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Why does nobody talk about using a zip tie for a temporary keypad mount?
I was on a job in Tampa yesterday and the customer needed the keypad up before the wall plate arrived. I looped a heavy duty zip tie through the back bracket and cinched it tight around a pipe. It held solid for the 48 hours until the proper part came. What's your go-to temporary fix when you're missing a mounting bracket?
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sage_grant761mo ago
You ever just use a fat wad of duct tape? I've done that more times than I can count. Sticks a keypad right to the drywall, comes off clean if you're careful. For a sensor, I'll sometimes just set it on a shelf or a cabinet top pointed the right way. It's all about making it work until the real parts show up.
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the_sean2d ago
My drywall always loses that fight with the tape too.
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the_robert1mo ago
Wait, it comes off clean from drywall? Every time I've tried that it takes a chunk of the wall with it, like a bad sunburn. You must have some magic touch, or maybe my drywall is just cheap garbage. I'm always left with that weird papery layer torn off and a mess to fix. I can't trust tape on paint anymore after the last time.
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