![]() The second difference is thickness you're not really sure how thick the plaster plus lath is going to be. When you hit wood, you won't know you've hit a stud until you've drilled farther than the thickness of a stud. Oh, and put a bit of blue tape first so your masonry bit is less likely to "walk". The first difference is: use a masonry bit when drilling lath and plaster, then when you strike wood (whether it's a lath or a stud), switch to a regular twist drill bit suitable for wood. The large threaded plastic anchors that work so well in drywall won't work in lath and plaster. The plaster in lath and plaster is more like limestone. Call us for help.Using anchors in lath and plaster is very different from anchors in drywall.ĭrywall is a much softer plaster containing more gypsum or calcium sulfate with a layer of paper on each side. Mounting Using Elephant Anchors- We use a combination of studs, lath as well as Toggle bolt to make the installation secure when studs and lath are not available. Now, it’s time to hang your QLED OLED TV. Give it some good horizontal and vertical tugs, listening and watching carefully for any movement or signs of instability. Hopefully, you’ve now got a solid, secure mount on your wall. This is the second potential pitfall with plaster – being too aggressive with the screwgun can crush the plaster and weaken the overall mount. From here, you should be able to follow the mount instructions for drilling a pilot hole, and then placing your lag bolts.īe careful not to torque the bolts too tight – listen very carefully for sounds of the plaster cracking. You don’t want to be screwing into the plaster itself, only the stud. Now, widen out the hole in the plaster with a masonry bit the same diameter as the lag bolts you’ll be using with your mount (see the mount instructions). Perhaps you don’t have 16 inch on center studs, or perhaps you hit a horizontal beam the first time. If you hit the stud, congrats, you’re doing great. ![]() Now, measure 16 inches from your ‘good’ hole and drill another hole. If one of the new holes didn’t hit stud, you know the opposite one is centered. If you still find that you’re on the stud, great, your first hole is centered (ish). If you keep meeting resistance, you found a stud, hoorah! Now, repeat the same step 3/4″ to the left and right of that hole. You should drill for just a short distance and then hit air, and very likely your drill will crash into the wall and you’ll fall off the ladder. Then switch to a normal drill bit to drill through the lath. Next, get out a smallish masonry bit and drill a test hole through the plaster. You should be able to narrow down an approximate area. So, assuming your studs are 16 inch on center, measure off an area ~20 inches wide and go back and forth many times, lifting and recalibrating the stud finder each time. Unfortunately, it finds lots of other things too. I have a Zircon stud finder with a ‘deep scan’ feature that does a pretty good job of finding studs. You can narrow it down by doing t Save he ‘tap tap tap’ test, but I tend to second and third guess myself when I go that route. ![]() How to Mount TV on Lath and Plaster Wall?įirst, finding studs on a plaster lath wall can be a nightmare, as the lath tends to confuse the stud finder.
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