We are installing a Cirrus 100" motorized screen with no backing behind the drywall. Can we install using togglers if we can't hit studs? Don't know the weight of the screen
Let's start by saying it's my experience that Togglers are EXACTLY what you want to use, compared to other means of attachment. I don't mean toggle bolts or any other product that is not exactly named "toggler" with that "R" there in the name.
But wait a minute: what's the load rating for a pulling force on drywall? And is that any better or worse than your proposed situation, where each start and each stop of the mount puts a twisting motion on the mounts?
Also there's the fact that when you drill those 1/2" holes in the drywall, you weaken the drywall.
Then there's how many holes are being made in the drywall. Each hole weakens the drywall.
Then there's the fact that starting and stopping a screen motor pulls on the drywall, which adds possible points of failure.
I'd look up a drywall manufacturer and quiz them about this. Over the years I have found that most manufacturers want to get accurate information out to people who are using their products.
Is the screen being held in place by, say, three bolts on each side? I'd want at least that.
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We are installing a Cirrus 100" motorized screen with no backing behind the drywall. Can we install using togglers if we can't hit studs? Don't know the weight of the screen
Has this place been painted? If not or if you have great people who can match textures, you could cut out a section of drywall at each end, save the pieces and install backing, then replace the drywall so it can be matched to the rest of the wall. You would only need to remove a narrow strip and it wouldn't be visible after the screen has been installed.
My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."
Since I like to lay down at night and sleep like a baby, I would install some backing. I don’t care if some “thing” in drywall is rated at 250 pounds or not.
You tellin’ me you want to put a toggler into the wall and you hang yo 200 lb. plus tail off it?
It’s drywall.
There is no truth anymore. Only assertions. The internet world has no interest in truth, only vindication for preconceived assumptions.
Geezus, what’s that thing weigh? My guess is 50 lbs at most… And not reall much torque happening either. Toggle bolts or togglers will be fine for many many years.
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