Joe, I have metal studs running through the interior walls of my loft. Because drilling into metal studs is a pain in the ass, my father and I just did this. We drilled 6 holes in the dry wall and inserted toggle bolts to hold the mount to the wall:
The fucking thing won’t budge. This was done for a 50" television. Obviously, you’d want to use washers as well.
it’s scary that you trust that…
Jam, side note, you still at the Ritz?
+1.
The mount for my 58" plasma is mounted on 4 massive lag bolts drilled into the center of studs, sunk so deep I barely had a drill bit long enough to drill the holes. No way I’d trust anchors into drywall.
Yay… double posts are back. I blame pittspeed.
+1 on lag bolts into studs
Maybe it makes more sense because my drywall is about 3 inches thick? Trust me, I was hanging off the wall mount as a test and it didn’t even budge. It’s been 3 months now and it’s fine. I was hesitant at first, but my father is a pretty successful contractor/builder/architect who has 30+ years more experience than me or anyone else who would tell me differently and he said it was fine. He also told me that if it fell, he’d buy me a 58" plasma, kind of like a guarantee.
As long as the drywall isn’t thin and brittle, fasten 1/2" thick ferring strips to the wall with a bunch of drywall anchors (2 or 3 each is probably fine, I’d do 6 since it’s easy and there’s no reason not to) and fasten the mount to that. It’ll be fine. You could hang Beck and two 14 year old girls from it. Most of the force is in shear and you can get nice fat anchors that are rated to 50lbs pullout each.
No matter what color you paint it or what you hang from it, if anything sticks out from behind the TV it’s going to look like shit.
These work well, just don’t overtighten them. Finish tightening them by hand, not with a screw gun.
lol noooo not for over a year now. josh jeff now lives there with his cousin and brother or something
like i would hang a lcd tv in the ritz, CMON!!
Get the free standing Tv stand lol. done
If you can hit one stud with some sort of small lag or heavy rated screw (remeber if you only hit part of, or split the stud, your done and no holding power), this would be more than enough, you could do it no problem with 16 on center walls too.
Its great that the anchor will hold lets say 50 lbs, but when the drywall screws pop at 2ft on center…your in trouble. Thicker drywall, results vary, plaster is king for anchoring if done right.
I’d be hesitant to only hang it from drywall regardless of what you type of anchors you use, because you have no idea how that drywall is fastened to the wall.
In a place I saw what kind of screws/glue were used in putting up the board and it was 5/8 firecode or 3/4, I would think nothing of using those, or that nice fiberglass enhance stuff or…plaster walls with a good thick coating, not just thin over plaster board.
There is no drywall that is 3 inches thick, some plaster gets a little nuts like that or someone kept covering up, rather than fixing, a problem.
Now that most of the misconception is cleared up…
Drywall will hold a lot of weight, however, its the small amount of force that causes screw pops that always has me finding at least 1 stud. Its only as strong as studs behind it.
Home depot has cheap pieces of Oak (if you like the stained look) or maple (if you plan to paint). Maple looks great, especially if you spray paint it. I suggest these because a good screw or lag will not pull out as long as you didn’t spin it out. Pine is the best choice to “screw and go” and clear pine does paint and stain ok. I wouldn’t go any less that 1x4.
Crude drawing is attached …yes I do this…and all sorts of building/maintenance, for a living.
If you can actually push the wall and feel flex in that 36 inch missing space, then your TV would do the same except pulling it out, and option 1 is scraped. If you cant. chances or there is some sort or heat return, or some other object in there, keeping the wall strong. You may have found an old window opening or something. Its all the “who knows, but we’re in this situation so lets make do” mindset.
Option two is the best, the stud doesn’t have to be centered, but closer to center the better, and obviously don’t hug one side or the other, keep in the middle 3rd, of newly placed boards.
Then fasten to your boards with either the toggles shown above going through boards and drywall or if you can get several screws NOT over spun/driven into each board (most of the pulling force is at the top of the brackets and most have the option to put in 4 screws top and bottom. Glueing the Boards to the wall with a good construction adhesive is best, but if you think your moving it, you may want avoid the glue.
This is assuming I guess right at what the mounting of your bracket looks like.
That would be how I would do it if I came across the case of missing studs and it wasn’t a structural problem.
This information is provided free, thus as is and no guarantees, use at own risk, I can’t see the wall, I can’t trust your use of a drill. Good test of my scanner, and typing. This is assuming you can’t hide boards from stud to stud. That would be the best option, combined with the process for option 2. 36 is a long span. This might be a good time to make a built in entertainment center.
Have a nice holiday.