Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation Re: false wall to hand TV off 2Feb 08, 2010 3:12 pm Kodiak Data Cabling onFaceBook Consult*, Design and Installation Data, TV, Home Theatre/ AV Cabling, Multi Room Audio, IP CCTV and Door Intercoms Ask for a Quote. *DIY DATA Cabling Is Ilegal Re: false wall to hang TV off 9Feb 11, 2010 8:40 am Hi Zeke. If you are going to mount the thing in the centre of that wall - where the centre is dominated by those 6 studs joined together (it looks like 6 from here), then it does still give you a lot of timber to screw into - timber that would take a lot, lot, lot more than 100kg of force to pull them through the plaster wall. If the gaps between this and the next single stud(s) is approaching 600mm then you will only have the centre group of studs to screw the back plate of the bracket into (as even if there was a bracket that had a back plate that was over 1200mm wide - and I don't think there is - I think it would be too unattractive to use anyway). Now, if you are planning on mounting a 60+" TV on a 'swing-arm' type bracket then (if it was me), given to opportunity to do it now I would actually consider putting in a couple of extra studs (not noggins, as they will then govern the exact height you can mount the TV) - one on either side of the centre group perhaps with a gap of about 300-350mm (depending on how wide the back plate will be), then you will have plenty to screw into with good dispersion. However, as long as you are using big hex screws (hex screws are better because you can torque them in with a spanner/socket instead of trying to do it with philips-head screws and stripping/ruining the drive slot in the head of the screw ... - and don't forget to pre-drill the holes all the way into the stud to avoid splitting the pine timber and making it a little easier to get the actual screws in...) and the TV is 55" or less then if you can get 6 screws into that middle group of studs (you can even drill a couple of extra holes in the metal back plate of the bracket and get a couple more hex screws sunk in...) it will still be more than strong enough to prevent the weight out at the end of the swing-arm from levering the bracket off the wall... Matt and I have mounted 50" plasmas on swing arm brackets before with the standard '2 screws in each of 2 seperate studs' method, with no issue or cause for concern. DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Ditto 3M Claw, expensive but best thing I've used to date. I put two of the 11kg ones in for a 12kg mirror on the wall, and its been great for 4 years now. 4 2142 I couldn't attached the photo for some reason. Here is the link to the photo https://pin.it/79jwdMp 1 3114 Get some long brass machine screws and bolt right through the gate and put brass acorn nuts and washers on the other side. It will never come off 1 9074 |