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[Closed] DIY: Fixing a wooden stud to a blockwork wall (and getting it vertical?)

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[u]TL;DR[/u]
I need to affix 2x 94m deep battens to a blockwork wall, perfectly vertically. How?

They can't be fixed to either the floor or ceiling.

We're building a fake chimney to mount the TV on the wall, hide the cables, etc, to replace the original 'fireplace' with a bigger one that fits over the electric stove.

So far my idea is:

[u]Hearth[/u]
1) Cut a 1220mm space in the skirting.
2) Cut 2x 1220mm x 400mm pieces of 25mm MDF, then cut out a section of one to fit around the existing tiled hearth, glue together, paint with stone effect paint and lay on the floor.
3) A couple of small 90deg brackets to the skirting board to be hidden behind the fireplace to keep it in place.

[u]Chimney[/u]
2x 4x3 (94x67mm) PSA timber studs and an MDF front panel. Then cover with lining paper and paint. Leaving a ~4" cavity to drop power leads etc down. Job jobbed (almost).

Problem is, how do you get the studs vertical, when the wall is blockwork? Because there's no way on this earth I'm going to get a rawl plug in exactly the right spot, and a screw exactly perpendicular. And to save more jobs (cutting wood/plasterboard to fit the sides) I'd like the studs to be the sides of the chimney.

And for added complicated-ness, it cant fix to the ceiling, otherwise I'd do the obvious thing and attach a piece of timber to the ceiling, get the joists vertical first and screw them to that. There's a ~80mm coving around the top which we plan to cover rather than start ripping that down again.

And the left one can't go all the way to the floor, because I want to leave a gap to run cables under, so it'll stop at the skirting board height (won't be visible because the unit is going to be on that side.

So the chimney will end about 80mm short of the ceiling, then there's more coving to go over the gap.

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Posted : 29/12/2016 2:46 pm

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