42" tv, wall bracket, hollow wall

AlanD · 19-07-2010 1:43pm #1

Hi,

we're looking to change our tv and get a 42" plasma. At the moment our tv sits on a 2 foot high unit, but now we want to mount the new tv on the wall to stop the kids from standing an inch away from the tv.

Problem is, all our internal walls are plaster board (wood frame house). If I manage to find the wooden struts, will that be enough to hold a tv on to the wall? We want a tilt/swivel bracket to suit our sitting positions, but I'm concerned about the weight of the unit hanging from the wall.

Your thoughts/advice would be welcome.

A

bryaner · 19-07-2010 1:59pm

The bracket you buy will come with a fitting kit with large rawlplugs.

Just find the batton in the wall and drill into it.

AlanD · 19-07-2010 2:38pm

is plasterboard strong enough for the loads place on it with a swivel mount? So if the TV was hanging out a bit?

bryaner · 19-07-2010 7:40pm

No make sure to find a batton behind the board.

p15574 · 21-07-2010 9:15am

I'm not an engineer, but I don't know if I would risk a swivel mount on battens for a 42" - my recollections of schooltime 'law of the lever' or whatever tells me it would put a huge load on the battens vs just a flat mount against the wall. Maybe you need to fix an extra piece of strong board to the wall with a load of screws into loads of different battens, and then fix the mount to that?

AlanD · 21-07-2010 9:18am

p15574 wrote: »

I'm not an engineer, but I don't know if I would risk a swivel mount on battens for a 42" - my recollections of schooltime 'law of the lever' or whatever tells me it would put a huge load on the battens vs just a flat mount against the wall. Maybe you need to fix an extra piece of strong board to the wall with a load of screws into loads of different battens, and then fix the mount to that?

I was thinking the very same thing. The loads on the wall with the tv always hanging out from the wall would be a lot. So a flat board that is screwed to death in to the battens and then put the bracket on top of that would probably work. We need a swivel cos the tv will essentially go in to a corner but we need to tilt it towards the living area.

p15574 · 21-07-2010 9:32am

Actually, maybe you'd need to just position the board first, marking the fixing points, then fix the mount before actual completing the affixing of the board to the wall. This way you could use nuts and bolts to fix the mount to the board instead of just screws to ensure it doesn't fall out of the new board, though you might need to make holes in the wall behind so the bolts wouldn't cause the board to stick out from the wall.

AlanD · 21-07-2010 9:33am

p15574 wrote: »

Actually, maybe you'd need to just position the board first, marking the fixing points, then fix the mount before actual completing the affixing of the board to the wall. This way you could use nuts and bolts to fix the mount to the board instead of just screws to ensure it doesn't fall out of the new board, though you might need to make holes in the wall behind so the bolts wouldn't cause the board to stick out from the wall.

Good idea. I'll look in to that.

BmanHamo · 23-07-2010 10:02am

There was a plaster bord bolt pulling kit in aldi the other week it should do the job as i used it to do my 37in TV

TheNordy · 06-08-2010 3:11pm

Hi folks, Just reading these posts re the hanging of screens on stud walls etc,
I tried this myself to save money.. Long story short I totally underestimated the loads at certain key fixing points and after a couple of week the whole lot hit the deck! Damaged the hardwood floor and murdered the TV!
I then did what I should have did.
I asked in harvey normans who they would suggest based on experience. They gave me a guys number who has did all their work since they arrived in Ireland. Cant remember his name but have him stored on phone as Activ8 0878627188 and they have a web site plasmainstalls.ie.
Anyway that was couple of yrs ago and I have pasted his number onto most of my friends all had no probs. Cables hidden in the walls etc.
Vacums and cleans up after himself!! rare trate lol.
Anyway that my take on it.. BE CAREFULL!! Barry

Homer · 10-08-2010 8:26am

his name is Gary from Activ8 in case anybody is going to ring him!

johndoe99 · 10-08-2010 8:38am

i had a similar weight problem, i was putting a shelving unit up to hold about 1000 DVDs and a member here gave me this link:

http://www.rawlplug.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89&Itemid=34

And that shelve is still up today, all I use were 4 screws, they work like a dream.

42" tv, wall bracket, hollow wall

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