giga wrote:
Hi all,

I'm builing a cherry mantle for some friends, the floating type, made
to be fastened directly to the wall above the fireplace. There are no
sides, so no support from the floor. It weighs about 25 lbs or so. I
had planned to use French cleats to hang it from the wall, but they
just found out from the builder that the house is built with metal
studs, and not wood as we had expected.
Can you hang that much weight from metal studs,

Sure. You could hang it from just the drywall too.
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and if so, what sort
of fastening system would be best?

You could use any sort of expanding fastener or just screws meant for
fastening drywall to metal studs...there is very little "out" force, mostly
it is "down".


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