bud-- wrote:
Unused Classified wrote:
Hello,
I have a new plasma TV and a bought wall mounting hardware. I used the
stud finder on the wall and found that the studs are 24 inches apart.
I drilled several small holes into the sheet rock in the area but it
seems like after I clear the sheet rock there is a half inch of dead
space before the studs. I haven't checked the whole wall but it seems
this is the case in the relevant area. Is this common? I bought
longer screws but I'm still hesitant to hang it on top of empty space.
One idea is to use 1/2 inch metal washers, if there is such a thing,
to fortify the screws.
Any other ideas?
Thanks

I have no idea what is in you wall or whether your gap is real.

You could use spacers, like a length of 3/8 or 1/2" pipe long enough to
go from the stud to the wall surface. (The spacer may sink into the
stud and wood on the wall surface, so the spacer may need to be longer.)
Lag bolt goes through the spacer into the stud. What you are mounting
bears on the spacer (not the wall).


yup, that'd work too. ASSuming that the studs are wood that is. Dunno
if you can even mount a TV on a metal stud wall. Steel pipe cut to
length with a chop saw would make dandy spacers. If you don't have a
chop saw you could cut them with a hacksaw or hand grinder and then
dress them on a bench grinder so the ends are perfectly flat, it'd just
take longer that way. Then you'd just have to drill a hole through the
drywall slightly larger than the OD of your spacers. I'd be tempted to
use as many fasteners as you possibly could in this instance because the
load will be concentrated on the spacers and not spread over the whole
area of contact (which you don't have) between the bracket and the wall.

will your bracket mount directly to studs spaced at 24"?

nate

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