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Hi... Has anybody any advice about putting up a Lattice hangboard above a door, inside the house? I'm unsure how I know what materials will be behind the paint.

Thanks

Is the wall brick / breeze block or plasterboard? (tapping on it will tell you!)

Check toolststion/screw fix after knowing what you’re fixing it to - old houses internal walls are often brick. More modern ones are plasterboard often with wooden battens. 

From personal tribulations (rented houses, plasterboard and odd door frame sizes) a piece of 22mm thick plywood to hang from the top of the door frame and brace against the sides a la crusher - gives a board that’s a better height, generally firm and can be taken down with no damage to the frame. However, no one way fits all. 

My tips/2p worth are to have a think about how you’d rig a pulley system up as that really helps you load the same each time and means you can see gains a lot more easily too and it would be a good idea to put it somewhere more sociable/you spend a lot of time like Dave MacLeod suggests. I’ve found I just don’t use it otherwise. Sorry for the tangent. 

Roughly how old is your house and if older than 1990, have you or previous owners had any alterations done around the door frame?

If it's older than 1980 then it will probably have a small wooden lintel above the door frame holding up red brick so you will need plugs and screws. The screws will need to go into the brick by at least 40mm, just remember you have to drill through the plaster before hitting the brick

If it's newer than 1980 then it will be most likely breeze block which is much less dense. You will need to go with longer, thicker fixings and drill a tighter hole than red brick.

If it's plasterboard then I would recommend the metal spiral fixings and use a bit of silicone on the back of the hangboard to help stick it to the wall as plasterboard isn't very strong. No nails I wouldn't use as it will damage the plasterboard if you decide to remove it.

Good luck.

sitting the bottom of the board directly on top of the door frame gives extra strength , as forces will go down the door frame 

As others have said if it is a solid wall just use appropriate plugs and screws. 
 

For plasterboard mount the board on 12mm ply to spread the load across a greater area. Attach the ply first. If you can screw into the studwork that is ideal but if not use a grid of screws with suitable hollow wall fixings. Then just screw the board directly to the ply.

If it’s an old house with lath and plaster walls I’d think about a door mount rather than risk pulling the fixings through.

If it is a lath and plaster or plasterboard wall use a bit of 18mm ply to make a board above the door that screws into the studs then screw the board to that.  I'd be nervous about using anything thinner than 18mm ply and nervous about using plasterboard anchors (although they are supposed to be rated ~80Kg each).

Also works for brick.  Much easier than hoping the hangboard screw holes line up with structurally sound parts of the wall.

If you use a bigger ply board you can add hold above/below and adjust the height of your hangboard to suit.

Is you do end up straight into plasterboard I recommend gripit fixings, they are a bit pricier but are really solid.