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I'd also be using a stud finder and hanging straight from the centre of joists or studs where possible (good as you can just screw right in). You need a dual purpose one that locates electricity or water for obvious reasons too.
http://www.screwfix.com/p/fischer-self-drill-plasterboard-fixings-metal-35mm-pack-of-100/47347
I hang TVs on plasterboard using them in my house.
@TheCount no way I'd hang anything more than a couple of kg off those.
To get a TV on the wall in my old house (approx 10kg) I got a long drill bit, went through the plasterboard and into the breeze blocks behind.
Then hammered in and glued into place long 15mm dia dowels of wood into the holes, then screwed the fixings into the dowels using big fuck off premium wood screws. It was solid!
Upstairs where there were no blocks as it was a dividing wall between rooms I used these cavity plugs which are pretty good:
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Rawlplug-41-625-Interset-Cavity-Fixing-M4x40mm-Pack-6/p/215071
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Yeah, this is very true to the point the some are complete shit and cause more confusion than help. They have got better and as yours is a new build a decent one will work better. If you're confident you can locate the studs without a detector. Unless forced otherwise by window or door frames they are usually 16" apart - particularly in new builds to comply with energy saving insultation rules. Tapping the wall and listening for the most resonant centre points can tell you when you are approx 8" of one either side. Then if you use a small braddle (or silmilar) in a part on the wall that will be covered by a panel to locate your first one then you can effectively measure out the rest.
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