[SML] OT : Hanging Flat Screen TV

[Dale Farmer]

If all reasonable methods fail, then you start probing.
Get a thin steel wire about three inches long.  Unfolding a paperclip is 
about right.  Buy a package of drill bits (since you probably will break 
the things in the process) of the right diameter to admit the paperclip, 
but leaves behind a very small hole that can be filled in with a bit of 
varnish or just ignored.

setup your drill to drill through the wallboards but no further.  A 
couple of wraps of gaff tape around the bit to mark the depth work for 
me.    Drill holes and probe the hole with the wire to detect if a stud 
is hiding behind the air gap.

   if you have a very steady hand, use the same holes to drill 
diagonally to increase your coverage of your probe wire behind the wall.

   Don't drill into wires or pipes!

   --Dale


On 6/30/2015 3:55 PM, Barney Simon via Stagecraft wrote:
> I'm not sure of anything.  As I mentioned, I found an outlet, 12-14" off the floor, and it had a piece of wood on the right hand side of it, BUT that wood did not extend 4' up where I tried to hang the bracket.
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> From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft-bounces at theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Bill Conner via Stagecraft
> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 1:58 PM
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> Subject: Re: [SML] OT : Hanging Flat Screen TV
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> Are you sure there are vertical studs of a pine board wall? If 1 by vertical t&g pine, it's probably strong enough and it may be framed with a horizontal top and bottom and one or two between, perhaps 1 by furring nailed across studs or 2 by spanning further.
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Bill Nelson via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>>> I have the bracket, but I an having trouble finding the studs under
>>> the knotty pine.  My Stud Finder is not strong enough.  I opened an
>>> outlet and saw it was attached to wood, followed that line up, but nothing is there. I have tapped
>>> my knuckles all over.   Short of x-rays or another dozen pilot holes, I have
>>> half that already, is there some trick I am missing?
>>
>> Do the mounting instructions tell you to screw into the studs?
>>
>> Modern flat screens are not very heavy, I wouldn't worry about finding
>> the studs unless you plan to cantilever the screen out from the wall.
>>
>> What is under the knotty pine? If it is solid wood, then there should
>> be plenty of strength to hold the weight.
>>
>> Bill
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