![]() Just wanted to fire off some caution your way. Just being fully extended made the top line of anchors pull straight out, which let the TV loose, then the weight pried the bottom row out.Īnyhoo, I trust that you know well enough what you're doing so no ball busting from me. Kid got a case of the ass and slammed his door, which was directly opposite of the wall the TV on it. The morning after though, his wife and kid had the typical morning ritual "get your ass up and ready for school". Everyone goes to bed and everything is great. Hangs it up, pulls the TV mount away from the wall and tilts it down so the kids can see it. ![]() So TV and mount in total were like 20 pounds, just ridiculously light. In theory, they should have held collectively a couple hundred pounds. Where he wanted to mount it didn't have any studs, so he figured using like 12 of those plastic anchors through the mounting slots should hold. Coworker of mine wanted to mount a tv in his kid's room, nothing big or fancy, just a small TV on an equally small full motion mount. Plastic anchors are great if what's being hung is applying nearly entirely a shear load, and those anchors can hold an impressive amount of weight, they are terrible when it comes to pullout loading, which would be found on an upper set of screws in a tv mount for example. ![]() Toggles would be my suggestion for anything larger than 20 lbs (but under 60 lbs), that absolutely cannot meet the floor. I also personally prefer hexhead vs Phillips as it's so much easier to drive in.ĭefinitely wont need to go the lag bolt route. Going too long is also not great as it won't give you any benefit where only the last part of the screw is threaded, and block is hollow so you may actually decrease the embedded portion of thread. You want a little longer screw, probably a 2 3/4" would do. Once you include the thickness of the mount you're under an inch. In your case 1/2" of drywall + 3/4" (ie actual thickness of the 1x4) of furring strip will leave an inch of embedded thread in the wall on a 2 1/4" screw. I'd get 1/4".Īs for length of the screw, keep in mind the minimum embedded depth per the spec is 1". In my house the block seems to crumble a little, so I've found using a one size down drill bit and impact driver works better for me, but I'd try the recommended size first and see.Įven 3/16 is probably ok to hold a TV per that spec, particularly as that mount uses four of them. ![]() Tapcons are my go to as they're so easy to use, but I've had issues with them holding in block reliably as compared to proper concrete. If it fails, then I will get somebody to do few whacks.I'm not a contractor but I've had some experience mounting heavy shit on block walls, and it hasn't fallen off yet. The high-strength, easy-to-install Titen HD anchor has been tested and shown to provide outstanding performance in cracked and uncracked concrete under both static and seismic loading. It is designed for optimum performance in both cracked and uncracked concrete. Maybe I can experiment with tapcons and see if it can withstand the pressure of jacks pulling Belgian out. The Titen HD anchor is a high-strength screw anchor for concrete and masonry. It will take much longer time cuz I will have to do one Belgian at a time. Use Tapcon Concrete screw anchors for installing sill plates, electrical equipment, furring strips, and many other applications that require fastening into brick, block, or Concrete. Then jack them both one at a time to push the wood plank upward and get belgian. Place the screwed Belgian with wood on top between two hydraulic jacks. Can be installed in concrete, grout-filled block and stone. So I gave thought about putting a wood plank on top of Belgian and screw with two tapcons. And I want to get the job done by myself since small and I want to enjoy the project. I had thought about getting someone to get rid of 6 Belgians.īut I decide not to and try to outwit it by doing something else by exhausting little physical or none. The Belgians are loose, but still stuck in the ground. I had tried pick axe and sledge hammer to break up and loose Belgians on curb, but it's no fun and too physical. You may wonder what I am up to with tapcons. I appreciate your explanation is good for big projects.
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