[justphil]

I own a manufactured home. The wall I am going to mount my TV on is on a marriage wall (the part where the home is joined together). I looked online and found that the wall is 1/2" sheet rock glued to 1/2" plywood and nailed to studs 24" on center. I checked the wall and this is true.

In an effort to best center the mount and tv on the wall I was planning on hitting 1 stud with 2 lag bolts (1 top 1 bottom) and add about 6 other bolts throughout the mount into the plywood. My TV is a 50" Samsung plasma and I think it weighs about 100lbs. Would you feel comfortable hanging your tv this way or would you off set the mount so you hit that other stud with 2 lag bolts also?

 

[daniel'son]

.. i'd do the latter; hit the studs.

 

[Derry]

would agree on working with the studs if possible,, many of the mounting brackets offer some horizontal positioning form side to side to help wall center location,, if it is a close wall mount most all the weight will be a shear load on the bolts and little torque or twist to bow the wall out,,


Derry