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Wall mounting on studs

Hi everyone,

I'm mounting my turntable on the wall, and the shelf system is designed to span over 3 studs (and uses all 3). Since my studs in the wall are currently not where I want them to be, I'm just going to open up the wall and install new studs so my shelf can be installed exactly where I want it to be. My question is, should I just add new studs running vertically from floor to ceiling, or can I add 2x4s horinzontally between the existing studs that are 16" apart? I'm not concerned about cost or difficulty - I just want to know from a performance point of view, what's best to minimize vibration to the shelf?

Thanks!

Pierre
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elliottbnewcombjr
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Avoid opening wall? 

It is possible to surface mount a separate wood panel, behind your 'shelf system'.

wide enough to catch only 2 studs, and use many anchors to sheetrock or plaster for the extended end. Then you have limitless horizontal locations to mount anything to the wood panel. Choose wood thickness relative to weight.

Or, wider, catch 4 studs if heavy TT? full width? Depends on decor, ....

btw, brackets can go 'up' behind the shelf, rather than down, objects on shelf in front of them. and you can drill extra holes in the brackets with less final visibility.
elliottbnewcombjr
5,881 posts
 
I forgot to say, I personally would never mount a TT to anything except vibration free concrete, brick, block ... wood studs, you are essentially mounting to the face of a drum.
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