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Are you in the US? There is usually a stud every 16 inches or so here, which obviates the need for too many anchors. Excluding small picture frames, I can't thi
by parhamn 5y ago
Are you in the US? There is usually a stud every 16 inches or so here, which obviates the need for too many anchors. Excluding small picture frames, I can't think of a use case where I'd rely on an anchor (you usually bridge studs for anything smaller but heavy).
- mattlondon 5y agoNo studs in walls made of bricks! The whole thing is solid all the way along so just put things where you want. I think that is fairly common in Europe, although I know that timber construction is getting more common in the past decade or two.
- butwhywhyoh 5y agoAre there studs in your brick wall? Interesting.
- parhamn 5y agoMy bad! Assumed the discussion was mostly around drywall anchors.
- bin_bash 5y agoHN can be a bit West Coast oriented where there are virtually no bricks due to earthquakes
- mattlondon 5y agoBricks are used a lot in earthquake zones in Europe, e.g. Italy (earthquake-rated bricks anyway, not common London bricks etc). I think the timber frame construction is more of a cultural thing than an earthquake protection thing.
- bin_bash 5y agoIt's absolutely an earthquake thing. You're not even allowed to use bricks for construction in California (or even own an existing brick building in some cases) unless you pay tons of money to reinforce it with steel. See https://blog.jumpstartinsurance.com/charming-brick-buildings-part-1/ https://blog.jumpstartinsurance.com/charming-brick-buildings...
- hedgehog 5y agoThere's also a lot of lath and plaster which tends to have no standard spacing and smaller studs.
- dillondoyle 5y agoMy condo is in a 110 year old building. Some of the walls are thick brick with crumbling dry plaster on top. I tried to hang a pretty heavy frame on one of those walls & made a huge mess. Had to have a pro come out to do it!! HN is sometimes a gem with random relevant content.