TV Mount Corner Conundrum

smck99

I’m looking to mount my TV on the corner stud of a hollow plasterboard ‘pillar’ in my living room (this is the only space as there’s a door to the left and a brick wall/stove to the right), but need a quick sanity check so any thoughts are much appreciated!

In the first picture below you can see the single stud TV mount I’ve bought for my 37” 11.1kg TV. In the second picture is the corner/pillar in question. I’ve marked where I intend to install the bracket with two lag bolts into the corner stud, and where I assume wiring is run for the mains sockets at the base of the pillar (there’s also a light switch just out of shot to the left in case that might indicate anything else).

I want good support for the TV as there will be a hi-fi with turntable beneath but don’t want to do anything too drastic if I can avoid it (it’s a rented house) so I thought going off the corner stud would do the trick rather than buying an expensive corner TV mount or installing a plywood backboard between two of the pillar studs

Thanks in advance for any advice

Four Phucs Ache

Rented or not, I'd go with the brick on the right.Easier to hide the holes if future tenants etc.Holes in the plaster will need filling and wall painted.

8mm drill bit, plugs and 60mm bolts. The swivel of the bracket you have will give whatever view you want wether it's in the plaster or the brick.

GreeBo

Easier to hide holes in redbrick wall then plasterboard?
I'd disagree totally, you can do an invisible repair on any plasterboard wall by colour matching the paint, I dunno how you would do that with a redbrick wall?
The only way repair option I see would be into the mortar and I wouldn't trust my TV and hi-fi on that.

OP I'd fit some timber horizontally between the external and internal corner studs and then fix your bracket to that. That gives you any horizontal position you want and easy to patch up. It also halves the load on each stud (not that you should need that with an 11kg TV, but at full extension there is a good bit more than 11kg of force)

Four Phucs Ache

To hide a hole on internal red brick, use a wire brush on one of the bricks not in sight, collect the dust and mix with a pea sized bit of filler. Fixed.

awec

A repair on plaster will be completely invisible, you can very easily make it absolutely perfect. Red brick not so much.

I would avoid drilling into the brick if at all possible.

smck99

Thanks for the replies. I’d be inclined to stick to mounting from the plasterboard. Nice tip about blending a repair from some other bricks though.

As GreeBo mentioned and I was originally too lazy to do, I think I’ll cut two 2x4 to size and mount across two studs, then mount the TV on that.