I have just bought a new condominium and am getting it as nice as the one I just sold. One thing that needs fixing is a wall-mounted TV. Since these walls sound like single plasterboard, I tried to find studs by knocking, but to my surprise, I can't find any studs based on the sound. In the kitchen, the countertop has been removed to make way for granite, and in a corner, you can see the plasterboard directly and see exactly where the screws are. This should be where a stud is. I knock, but no different sound is heard.
Are there methods to attach plasterboard walls that do not involve studs? JM built this house.
Obviously, knocking is hardly a foolproof method, but in the previous apartment, you could hear a very clear difference, and it was also double plasterboard.
Are there methods to attach plasterboard walls that do not involve studs? JM built this house.
Obviously, knocking is hardly a foolproof method, but in the previous apartment, you could hear a very clear difference, and it was also double plasterboard.
Thank you for your answer.huggan said:
There were steel studs in the previous one too, but you could clearly hear a difference in dullness by knocking.
In double drywall, I mounted the TV directly on the wall without hitting a stud, but in single drywall, I'm a bit more hesitant.
The TV probably weighs 22-23 kg, I would imagine, a 55''. On the rail that attaches to the wall, you can fit 4 of 10mm expanders without them being too close to each other.
I know the expanders can handle the weight without issue, even one of these four would probably hold, but I'm less sure about the drywall.
Thanks for all the answers. On other forums and everywhere you get mixed opinions about single drywall and large wall-mounted TVs, hence my uncertainty.
Regarding drywall without studs, there actually were no studs in the kitchen, but there was a full wooden panel behind which the drywall was attached. Is this a normal method specifically for kitchens?
Regarding drywall without studs, there actually were no studs in the kitchen, but there was a full wooden panel behind which the drywall was attached. Is this a normal method specifically for kitchens?
Absolutely incredible! But the stud finder shows there's a stud behind... when you drill, there's nothing...
Ok, try another spot... nope... not a single stud in the entire drywall! Neither wooden studs nor metal studs...
A 86" TV was supposed to go on that wall! 45 kg....
Inserted 7 metal anchors and the mount seemed to hold firmly. Hung up the TV - no complications.
But damn, it feels scary with such a heavy TV on a drywall that's also without studs.
Ok, try another spot... nope... not a single stud in the entire drywall! Neither wooden studs nor metal studs...
A 86" TV was supposed to go on that wall! 45 kg....
Inserted 7 metal anchors and the mount seemed to hold firmly. Hung up the TV - no complications.
But damn, it feels scary with such a heavy TV on a drywall that's also without studs.
