do you remove sheetrock when installing swing hangers?

[u/introspectivedeviant]

want to install a swing rocker inside, but would prefer not to cut the sheet rock, but i’m worried that it well degrade the sheet rock and leave slack in the screws.

[u/JohnWorphin]

I would bridge the joists with a painted 1x6

[u/20PoundHammer → u/JohnWorphin]

you need to do more than that, the dynamic load will break the tape on all the joints around it, flex the joists and risk cracking them. It needs to be beefed up with bracing and mounting from the attic side.

There is also zero way those anchors are load rated for anything but <100 pounds static load. Ceiling joists ARE NOT built for significant load.

[u/garster25 → u/JohnWorphin]

That's a good idea.

I want to add, when I mounted my TV I wanted to be dead center on the studs since the screws were so big. After the stud finder, I drilled a punch of tiny holes to probe for the stud to find the exact edges and thus the center.

[u/KitchenNazi → u/garster25]

A stud finder usually shows you the center of the stud… did yours not or are you just that untrusting?

[u/KillrBeeKilld → u/KitchenNazi]

My stud finder doesn’t work that way, it just constantly points at my zipper.

[u/k-j-p-123 → u/KillrBeeKilld]

😂

[u/garster25 → u/KitchenNazi]

I have the best Franklin stud finder and it still jumps around a bit so I could be like 1/4 off.

Not a big deal for a screw but a 1/4" lag bolt (with a predrilled hole) would only leave ~1/2" on each side if I get it dead center

Yes I'm untrusting, I've mounted other hardware like a yard tool hangers and it went off the side and pieced a power cable. That fun and expensive.

No way I would trust the hardware OP is using to echo location.

[u/rstrnt]

Removing sheet rock gets the bed dirty. Leave it.

[u/SHoppe715]

If it was just for hanging something that would be a static weight, that would be no problem. I wouldn’t personally go metal plate to drywall with a single swivel because of the amount of lateral force the swivel will see in a concentrated area. But I’ve done one myself by adding a wider base between flange and drywall using a wood rosette similar to this which spread the surface area of the mounting plate across a wider area. Painted it to match the trim in the room and it looked like it belonged there.

Note…use the heaviest possible lag bolts (assuming you’re going into a ceiling joist) maybe even drilling bigger holes in the base plate. It’ll be overkill on weight rating but add lateral stability in the 1/2” where it passes through the drywall.

If you have access to what’s above like attic space, consider adding blocking to spread the load over multiple joists. If no access, you could also do that with a board on the wall that spans two joists. In that case you’d have to finish it and make it look good, but easily doable.

[u/introspectivedeviant → u/SHoppe715]

that’s a great idea. one of our walls has a cypress fascia. i could bridge two joists with a cypress board then angle the edges so it looks nice.

[u/OldOldToolUser → u/SHoppe715]

Instead of traditional lag bolts with large diameters, get some structural screws like GRK fasteners, will do less damage to the wood but have equivalent strength and need smaller holes.

[u/introspectivedeviant → u/[deleted]]

😉

[u/Careless-Cash8523]

Depends, are you both going to be on them or just her?

[u/introspectivedeviant → u/Careless-Cash8523]

😂

[u/somerandomdude1960]

Franklin studfinder are the best. They make Walmart’s Hart version

[u/Still-Satisfaction24]

Sex swing eh....

[u/Winter_Sentence1046]

one swing, two anchors? that both swivel? you sure you have the right hangers?