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drilling into drywall

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  • #32
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,331 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    my3cents wrote: »
    I've put up a lot of screen mounts for 40 inch flat screens (for advertising) and the reason you need the coach screws is that the holes in the mounts are too big for most wood screws. Without the coach screws you'll need washers under the screw heads.

    So put a washer under the screw head. :p


  • #33
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,762 ✭✭✭my3cents


    dodzy wrote: »
    So put a washer under the screw head. :p

    Might as well use the coach screws, saves looking for wood screws and washers the OP may not have.


  • #34
    Sharp MZ700
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 673 ✭✭✭Sharp MZ700


    dodzy wrote: »
    So put a washer under the screw head. :p

    Not the same thing, a lot of strength lost in a big washer on a screw for fixing. I'd sooner drill the new right sized hole for a screw in the frame to be hung if possible. If not I too would use coach screws.

    Reading that it looks fair complicated :-)


  • #35
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,331 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    Ah lads, come on. No need to frighten OP with coach bolt syndrome for a 27”. You could safely put 2 screws top and bottom into any bracket and not give it a 2nd thought in terms of security.


  • #36
    Sharp MZ700
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 673 ✭✭✭Sharp MZ700


    dodzy wrote: »
    Ah lads, come on. No need to frighten OP with coach bolt syndrome for a 27”. You could safely put 2 screws top and bottom into any bracket and not give it a 2nd thought in terms of security.

    I agree but you know how these threads go.. what might be fixable with a bit of superglue really needs to be demolished and built from scratch again.


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  • #37
    murfilein
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 539 ✭✭✭murfilein


    so i went ahead and put in a nail to check - it only goes in like 1.5 or 2 cm or so, i suspect the thickness of the drywall, but wont go any further that, not matter how hard i hammer it. guess its a metal stud?! seriously before i mess it all up i'm gonna get someone who knows his stuff to put the tv on the wall or a bracket board so i can mount the arm on it.


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