Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation 1 Mar 28, 2010 10:52 pm Hi I have been using this site for over a year and always find the information I need without having to post, but have some questions about this.. I'm in the process of having my house built with a supaloc steel frame and the gyprock is going up soon. I have a 50in plasma that I want to wall mount but the steel frame will not handle the load. Do I need to make a timber support attached to the frame supports? Has anyone done this that could help me how and give advice on materials etc ? Thank you Re: Wall mounting a plasma to a steel frame 2Mar 29, 2010 1:20 pm A pair of timber studs is enough to mount a 50" Plasma to, so perhaps enquire if they can put a pair into that wall - floor to ceiling of course - perhaps they can attach each to a steel stud side-by-side up against each other for the entire length (meaning timber and steel side-by-side for each instance). The timber will be enough to hold the bracket's screws (big hex-head ones, remember... and pre-drill them...), the force trying to pull the timber through the plaster is distributed along the length of the timber and the gravitational force is held by the timber sitting on the bottom of the wall frame/floor like normal studs - which will not be the case if these special studs are not sitting on the bottom (plus a little due to the friction of the bracket hard against the plaster)... Re: Wall mounting a plasma to a steel frame 3Mar 29, 2010 8:39 pm Thanks for the reply. I dont think i can go wall to ceiling only because of the horizontal part of the steel frame about halfway up. Could I use 2 pieces of wood divided by the horizontal beam and drilled into the side of the stud? does that make sense? Re: Wall mounting a plasma to a steel frame 4Mar 30, 2010 11:30 am Remembering that I am not a builder, carpenter or engineer... As long as they are snug fits (the ends of the timber studs are butted tight against the steel beams at each end (including the middle one)) then you will still get plenty of support vertically/from below for the timber studs (ie. the bottom half of the timber stud supports the middle steel beam from underneath, which then in turn supports the top half of the timber stud sitting on it...). I hope that makes sense... Hi I am wanting some opinions about the build of a steel shed I am going to get one about 4.5 x 2.5 m steel shed and the height will be about 2.3-2.4m high The one I am… 0 14389 This is 100% true. You can not hang anything on steel frames. very frustrating 8 4653 Update from me! Couldn't find the trimmer - not sure if there isn't one simply because the eave is so narrow. Went ahead with the spring toggles and it all worked out… 7 5823 |