Al, take a look at his planned construction for a frame to mount his telly on, particularly the positions of his screws. I have a feeling the frame wont be secure if fixed as shown.
He is putting plywood across the 3 studs which will hold, but I don't see any point in putting the frame in.
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The drawing was just an illustration of proposed "plans". It was just smashed together in PS to demonstrate visually for people to better understand my idea. The screw positions will not be as the drawing since I'm going for longer wood vertical studs (face/face) which will spread the load and not concentrate the load in small area on the center stud.
sorry i misunderstood i thought you wanted to butt up to end rather than face to face
go for 80mm or 3" if its 44 or 90mm and 3 1/2" iff its 46/47mm timber
when you said studs they are normally 2x4" sawn at 47x97 ish rather than more expensive planed timber or cls at 38x89mm
Getting some structural timber in B&Q 95/45mm 3.6m for £8ish, thats just little more than I need.
Ok perfect so 80mm by 5mm.
Pilot holes for these and how big?