Flatscreen TV install, shower liner thickness?

[bbouw22]

I have a 1998 290 SD and I want to hang a small flatscreen TV on the back side of my bathroom/ shower stall, facing the forward vberth.
Anyone know how much thickness I will have here to drive screws in this area. Last thing I want to do is have the screws come right threw into the bathroom/shower area, but on the other hand, want to use something as beefy a possbile so the TV never falls off while under way from waves pounding.
Anyone have an ideas or experience here??? Please help

 

[Daniel P Thomas]

Looking at doing the same thing in my salon.
When I hung the wine bottle/paper towel holder in galley, the plywood under the wall fabric was 1/2" thick.
I was able to check this because I have a solid door going to v-berth.

I want to hang my flat panel like the one shown in this picture, of a sister ship.

I am going to be checking this out this weekend.

 

[bbouw22]

let me know how you make out, I am going to be investigating over the next few days as well.
thanks

 

[David Morgan]

Sheet metal screws are not the best thing to use to mount heavy things on a boat. As you know, the shock loading of a boat hitting chop can be pretty severe. As much as I hate to say this, you may want to consider thru-bolting. You could always use a stainless steel round head bolt on the backside and then use some automotive touch up paint that comes close to matching the surface on the backside where it shows. It sure beats seeing a machine screw coming through the backside or worse yet having it come loose in in heavy chop.

 

[Lazy Daze]

I agree with Dave. With one exception: I would add at least use finishing washers against the liner - preferably some larger washers to help distribute the load.

Maybe you add a towel rack (or something similar) so as to hide the bolts. Through bolt the rack from the inside, using long enough bolts to be able to attach the TV mount on the other side.

I can't speak for your liner, but mine is about 1/8" thick. Does the liner flex if you push on the middle of the wall? What's in front of your shower? Just a guess, but whatever it is, I doubt it's more than 3/8" or 1/2" thick. Still not enough.

But, I must say I 'm not overly familiar with the exact layout of your boat. I can't seem to find a good enough picture, either.

 

[STB]

I actually just did the same installation two weekends ago. I have a '99 270 Sundancer, so the layout is probably fairly similar. I mounted a 20" LCD TV on the wall between the galley and the head, which was also plywood between the fabric and the shower liner. I used four bolts through the wall, with large washers. Fortunately for me, in the head on the back side of the galley wall is a large mirror which is hinged at the top, with some round industrial velcro pads at the bottom. The back of the mirror was "framed", so between that and the gap from the hinges/pads, there was enough room behind it for the bolt heads and washers (the nuts were on the galley side). In which case, they're hidden behind the mirror.

The bracket I used for the TV was very flat, and put the TV right against the wall. I was afraid that an "arm" style bracket would have put too much stress on the wall. The bracket is basically two metal plates, with the plate mounted to the TV sliding right into the plate mounted to the wall. Two screws at the bottom secure the two plates together. So while the TV is very secure on the wall, I can easily remove it if we need to.

I also ran coax from the stern of the boat up to the galley. So now the cable is always in place, and easy to connect when I hook up the shore power.

- Adam