Check your walls

Unless it’s a really old house, you’ll probably have a few different kinds of wall in your home. The most common are brick and stud walls. Most walls can support a TV, but you need to be more careful if you’re mounting on a stud wall.

Here’s what you need to look out for…

Brick walls

These walls are fine for mounting TVs of any size. Just make sure that the mount goes into the brick itself and not the mortar. This is because brick gives you a much more secure fitting.

When you’re mounting a large telly it’s a good idea to use heavy-duty wall anchors. These are specifically designed to go into brick and will easily hold weighty TVs.

Stud walls

Interior walls are usually made from a wooden ‘stud’ frame with plasterboard attached. The wooden studs are strong enough to hold a TV. But, if you’re planning on mounting your TV straight to the plasterboard, you need to install special plasterboard fixings first.

Make sure the weight of your TV isn’t more than the max weight of your fixings too. Otherwise, you might be in for a nasty telly-based surprise.

Wall brackets

There are a large number of wall mount brackets out there but the big three consist of fixed, tilt, or full tilt and swivel. We can help advise you on the pros and cons depending on the situation/area.

Costs

Our basic cost to mount a fixed bracket provided by the customer onto a solid wall is £89.00+VAT. All other installations require a free survey to take into account variations such as trunking, wall chaising, power points etc.