TV wall mounting Plasterboard dot and dab (new build)

WCN87

Hi All,

I'm looking at wall mounting our TV in our living room, can anyone suggest the best to bracket to cover the following:

Needs to be able to tilt up and down.
Needs easy access to get to cables and make amendments
Doesn't sit to far from the wall so gap isn't to big

If anyone can suggest any additional equipment special screw required for the plasterboard that would be brilliant, tv is 40' LED

We're also looking at feeding the cables behind the plasterboard so it is cable free.

Thanks in advance

keith969

Forget fixing the mounting to just plasterboard. It won't be able to support the TV for any length of time.

You need to drill through to the wall behind, probably breeze block or similar, and bolt the mounting to that wall using a rawlbolt or maybe a wall plug and longish (75mm) screw.

andyhop

Google rigifix dri wall fixings M6 versions will be more than enough for your use

I've used them many times for various heavy items, design is simple and work a treat .

casper_g

You'll never fit a 40 foot telly in your house, let alone hang it on the wall!


Seriously, I'd be very wary of fixing even a 40 inch TV to plasterboard. If you attempt it, cross your fingers firmly and maintain a strict exclusion area in front of it to ensure the cat/baby/iPad/your foot isn't in the way when it falls off.

nickperry68

I've used these in the past:
VonHaus Premium Slim TV Wall Bracket for 33 - 60 inch

Don't be put off by the low price (£16 inc del)... they are excellent

Able to tilt up and down and doesn't sit to far from the wall
As for easy access to get to cables and make amendments - well that depends on your tv

https://www.amazon.co.uk/VonHaus-PREMIUM-Slim-Wall-Bracket/dp/B003U46SWC

nickperry68

If the tv is going to stay there and you want a close to the wall look why not cut away a tv sized hole in the plasterboard, make good around the edges and put your tv in the wall.... makes cable runs behind the plasterboard a doddle as well...

onomatopoeia99

Slightly confused about the construction of your wall as you mention dot and dab, and also suggest running the cables behind the plasterboard.

If it's dot and dab, what's behind the plasterboard? Can't be a void as dot dab is to attach plasterboard to a flat surface like brick or block, so don't know how you will feed the cables behind it.. Fixing to brick or block is easy - something like wallbolts will be very effective. If it's lightweight block e.g. thermalite then specific fixings are needed.

If it's a stud wall then the plasterboard is fixed to a timber frame with drywall screws rather than dot dab in my (limited, I admit) experience. If I wanted to attach something heavy I'd screw it directly to the wooden frame, not try to attach to the plasterboard. If necessary I'd remove the plasterboard and install extra noggins at the height required (this would also allow holes to be made in the noggins to run cable through if you want to hide it). Obviously this would involve new plasterboard, plastering and repainting.

getmore4less

Plasterboard is perfectly capable of supporting modern LCD tv as long as not using large cantilever brackets or you make a habit of swinging on the tv.

Would not chance a 60kg plasma but 20kg is nothing for plasterboard with a few carefully chosen fixings.

keith969

getmore4less wrote: »

Plasterboard is perfectly capable of supporting modern LCD tv as long as not using large cantilever brackets or you make a habit of swinging on the tv.

Would not chance a 60kg plasma but 20kg is nothing for plasterboard with a few carefully chosen fixings.

Except as it's dot and dab, you can't get normal plasterboard fixings to grip the back of the plasterboard. Having fitted one in someone else's house a little while back, there really is no choice but to drill into the wall behind.

TheCyclingProgrammer

keith969 wrote: »

Except as it's dot and dab, you can't get normal plasterboard fixings to grip the back of the plasterboard. Having fitted one in someone else's house a little while back, there really is no choice but to drill into the wall behind.

Not the only option. You can use GripIt fixings.

http://gripitfixings.co.uk/new-gripit-2015/

keith969

TheCyclingProgrammer wrote: »

Not the only option. You can use GripIt fixings.

http://gripitfixings.co.uk/new-gripit-2015/

Hmm, they look interesting, never seen them before.