RE: Re: Mount a plasma on a metal stud plasterboard wall

["Neil Ball" <neilball@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Although the Fermacell will take the load I would still worry about the
entire sheet coming away from the metal studs. If the wall is opened up I
would still insert some timber inside the metal stud and fix into it
through
the metalwork to add some strength.

Neil B.
-----Original Message-----
From: Davey [mailto:DB1001@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 12:43
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Mount a plasma on a metal stud plasterboard wall


Personally I'd rip off the PB and use fermacell. It will handle 50Kg from a
toggle bolt without the requirement of a noggin. Available at travis
perkins, jewson etc.

http://fermacell.co.uk

Davey

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Ball" <neilball@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 12:31 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Mount a plasma on a metal stud plasterboard wall


>
> It may not be what you want to hear, but when I had a requirement to
hang
a
> plasma on a suitable wall I ended up opening up the wall and
reinforcing
the
> vertical studs with timber and then installing ply across the full
width
of
> the bracket to give something solid to hang the bracket/screen to. My
worry
> was not so much a local failing in the fixings but that the entire
sheets
of
> PB might come away from the studs and in this case the wall seemed to
have
> far to much flex for my liking so I was sceptical of the strength of
the
> stud top & bottom fixing. Therefore the only safe option was some
major
> surgery. Mind you the screen was a 50" model on a pull out and
twist
> articulated bracket so the forces acting on the fixings were much
higher,
> but better to be safe than sorry!!
>
> As a cautionary note a friend recently returned home to find his
plasma in
> pieces on the living room floor with vertical tracks torn through the
> plasterboard where his cables went up the wall after his bracket broke
and
> the plasma fell. Not only a ruined plasma & wall but also damaged
furniture
> beneath where it landed - not good! It might be messy to open up the
wall
to
> reinforce but at least you know it will be safe long term!!
>
> Neil B.
>
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> > From: Jeremy Aston [mailto:jeremyaston@y...]
> > Sent: 07 April 2005 01:01
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Mount a plasma on a metal stud plasterboard
wall
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have been asked to mount a plasma onto a metal stud
plasterboard
> > wall.   It's a 42" screen with a weight (not inc mount) of
around
> > 31kg.  It is either a Hitachi or NEC panel btw - not sure which
one
> > the customer will go for yet.
> >
> > Has anyone done such a thing and what approach did you use?  Is
it
> > safe to fix to the board and through a couple of upright studs or
is
> > it better to fix a ply board first and fit through that?  If it
is
> > possible then what are the best fixings to use?  Are there some
3rd
> > party mounts better for this sort of thing than others?
> >
> > Many thanks in advance.
> >
> > Jez
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