onfence
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Sigh, this job is tougher than I thought. I wish that it was either wood stud on concrete. Steel stud is not looking good.
Sigh, this job is tougher than I thought. I wish that it was either wood stud on concrete. Steel stud is not looking good.
The TV's we put up where: 32 inch Sharp. 1 side may have been into a stud though I am not sure. Up x 1 year and no problems.
The other is a Samsung 32 inch. Up now for2+ weeks. So far no problem. I would believe if it would come down, it would have already. Barring water destroying the drywall, I hope we will be OK. USed 80 pound toggle screws (4) and into drywall, not into the metal stud).
Incidently, we attached another box for an electrical outlet which we tied into the one below and also ran the cable (fished it up) to hide it so you get the nice clean appearance shown in the picture a few posts back.
By the way, nice looking appearance of that condo. Clean, modern and inviting. If you have the room he has, you could just put the TV on the console below and avoid all the problems. It is work but it is not that tough to do the job.
Good luck onfence. I had one other thought. Since you are "onfence", maybe you could just erect a fence in front of the wall and balance the TV? (Sorry, not funny). Just hope you solve it one way or the other.
Cheers
I don't see why this is troubling you so much. Either offset the toggles so you don't catch the studs, or get yourself a larger drill bit so that you can fish the toggle straight into the stud. You're going to need a couple washers one way or the other.
A steel stud on it's own is flimsy, but once attached to a sheet of drywall and the top/bottom tracks its rigid as fuck. I wouldn't try hanging a tv off of an un-drywalled wall, but once everything's put together there's nothing to worry about. I actually think a toggle bolt is rated for more pull-out weight than a wood screw anyway.
And no, metal stud walls are just for interior partitions, they aren't load bearing in any way shape or form. But they're plenty strong enough (properly installed, and really, even improperly installed unless its egregiously bad) to hold up your tv.
And whoever hung their tv on drywall screws is mental. I don't care if it's catching the studs, they're mental. I wouldn't let my cats play under that.
And whoever hung their tv on drywall screws is mental. I don't care if it's catching the studs, they're mental. I wouldn't let my cats play under that.
I believe I wrote that.. but that's drywall screws into the studs.. It's still in combination with other several other anchors so it's not going anywhere. I wouldn't trust just a couple of screws into metal studs for support either.
^^Haha, you guys are funny.
I already bought a mount but it seems it cannot be used for metal studded walls, so I'll have to return it. Ya, it's a bit puzzling for me since I only have experience w/ a concrete wall, which is probably the easiest out of the 3 types of walls out there, and now I'm faced with a metal studded one, which I suppose is the hardest to hang a tv off of. I'll figure it out hopefully.
Another question is I'm very concerned about electrical wiring: generally speaking, can I assume that the vertical line above/below a power outlet is a NO DRILL ZONE? My other concern is whether these wires snake around horizontally or diagonally or are they lined up either at floor or ceiling level when going traveling across a wall? Thx.
What do you mean it can't be used with metal studs? They don't make mounts based on what type of stud you have.
As for the electrical, most likely there's wiring going straight up from your plug but it's possible it snakes. But I wouldn't get too hung up on it. It's in conduit (or wire) that's flexible enough to withstand some screws unless you're extremely unlucky.
What do you mean it can't be used with metal studs? They don't make mounts based on what type of stud you have.
As for the electrical, most likely there's wiring going straight up from your plug but it's possible it snakes. But I wouldn't get too hung up on it. It's in conduit (or wire) that's flexible enough to withstand some screws unless you're extremely unlucky.
Ya, that's what the mount manufacturer said, it can only be used for wood studded or concrete walls because the mount's horizontal bar is not wide enough to accomodate or effectively use the toggle bolts (something to do w/ the 2 vertical screws on either side not being sufficiently spaced apart?). I'm wondering whether or not to ignore that advice because I like that particular mount...I guess it depends on the diameter of the toggle bolts when they expand?
My 4 toggles were about 8 to 10 inches apart in a square shape. The larger in a way the better since it would distribute the weight over a larger area. How big/heavy is the TV. We only put up 32" TV's.
8-10" apart? That is quite far and I suppose great weight distribution. For my mount, vertically the holes are only 2.5-3" apart, tops, so I guess toggles are a no-go, because even though I can space the holes apart horizontally by 3', that means practically it will almost seem like I'm just securing w/ just 2 screws instead of 4 since vertically they are so close. My TV is 60" and weighs about 68lbs. I guess I'll have to shop for another mount.