williamalex1
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Or find a stud like Old Skier
Hiding cables on wall mounted tv
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GuyInLyon
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Don't wall mount a television?
I've never like the high eye-sight that happens when someone does that.
williamalex1
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This is Lord Tyrion's eye level we're talking about, slightly lower
PJ87
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chrisd
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Not a big job if memory serves
Cheeky sod!! I have a full head of hair, not bad for my age!
jim8flog
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The small TV table and large TV problem is solved with these. They also enable you to set the right eye level for viewing and mean a sound bar goes under the TV.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/402829890457?hash=item5dca885399:g:omUAAOSwGENe2wCv
That's very clever and simple. Thanks for posting
richart
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Rugs are us ?
chrisd
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If it were a rug do you seriously think I'd buy a white one. I'd have to have it carpet cleaned too often ??
richart
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Yes at your age. ?
GuyInLyon
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Only if he's standing, not if he's sitting on the couch, watching TV like a normal member of the House of Lannister, with a 60 inch flat-screen, and maybe a sound bar...This is Lord Tyrion's eye level we're talking about, slightly lower
Crazyface
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Sorry I'm not great at diy. Isn't a stud wall just wood and plasterboard? How can you hang a mashoosive Tv on that?
GreiginFife
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It is but the stud frame, if properly built, gives it strength and rigidity.
You can either screw directly into a wooden stud or noggin or, as in my case, use heavy weight interset fixings that 'butterfly' inside the wall and multiple fixings spread out and distribute the force.
I had to remove the tv yesterday to paint the wall so I can confirm my tv bracket is made by Vonhaus. They do lots of brackets, you can buy direct or via Amazon. I went paranoid and put 9 wall plugs and screws in. 4 would have been enough apparently but I thought like you and was nervous. Looking at it yesterday, about 3 years after hanging it, there has been zero movement in that time. All of the screws are as tight now as back then. I'm not sure I would have the bottle to follow Greig with a 65" tv, mine is a paltry 32" in the bedroom, but it is feasible.
Edit - just read Greig's post. Educational, interesting to hear there is method in it not just crossing of fingers
jim8flog
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In the same way you mount a mahoosive and heavy weight cupboard on a stud wall in the kitchen.
Like these
https://www.screwfix.com/p/easyfix-hollow-wall-anchors-m5-x-52mm-100-pack/5643p
Pin-seeker
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Personally I wouldn’t be hanging anything too heavy using those.In the same way you mount a mahoosive and heavy weight cupboard on a stud wall in the kitchen.
Like these
https://www.screwfix.com/p/easyfix-hollow-wall-anchors-m5-x-52mm-100-pack/5643p
I’d be finding a timber to screw to or add more timbers if needed.
jim8flog
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" Very good quality and easy and quick to use with the correct fitting tool . There’s anchors can hold a substantial weight so there was no need to pepper the wall with holes as you would with screw in dry walls . Ideal for large TV mounting and for shelving. "
GreiginFife
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I'm intrigued. How would you add more 'timbers'? I assume you mean studs or noggins?
Interset fixings are absolutely fine as they spread the load across the whole bracket. You can swing on my TV bracket, and I have tried, with 6 interset 10 x 75 fixings.
williamalex1
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I put extra timber behind the plaster board to suit my bracket, because there wasn't a stud exactly where I needed it for my new 65 inch tv bracket.
I used the hole I made for the double dry lining box/socket, to let me to insert and fix timber behind precisely where I needed the fixings/ dwangs .
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Pin-seeker
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That’s fine mate,But personally I wouldn’t trust them with anything too heavy.
But tbf modern TV’s don’t weigh much.
