564

 

[Etaf]

i used door magnets for a bath trim/panel where I needed to get access to the back of bath to turn off the outside tap
and also some panelling for the main stopcock

they worked fine for 20years

I have alsoi used some PUSH in clips
and also the hangers drop in above and other hangers for a toilet back panel

https://www.toolstation.com/white-magnetic-catch/p49761

https://www.screwfix.com/p/hafele-k...Wf_TuUhg9pyz1xh0iXEaAvqWEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

various types of these
https://www.screwfix.com/p/button-f...ixing-set-charcoal-black-blue-30-pieces/101jc
https://www.screwfix.com/p/button-f...set-charcoal-black-lime-green-30-pieces/621jc

i got some of these type - not sure if screwfix/toolstation or amazon
https://www.diy.com/departments/afi...filiate&utm_content=&utm_term=1249479&irgwc=1

 

[duke]

Velcro tape? I have used the rare earth magnets before and they worked fine.

 

[HamsterJam]

Definitely try for a toolless access and make it obvious how to get in.
A few years back a friend’s wife came home to water pouring through the ceiling, some of which had already collapsed.
Although we were close at hand, it took while to find some tools to break open the enclosure around the hot water tank (which had been nailed together) before we could stem the flow.

 

[Spectric]

Try these, I have used for a similar job

https://www.first4magnets.com/cheap...ZFMVmP7N44dSMO2HaU3bc10B7dMbRS_Cgso9pzikgDNWi

another suggestion is button fix

https://www.button-fix.com/products

 

[Doug71]

I sometimes use these Tounge-Tite screws on mouldings that need to be removeable, the head is only about 3mm so not obvious if you can put them in strategic places.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/tongue-t...floorboard-screws-3-5mm-x-45mm-200-pack/85991

I still often just use brass straight slotted screws in a brass cup on some things that might need to come off again but much of my work is very traditional in style and this method fits in with it.

 

[Sideways]

A friend also used magnetic door catches to hold together 3 fabricated MDF sections he made to fully box in his boiler.
The house will be rented out in future so he asked me to remove and re fit it, without any instructions or demo, to test if his design was intuitive.
I was a little surprised by how well it worked. Those old style catches that show stripes of steel and magnet are made with a little play inside that helps the magnet connect with the plate.

 

[Beau]

Lots of good suggestion so thanks to you all. Not come across these button fixings before and might well be able to re-jig the plan to use them

 

[Jacob]

Hi all.

I'm doing some building work and wanting a discreet way of fixing some wooden trims. First job is boxing in a hot tank in a nice-ish utility room. The plan is building the box with painted ply and then covering the corners and fixings with a hardwood wooden trim. We may need access so detachable is a must. Ive heard of magnets being used for this purpose but there are so many size/strength magnets I have no idea where to start. I dont want to be having to prize them off with a crow bar nor having them fall off under their own weight. Anyone have any experience of doing things like this? Thanks

I did a meter cupboard with lift-off hinges and a magnetic catch. Attach trims to the panel, like a door?

 

[HOJ]

I use the button fix options quite regularly on projects, have a selection of their range, suprising how usefull they are.

BUT, they can be difficult to get off, and can need bit of good pull/lift

I have been fitting this Kitchen which has dummy draws all around the outside of the island (apart from the right hand drawer unit):



All fitted with these: Button type 2

And also just recently fitted a trim round a boiler with magnets: Boiler