Brackets for PVC wall panels 05/07/11/81/82: a hidden fixing

Every panelled wall has a decision behind it that nobody sees. The bracket for PVC wall panels 05/07/11/81/82 is that decision: the small fixing that holds the board to the wall and, as the listing puts it, stays completely hidden once mounted.

What is on the page

• Size: 4 x 3cm per bracket.
• Pack: 100 pieces.
• Panels named: PVC wall panels 05, 07, 11, 81 and 82.
• Described as fastening boards firmly and being concealed when the panel is up.
• No finish choice, because nothing shows.

A hundred to a pack is the detail worth pausing on. Fixings are the thing you run out of at nine o'clock on a Sunday, halfway up a wall, with the panels already cut. Buying them by the hundred is the cheap way to avoid stopping.

Why a bracket rather than screwing through the face

Driving a screw through the front of a decorative panel leaves a mark you then have to cover, and the covered mark is usually more obvious than the screw. A concealed bracket keeps the face of the board uninterrupted, which is the whole reason for choosing a panelled wall over a painted one. It also means a panel can be taken down without a row of filled holes being left behind.

What the listing does not tell you, and should decide your order

This is where honesty is more useful than enthusiasm. Four things are absent from the listing:

1. How many brackets a panel needs. No spacing is given, so you cannot work the quantity out from the page.
2. Whether screws or plugs are included. Nothing is listed, so assume you are buying brackets alone.
3. What wall types it suits. Masonry, plasterboard and battens all behave differently, and the listing does not distinguish them.
4. The material. It is described as expert-grade construction, which is not a material.

Ring the shop with your panel code and your wall type and get those four answers before ordering. On a fixing, the right quantity matters more than anything else on the page.

Ordering it with the panels it is listed for

The panel numbers on this bracket tell you which trims belong in the same basket. For the 81 and 82 boards those are the Wall Panel 81 Trim and the Wall Panel 82 Trim, both at 240cm. For the 05, 07 and 11 boards the metal option is the Aluminium End Strip at 300cm. The full range of edge parts is in Trims & Fittings, with the boards in Wall Panelling. Delivery is free within 50 miles of the Glasgow store, £50 beyond.

Get the quantity confirmed, then add the bracket pack to the same order as the panels. It is the one item on the list that stops the job if it runs short.