Mounting TVs on the wall

[SamSpade]

One of the reasons I've resisted doing this is because way too often, stuff in a room gets - moved. However, our family room has had a TV in the same spot now for 16 years, and the arrangement is never likely to change.

What I want to know is - are mounting brackets - standard? If TVs are roughly the same side, thereabouts - can one fit another?

We have had the same entertainment center since we got married. It was at the time the most expensive piece of furniture I'd ever bought. It has a major weakness however - TV size. 43 inches is as big as it will allow. That has suited us fine and possibly always will. It's just that as bigger TVs get cheaper, there's this thing that says well crap, we ain't gettin' it, and I sure as hell ain't buying one for the KIDS to use.

I just keep seeing that HUGE entertainment center - with all its drawers and shelves designed for dated things like DVDs and - shudder - VCR tapes - and realize that we don't even use them at all except to store junk. I think it might be great to ditch it.

 

[Sneakers]

The bolt pattern for mounting is standard, all mounts use the standard patterns. All you need to do is find one of appropriate capacity, ie capable of supporting the size and weight of the tv, and whether a simple mount is adequate, or if you want one that pivots and rotates.

 

[GURPS]

 

[Rommey]

Just make sure you get the mount bolted into at least one stud (although most mounts have a number of holes to allow you the flexibility to get it attached in two or more studs). Drywall alone will not hold the mount and TV for a long time.

 

[glhs837]

Been wall mounting for maybe 10 years and one all in one computer and three TVs now. The standard referred to above is the VESA standard, which places holes in certain set patterns so many millimeters apart. Last two tvs were over 100lbs and I used mounts that allow for almost two feet of pull out from the wall and 70 degrees of pivot.
Now it's a clean look with a low wide IKEA entertainment center with the tv about above it. All the wiring runs inside the wall. Romney had it right, you must have studs involved. I know there are people who do this for money, but in this I wouldnt trust anyone but myself. This site has some good information. Not recommending their products, but it does explain VESA and talk to the varying types of mounts. And if you are wondering why mt shelves and speakers are that far away, it's because I plan for the future

https://www.oneforall.com/explore/vesa-mounting-standard-explained#/step-1

Ths ig

 

[vraiblonde]

This is an annoying thread.

Mountin' TVs on the wall, that don't bother me at all.....

:earworm:

 

[DaSDGuy]

This is an annoying thread.

Mountin' TVs on the wall, that don't bother me at all.....

:earworm:

Smokin' cigarettes and watchin' Captain Kangaroo

 

[PeoplesElbow]

You dont have to use studs if you use the proper toggle bolts, you really dont.

You wouldn't believe how much weight I've hung on the drywall alone.

 

[Rommey]

You dont have to use studs if you use the proper toggle bolts, you really dont.

You wouldn't believe how much weight I've hung on the drywall alone.

Why risk it? I'd rather know it was mounted to something more substantial than drywall.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

Why risk it? I'd rather know it was mounted to something more substantial than drywall.

Sometimes the stud spacing doesnt cooperate, or the studs are metal.

 

[glhs837]

Sometimes the stud spacing doesnt cooperate, or the studs are metal.

Sons 60lb 55"was like that, I used six toggles since it was a Wildwoode cond with metal studs. The 85 in my living room, that's about 120 and got a plywood backer spanning three studs. Of course that's a 24 inch full motion mount. A flat mount wouldn't need that level of beef.