Timeline for Mounting a 14"x14" in-wall media box in rock lath walls
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| Aug 4 at 15:47 | comment | added | RMDman | @Bryan Coxwell, The article and your explanation just above gives better understanding of what you have. It still is not an issue to cut a hole between studs. | |
| Aug 4 at 15:18 | comment | added | Bryan Coxwell | Thanks, I've accepted your answer. For what it's worth, while I don't have a picture of the backside of my wall handy, this link](misspreservation.com/2012/04/19/…) describes what I have. The rock lath behind the plaster looks like drywall, but has holes in it that the plaster spills into, creating keys. | |
| Aug 4 at 14:11 | vote | accept | Bryan Coxwell | ||
| Aug 4 at 13:44 | comment | added | RMDman | Plaster should stick to itself . You say you looked and the keys are good, but you also say the wall is not plaster and lath, but sheet rock that is plastered over, so there should be no keys visible...so we are guessing at what your wall is. However my original answer still stands as to how to proceed. | |
| Aug 4 at 13:34 | comment | added | Bryan Coxwell | Maybe structural integrity wasn't the best way to phrase it, but I thought that plaster walls somewhat depended on the plaster around it to adhere to the wall in a way drywall doesn't. Is that not the case? | |
| Aug 4 at 13:20 | comment | added | Huesmann | Just to add, depending on the design of the media box, it may be worth putting blocking at the top and bottom of the opening you cut, just to support the drywall. | |
| Aug 4 at 12:58 | history | answered | RMDman | CC BY-SA 4.0 |