The friend in construction let him go away believing there are no studs in the wall and that he should go ahead and use glue instead? His friend needs to find himself a job at a coffee shop or some place similar where he cant do any damage.

Surprised that this guy isn't dead. Zzzzzzt.

He DID use a stud finder.

"I tried a stud finder first - but being a complete novice, I didn't know they picked up wires too. 'Oops'"


Reading some of the comments on Reddit, there was one idiot that stated:

"In fact just by looking at that electrical outlet it looks like a old work box, so there should be a stud to its side."

Wrong.



I'd have to see the actual construction before I'd make all the wild ass statements on Reddit. But I still think there must be some studs, although it sure looks like he would have hit some what with all those holes he poked.


Worst thing I see is the wiremold. There was no need for that at all.



Honestly though, one good lag bolt at the top of that center 2x4 he glued, and mounted the bracket to, and it should never come down.

This week we had to properly rehang a DaLite 110" Cinema Contour screen, which had been installed using several strips of 3" Velcro that ran the entire length and heigth of framework. The entire back of screen was a gooey black mess, but invisible from front viewing surface.

Installation by previous homeowner in 2007. Made it until last week.

The point of failure was the the Velcro sticky pulled the paint/paper off the sheetrock it were attached to.

This was in an 11,000 sq ft mcmansion in a fancy-ass golf course neighborhood.

The glue will hold. The paint will be the point of failure if there is one. Chances are the TV would still be there in 10 years unless some kid hangs on it or the guy puts in a plethora of subwoofers and plays DJ Magic Mike at 88. :P

Free entertainment is the only real value in it for me.

I'm pretty sure that screen came with the aluminum mounting cleat in 2007. 3-4 screws tops.

10-4. Ordered one from DaLite, comes two pieces for top and bottom. 12 holes total, easily hits three studs.

Still wondering what orignal installer persons were thinking.

My guess is that the guy did hit studs but couldnt tell that he did. Heres a stud with a piece of BX through it on the side wall.



If this idiot would have cut a hole in the wall behind the TV he would have been able to find the studs.

HA!!! Look at the sh#$y wire mold and the amazon box! The only thing that would have made this better would be a Monoprice box!

That Amazon box was probably what that corded Black and Decker drill came in.

KOT

Reminds me of some of the horrible stuff I did when starting out! LOL

Reddit had this thread a few months ago about this guy who hung a TV on an articulating mount into drywall using only moly bolts.

Funny thing was the thread was started by his girlfriend. When she saw how he was going to mount the TV she said "are you sure this will hold the TV up". He answered "don't worry ....I am using moly bolts".

and then people say, Shit happens. Well, that's a good reason why !!!

Went to a house to do some network work and their "guy" hung a 60"+ on an articulating arm with two lead anchors in the middle of the bricks and the bricks were already cracking. No form of safety strap /wire, earthquake country and small children and dogs in the house.

I said something about it and was basically told to shut up by one and looked at like I was crazy by another.

I will simply load up and leave if I am ever asked to do anything the would jeopardize someone's life or my integrity.

Very simple decision making process.

If the "av guy" or anyone is doing something you know or even think is unsafe always let the GC (construction site) or homeowner (finished house) know.

I can live with having a few slack jaws angry at me but i cant live with the death of a person or animal on my conscious.

We had to drop the dime on a builder once when they "bumped the first floor out" for a new 2nd floor addition. The homeowner had a structural engineer come in and confirm what we reported as the problem. The builder was all bent out of shape (at the client) because he had to do "a lot of extra work" (the stuff he was supposed to do in the first place).

We had our first basement wall mounting with a wall with out studs about 4 months ago. The wall was non load bearing...fired out with 3" thick Styrofoam (styrean ?) blocks kept in place with 1/16" plastic fir strips (glued? to the concrete foundation wall behind it); the drywall was screwed into the plastic strips.

Mounting to it was definitely a concern, added a piece of mdf and used 8 anchors through MDF and Drywall...and warned the client/got a waiver signed...getting wires across horizontally was a chore as well...took out a 5' x6" chunk of drywall, removed the foam, installed conduit and had our painter patch and paint.