TIL my old way of mounting keypads was making my life harder

For years I always mounted alarm keypads directly to drywall with plastic anchors, but after a job in an old building with plaster walls last month I switched to using low-profile metal backplates first. The backplate lets me level the keypad perfectly and hides any messy holes from previous mounts. Has anyone else found that taking an extra 10 minutes on the mounting prep saves more time than you'd think?

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aaron1974mo ago

Yeah, plaster walls will test any mounting trick you've got.

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hayes.elliot4mo ago

Wait, has anyone tried mounting stuff directly into the lath instead of trying to anchor into the plaster itself? The wood strips under there are usually way more solid than the plaster and hold screws a lot better if you can find them.

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