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Posted by A. Lo on October 25, 2006, 9:11 am
I've bought a flat panel TV wall-mount from futureshop for my condo living
room. The wall mount is made by Sanus(Sanus Adjustable Tilt Universal Flat
Panel TV Wall Mount (VMSAS-03) - online sale for $70 less!) and it has a
short extendable arm. Not until I returned home and looked at the specs of
my condo, and only to learn that I have metal studs in the dry-wall instead
of wooden ones.
In the instruction booklet of the wall-mount, it specifically said that the
hardware(assuming that they are talking about the long screws for the
mounting) provided in the package is only for wooden studs, not metal, not
concrete etc...
I've never installed anything like this before. What is the solution here?
Would I have to go to hw stores such as Reno-Depot or Rona to get the metal
stud fasteners? If so, I don't even know how they work vs. regular screws.
The mount itself weight already 35 to 40 pounds, and I assume that the panel
TV(which brand and model yet to be determined by my wife and I) will
probably weight abut 40 to 50 lbs(plus the short extendable arm). Any
expert here has any ideas on how to mount or what hw I should get to mount
this onto the wall? Your advice is much appreciated...
AL
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Posted by professorpaul on October 25, 2006, 9:25 am
All I can think of is some scheme to spread out the load. Maybe a piece
of plywood screwed into everything you can find, then the bracket to
the plywood? Years back, I had a office where the metal studs were
used, and there was no end of trouble hanging stuff like cabinets. How
are your kitchen cabinets hung?
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Posted by Eric in North TX on October 25, 2006, 9:30 am
I'd imagine the problem isn't so much the fasteners ( toggles or large
mollys should hold that weight), but the ability of a metal studded
wall to support it without bulging out.
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Posted by Mikepier on October 25, 2006, 9:43 am
As long as it's a heavy guage stud ( and I'm assuming it is being that
this is a condo with certain building codes) it shoud not be a problem.
The sheet rock itself spreads the load across the stud. You could use
sheet metal screws or if you want to be real secure use toggle bolts
through the studs. But as long as the entire assembly weighs less than
70 lbs you should be fine with just screws.
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Posted by Dean on October 25, 2006, 10:10 am
I believe the studs will be heavy gauge IF it is a load-bearing
wall,,,if it is just a partition it could possibly have light
gauge..Self-tapping(drill tip) screws are easy to find and work well in
heavy gauge studs..One way to test the gauge is to try a standard
drywall screw for wood,,if light gauge studs the wood screw will
penetrate before long,,if heavy gauge the screw made for wood will
dull...It might be safer and easier to ask management to look at the
plans so You do'nt make un-needed holes..
Dean in Iowa
Mikepier wrote:
> As long as it's a heavy guage stud ( and I'm assuming it is being that
> this is a condo with certain building codes) it shoud not be a problem.
> The sheet rock itself spreads the load across the stud. You could use
> sheet metal screws or if you want to be real secure use toggle bolts
> through the studs. But as long as the entire assembly weighs less than
> 70 lbs you should be fine with just screws.
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