Hello! Moving into a wooden house built in 2001 and trying to figure out the best way to mount a TV/shelves/pictures on the interior wall.
There are old drill holes, see the zoomed-in picture. Some papers from the construction year state that the interior wall is gypsum, but it looks like a very thin layer of gypsum and behind it some type of wood (chipboard?) panel. If I scrape in the hole, wood shavings and something like insulation behind come out. But when I search for various building materials, a panel like a gypsum-clad chipboard doesn't seem to exist.
The previous owner used some strong metal plug for the TV.
Grateful for any advice!
There are old drill holes, see the zoomed-in picture. Some papers from the construction year state that the interior wall is gypsum, but it looks like a very thin layer of gypsum and behind it some type of wood (chipboard?) panel. If I scrape in the hole, wood shavings and something like insulation behind come out. But when I search for various building materials, a panel like a gypsum-clad chipboard doesn't seem to exist.
The previous owner used some strong metal plug for the TV.
Grateful for any advice!
Hello and welcome to Byggahus!
If you are going to screw something heavy onto the walls, it is safest to locate the wall studs and screw into them.
It looks like chipboard or OSB with filler on it, a substrate that should work fine for screwing up lighter shelves and is almost ideally easy to hang pictures on, whether you want to hang them with nails or screws.
If you are going to screw something heavy onto the walls, it is safest to locate the wall studs and screw into them.
It looks like chipboard or OSB with filler on it, a substrate that should work fine for screwing up lighter shelves and is almost ideally easy to hang pictures on, whether you want to hang them with nails or screws.
Difficult to determine the thickness of the image. It was an ugly crack. Has he pulled out a molly plug?
A common variant is a plasterboard on top of an OSB board. If that is the case, you can attach things with screws without a plug. Or if it is really heavy, a molly plug also works.
A common variant is a plasterboard on top of an OSB board. If that is the case, you can attach things with screws without a plug. Or if it is really heavy, a molly plug also works.