Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation Re: Issue with wall mounting my TV 4Jan 30, 2013 10:31 pm rajan_g4 Thanks Paulmac. Do you mean some solid metal tubing?? eg brass tube ?? Just use some 1/2 " mild steel tube cut to length, you can buy it from your local hardware store or metal supply. Cut the tube to 55mm, drill the hole in the plaster to fit the external size of the tube, insert tube, fit tv mount with screws through the tube. This way the tv bracket will be hard against the tube instead of the unsupported plaster. Re: Issue with wall mounting my TV 5Jan 30, 2013 10:37 pm There is no issue. Your bracket will be long enough to bolt into the two original studs. So four coach bolts into the two studs. 28kg is nothing. My 65" plasma is about 70kg. Installed with 4 coach bolts. Re: Issue with wall mounting my TV 6Jan 30, 2013 10:43 pm JB1 There is no issue. Your bracket will be long enough to bolt into the two original studs. So four coach bolts into the two studs. 28kg is nothing. My 65" plasma is about 70kg. Installed with 4 coach bolts. JB1, it's not the studs rajan is worried about, it's the fact that there is a gap between the plaster and the studs for the tv mount. Re: Issue with wall mounting my TV 7Jan 30, 2013 10:54 pm Thanks guys. Well, worried about both really. The reason I had these extra studs on either side (300mm) of the centre stud was so that I can use these extra studs for coach bolts which would give strong support to the TV as well as ensure that the TV sits right at the centre of the wall. I guess I can still use the centre stud, and then as Paulmac said, use tubing to coach bolt to other 2 studs, so in all 6 coach bolts to support ThNks Re: Issue with wall mounting my TV 8Jan 30, 2013 11:04 pm PaulMac JB1 There is no issue. Your bracket will be long enough to bolt into the two original studs. So four coach bolts into the two studs. 28kg is nothing. My 65" plasma is about 70kg. Installed with 4 coach bolts. JB1, it's not the studs rajan is worried about, it's the fact that there is a gap between the plaster and the studs for the tv mount. Yeah I know. You don't need to use the two additional studs. Say the bracket couldn't be installed between two original studs, that would mean that the bracket would be close to be centred to one stud. That's also ok, I've installed a bracket also one stud with 2 bolts. It's only 30kgs. Yes, ideally you would use 2 studs, but it's a static weight. A large picture hook could support 30kgs. 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 5832 thanks Chippy, i hope they have applied sealer but i am doubt to be honest, so i am gonna do this job after handover. 8 16180 |