All, I recently finished up a large wall-hanging media center cabinet that will hang on the wall on a french cleat. I'm going to install it tomorrow and need to get some hardware for attaching the cleat to the wall. The piece is 8' wide, 20" tall, and 20" deep. I'm guessing that the fully loaded weight will be around 80lbs.
My thought is that I'll use 1/4" lag screws with washers and countersink the screw heads into the cleat with a forstner bit, all going into studs, of course. Any concerns about that approach? Any other hardware choices I should consider?
Pictures of the piece are attached.
My thought is that I'll use 1/4" lag screws with washers and countersink the screw heads into the cleat with a forstner bit, all going into studs, of course. Any concerns about that approach? Any other hardware choices I should consider?
Pictures of the piece are attached.