Why Metal Plates Behind Sheet Rock

On one of the windows which opens into the patio i seem to have hit a metal stud or sheet about 5 away from and 5 above the window frame.

Why metal plates behind sheet rock.

I m in an apt no landlord issue top floor. I would use short sheet metal screw to attach what ever you need to the wall. Rather than a rock veneer i was considering some plate steel and have the wife draw some designs on it so could cut it out. Light duty aluminum sheet has a bright nonskid tread plate finish that will not rust or corrode.

If the walls you re planning to drywall are between 8 ft. 1 point 5 years ago. Recommended for indoor or outdoor uses. There s metal and insulation behind there.

Drywall is the rigid gypsum based board that forms most walls in homes. Isherwood oct 30 16 at 1 38. I an installing an over the range microwave oven replacing the old one. Often called wallboard drywall is usually 1 2 inch thick.

What is behind drywall. Of course the reason is that the electrician was unable to drill through the studs further back due to their close proximity to the adjacent studs. I am thinking that 1 8 would be thick enough. There s nothing else really that they could be.

I am trying to hang curtains in my apartment and have been using plastic anchors with around 1 25 long screws to secure the brackets. You ll find 54 in wide drywall at drywall suppliers or you can special order it from most home centers and lumberyards. Tread plate design is used for decorative crafts and hobby projects. I have ended up removing drywall material from a 3 8 circular hole upon multiple tries of securing an anchor and.

This is on an interior wall with no junction box or water. Shrug metal studs are rather flimsy individually and thin so drilling them with a sharp drill or a self tapping sheet metal screw should be a piece of cake. They have a mirrored layout our kitchen sinks are about 8 9 feet away. It also could be screw plates used to protect wires and pipe from getting screws put into them unlikely to be the whole wall though.

If you could see behind the drywall or remove it you might see any of the following. I am drilling a 5 8 hole for a toggle bolt and hit a piece of sheet metal behind the sheetrock. Light duty aluminum this 3 ft. Its a shared common wall with another apt.

Of 4anchors the 2bottoms will be in studs. Tx turner mar 2 15 at 18 01. Nothing super intricate as i only have an oxy act torch. The wall behind my stove is blah.

Could i go 1 16. It is either screwed or nailed directly to the wall studs. Tall consider ordering special 54 in wide sheets of drywall to avoid an extra horizontal joint. Toggle bolts for the others.

Metal objects spaced 16 apart horizontally are either metal studs or protective plates.