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Re: Standard QS8 Brackets
#23891 11/05/03 04:58 AM
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Marcus, you are forgiven, since at least you tried with the right tool.

Re: Standard QS8 Brackets
#23892 11/05/03 12:26 PM
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cut the 2x4 1/4" larger and force it between the studs, then the screws from the bracket would hold it in position. this is all prefaced by being able to reach the spot with your arm. if need be, cut shorter than the stud size, fashion a hook out of wood to hold the stud, then release the hook after the bracket holds the piece of wood in position.
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Re: Standard QS8 Brackets
#23893 11/05/03 06:40 PM
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I read that three times and don't understand. ??? How do you access the space behind the drywall to mount the extra 2x4 without first cutting away some drywall?

Re: Standard QS8 Brackets
#23894 11/05/03 07:09 PM
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down thru the attic. may need to remove 2x4 header, and i'm assuming it's an interior wall or the wire could not be fished. if a 2x4 is too thick, use a piece of strapping. in worst case, use a piece of strapping nailed to another piece of strapping. make a tee shape out of it with the long length the usual 8 foot long. slide down the tee between the two walls. secure the bracket on the exterior of the wall, and if required, cut off the remaining length of the tee. have i over complicated this. it's kinda like all you computer guys telling us non-computer guys how to do all the fancy stuff you guys do. oh, you could attach the wires too.
dan

Re: Standard QS8 Brackets
#23895 11/05/03 07:20 PM
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Ok, I'm starting to get the picture now. I'd forgotten about the attic and the ability to look down in between the studs from up there. I love how home improvement is much more art and ingenuity than science.

Re: Standard QS8 Brackets
#23896 11/05/03 11:57 PM
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Lath and plaster !! Oh man, I hate that stuff.. Old home construction material.. You see it on the likes of "This Old House", etc all the time.. I feel your pain..
Our main house is allllll lath n plaster, and just hanging up a picture is an ordeal.. Instant 'make a mess', if you know what I mean..
The rooms I added to the stand alone garage are drywall.. Now that is the stuff Kingdoms are made of !!! hahaha..
"My" two rooms are "Mine", and my wife is not allowed to bring in any of her girl-flower-smelly-pretty stuff.. It's a rule set down in stone.. (well, in drywall anyway)
She doesn't mind, she has the entire main house to potpourri to death.. Gag !
Amazing what you can do with a few 2x4's, a couple a sheets of rock, and a fist full of nails... Arrf aarrffff !!!



LFE ! The rest is just details..
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