“~Did I ever mention how much I hate hanging TV’s????“
Look at the drywall repair skills you will have now.
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Documenting The Death Of America
“~Did I ever mention how much I hate hanging TV’s????“
Look at the drywall repair skills you will have now.
Can’t buy a stud finder? Do it by Braille!
Before the stud sensors came about, we’d locate the stud by thumping the wall with the rubber hammer handle. Sound alone will locate the stud within a half inch or so, and only one or two drill holes to get it dead center.
Whaddya bet the TV still falls off the wall.
That was my first thought…
I used the thump method, but I also used a t-pin which makes a MUCH smaller hole. Easy to find the stud edges.
However, I have an electronic stud finder which ALSO tells me if a power wire is down the side of the stud (and which side, BTW). Ain’t technology wunnerful??
Take the fucking drywall off if you’re that stupid.
The darker side of “Hunt and Peck”….
Braille – heh!
I often find myself amazed at the lack of what I consider basic skills among the majority of people. But then I have to remember that more than half the people in this world are below average. ;-P
These days, if you don’t know how to do something, you can find the answer using your phone (and sometimes, the anser will be correct), but I guess some folks don’t even think of that.
I have, a few times, encoutered walls with improper framing, and made a couple more holes than I expected.
Still my favorite oops of this type is the cable installer running coax through the main vertical drain pipe.
Or the jackass cable installer who drilled down though a header support right into the romex cable for the outlets into the kitchen trying to get unto the bedroom behind it.
It’s no wonder he suddenly gave up and left.
He had drilled four damn holes trying to get down into the wall, the last one bit his ass.
Of course I wasn’t home while that went on.
It took me two years to figure out why the outlets didn’t work and I had to have my kid who is an electrician come over and run new wire down the wall into the box.
The only reason I found it was because I had to get up in the attic tracing wires for a defunct alarm system that had a battery back up. The battery went dead and the system started beeping like a smoke alarm.
I finally found the battery in an electrical box in the front closet.
The drywall repair wouldn’t be that difficult.
Just cut the paper off around the holes and a quick skim coat.
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The best solution to this problem is to get rid of the “idiot box” and to never put it in a central place in your home. The only things these things are good for is to spout lies and put people to sleep. Get rid of your televisions.
Probably the stupidest thing I’ve read today, but it’s only 9pm so there’s hope.
Hint: If YOUR TV is spouting lies then you’re using it wrong, dumbass.
Like I said, it’s an idiot box. Proved positive by the Ghostsniper.
The studs in that wall gotta be about 3′ centers.
2′ centers.
I wish i could upload a picture. My tool room in the garage has holes every 1/2 inch for 18 inches. I was trying to hang something on the wall using 16 penny nails, and it took 37 attempts to finda stud…