Mounting a TV on a paramount wall

[thomp1983]

Hi all,

We have a paramount wall that I need to mount a 55" TV on, I'm guessing I'll going to have to cut into the wall and build a stud structure inside it or have plasterboard fixings come far enough that there's something I can use?

I can't just rip the wall down as the otherside of it is a finished room so the best I can do is cut into it then make good.

Thanks
Chris

 

[DAZB]

Good luck...., but seriously, can you not suspend the tv from above on a pole or similar bracket system ? Something like this and there are many options on the web.....

THOR Tilt Ceiling TV Mount

The THOR Ceiling Television Mount is ideal for a home or office environment.• Full motion ceiling mount• Suitable for sizes 32" - 55"• Minimum / maximum distance from ceiling: 560mm / 910mm• Maximum weight load: 50kg• Degree tilt: 0° to -25°• Degree swing: 180° to -180°• From VESA 200 to 600x400

www.toolstation.com

 

[thomp1983]

Interesting idea but the pole would drive me mad I reckon, the room will be getting plastered at some point so I think I'll just cut into it, remove the card honeycomb then run vertical studs attached to the floor joists at the top and a sole plate.

I'll then fix a piece of osb across the studs and some plasterboard on top of that for the finish plaster to go on.

 

[thomp1983]

Thought I'd update with what I went with in the end.

Cut a section of the paramount wall out leaving the inner most core in place. Made a stud frame, that's screwed into 4 floor joists at the top and also glued to the inner core.

12mm osb board over the top meant it was pretty much flush with the original wall and then plasterboard over the lot.

Can't see a TV pulling that lot down.

Chris

 

[thomp1983]

Had reason to come back to this thread today and realised I never posted a finished image of it all.

 

[thomp1983]

60mm sounds about right, I'm fairly sure I used 3x2 cls so the short side would be 38mm with 18mm osb on top gives 56mm and you've got to allow for the thickness of the 2 finished faces of the paramount, the osb was possibly thinner than 18mm it's been awhile since I did it.

 

[23vc]

Ah yeah, I was looking at it thinking the cardboard squares were still there, but it’s the imprint of them on the back face.