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  1. CrazeUK

    Wall mounting a TV on dot and dab

    Hi all. This has been coveted in similar ways a number of times. My other half lives in a flat that has dot and dab plaster board walls. Some time ago I decided to use reclaimed pallet wood to make a feature wall. The wood is secure with nails on 5 1.5" x 2.5" buttons running vertically...
  2. J

    Mounting a TV on internal walls are triple board rather than stud

    Afternoon all, When I moved into my house I started to look at mounting my TV on a bedroom wall, I couldn't find the studs when tapping and nothing was picked up with a detector. When cutting out the backbox for power and data, I found that this wall isn't a stud wall, it's 3 layers of...
  3. A

    Fixing a tv to the wall

    Hi everyone. I am trying to fit a tv to the wall and would very much appreciate some help. Upon getting a tv bracket and drilling into what i thought was a solid wall diving our living room and bedroom, the wall isnt a solid wall after all. I have 60mm of some material that is soft, plasteboard...
  4. S

    Plasterboard TV Mounting advice needed please

    Hello, I have a dot and dab wall where the plasterboard is quite thick, I believe it is double plastered? The gap from the surface of the plasterboard (facing the inside of the room) to the brick wall is 70mm. I want to mount a 55" TV ideally on a cantilever bracket. I have looked at many...
  5. R

    Screwing into a plasterboarded wall

    I’m going to try to put a tv on the wall but haven’t done any DIY before. It’s an external wall which is brick then plasterboard. I purchased Fischer Duopower 10 x 80s plugs which came with screws. The problem is I don’t have the right length drill bits or nut driver for those screws. I...
  6. R

    TV mounting advice/help

    Hi, In the process of purchasing a LG 55CX OLED and looking to mount this on a cantilever mount. I've been recommended Sanus mounts, but none of their mounts seem to say they’re suitable for mounting on a brick wall The chimney is unused (and the alcoves either side are too small for the 55")...
  7. R

    Mounting TV above (disused) fireplace

    Thinking about mounting our TV on our chimney breast and would like to ideally run the cables through the breast and out to one side of the alcoves. I'm just wondering what the best approach to this was and if it would cause any structural issues? Here's the chimney breast as it stands - red...
  8. compact

    Advice for Wall hung TV socket in the wrong place directly behind the TV

    Hi Through poor planning etc I placed a double socket behind my Wall hung TV, which sits directly in the gap of the below bracket. When I close the bracket, if fits neatly around the gap in the arm, but then pushes on the plug cable, as it comes out of the plug. To get the TV to fit more...
  9. S

    Inch think crumbling wall

    Hi Trying to screw in a book wall unit to wall however wall crumbles over an inch before actually hitting brick. I remember having to pay a professional to hang TV on the same wall and he had to call another person to help him a few years back. I know have a massive whole, which I'm happy to...
  10. zorgan

    Wall Mounting a TV fixture advice

    I have plasterboard wall here, i've determined that it's 600mm across from the left (which is the main outer wall with the window in my bedroom) I have painted a sheet of MDF to size and plan to screw it to the wall and bought silver screw cups for cosmetic purposes, I plan to put a screw...
  11. R

    Plaster Board in front of brick fireplace. TV hanging ?

    Hi all I am a DIY novice and wondered what fixtures to use above my fireplace for attaching a TV? The wall is plasterboard (around 3 cm or so thick) behind which there is a tiny gap and then brick. Sounds hollow when tapping but the brick was there when I investigated a hole the previous...
  12. J

    42" TV, double plasterboard wall, steel "I" studs - mounting help

    Hello I'm trying to mount a 42" LG TV to my plasterboard wall. I have bought this bracket which has 3 holes for mounting in a vertical arrangement directly into a single stud...
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