Advice please: Im nervous about hanging TV from wall.

[Yorkie13]

Could anyone please give me some advice on the safest way to fix a wall mounted TV stand to the wall, although an external wall it seems quite hollow. The TV is a portable but is still quite heavy. Im papping myself.

Cheers

 

[plugwash]

it sounds like the internal skin of your wall is timber framed and only the outer skin is brick/block.

you need to find the timber studs and fix to one of those, unfortunately finding them may involve making a bit of a mess of the wall surface.

 

[diyisfree]

you could purchase a cable & stud finder.

If i was hanging a TV worth several hundred if not a thousand pounds then i would nip along to one of the big sheds and get one.

 

[masona]

Could anyone please give me some advice on the safest way to fix a wall mounted TV stand to the wall

Just fitted one yesterday for my son bedroom on the external wall, I have very soft old lime mortar brickwork, so I've used 4 threaded rod bolts right through the wall to be safe!

 

[Nige F]

Did you put one of those S shaped things on outside...like you see on old factories

 

[ample]

I personally threw away the comedy ones supplied with the bracket and used 2 m10 rawbolts But then I over engineer everything, drives the wife mad, everything takes twice as long!

 

[Richardp]

I personally threw away the comedy ones supplied with the bracket and used 2 m10 rawbolts But then I over engineer everything, drives the wife mad, everything takes twice as long!

you'd think she'd be pleased about that