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Fixing a flastscreen to a plasterboard stud wall

[Deleted User] · 2013-09-20 09:54:07

Morning all, am new to the DIY board, have searched for this topic but i can only find old threads in relation to concrete fixings. Hope posting a new one is ok. I need to mount a 32 inch LCD in a plasterboard stud wall. I have a decent heavy duty bracket, but the TV itself is an old-ish model and fairly large/heavy, and…

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#32 25-05-2015 9:32am
red sean

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Tony Beetroot wrote: »

Bond the bracket with tech 7

Tech 7 won't strengthen the slab.
If the tv is heavy you need to have grounds in, to take the pressure off the gypsum slab especially if it's in the centre of two battens.

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