Afraid to Mount TV bracket
Our travel trailer, a Starcraft 21FBS has an area marked on the wall where a TV mounting bracket should go. It is on an exterior wall. My husband is afraid to mount the TV bracket because the screws a...
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Huntindog wrote:
A block of wood, such as 3/4 plywood can be used to span the distance between studs or other suitable attachment points. Use lag bolts to attach the wood to the wall, and bolts to attach the TV to the wood.
It might have to be a large piece. On a laminated wall panel the aluminum "studs" are not on any standard spacing as in a house. They could be as much as 4' or more apart. They only put them where absolutely necessary, most times the window openings dont have perimeter framing except on large windows. The luan panels do not necessarily break on the studs either. That's why they sandwich a piece of 20 gauge sheet metal between the inner plywood panel and foam core for mounting items.
In reality those panels are super strong as long as the adhesive bonds and something does not delaminate or the foam pulls apart.
