This seems like a very basic question but googling it just gives me articles on how to join two pieces of wood—I know how to do that.
My question is, if I sister up a stud next to another one and screw it down tight, how strong is a screw that happens to penetrate right in between the two pieces of wood be? Would it be fine as it's grabbing wood either way, or would it be weaker than one that's right in the centre?
Asking because I have the walls down to redecorate, and I picked a spot for a TV mount, but it's a single stud Vogels type (only one that works for my application, needs to pull out and swivel a lot). The placement for the TV to sit in the middle of the wall in question ends up right on the edge of an existing stud.
As above, I was hoping I could simply sister a stud next to the existing one and screw/bolt it in tight and have it be as strong as one wider stud?
