TV Bracket on plasterboard dot and dab wall

[IanR18]

Evening ladies and gentlemen.

I have purchased a new TV for the bedroom and wish to wall mount it to a wall which is dot and dab plasterboard (New house) wall. The wall faces the outside of the house so it does have brick or breeze block behind the cavity.

My question is, what is the best way to secure a TV bracket to the wall without pulling down the plasterboard. The total weight of the TV and bracket will be 10kg.

I have looked online and some people suggest drilling into the breeze block and using rigifix kits. Has anyone any ideas or if this is truly the best way to do it?

Thanks in advance.

 

[IanR18]

I forgot to mention the tv bracket is a tilt and swivel bracket.

 

[motorbiking]

100 - 120mm frame fixer in to the brick, depending on the thickness of plaster you could go 80mm.

13305
Phillips Frame Fixing 8 x 100mm

or

34964
Phillips Frame Fixing 8 x 120mm

you just drill through the plaster and brick, hold the tv bracket up and push the frame plug through then insert the screw and tighten (just in case you didn't know how a frame fixer works

 

[Alarm Engineer]

Drill into the wall through the plasterboard, pop rawl plugs in and use a long screw to push the plug right back into the wall itself. Then fit bracket as usual, just make sure you use long screws that bite into the rawl plug & tighten up nicely.

 

[IanR18]

By wall do you mean brick? And that's all it takes to secure the tv and bracket?

 

[IanR18]

100 - 120mm frame fixer in to the brick, depending on the thickness of plaster you could go 80mm.

13305
Phillips Frame Fixing 8 x 100mm

or

34964
Phillips Frame Fixing 8 x 120mm

you just drill through the plaster and brick, hold the tv bracket up and push the frame plug through then insert the screw and tighten (just in case you didn't know how a frame fixer works

Thanks. It sounds a lot easier. Still not confident as I don't fancy the tv falling on my sons head lol.

 

[Handymanjo]

As motor biking says frame fixings is the way to go. Screwfix have various lengths of frame fixings.
Drill the hole through plaster board hammer in frame fixing and fix tv bracket on wall job done.

 

[motorbiking]

there is 10 in a pack 4 should do it, but you could put 6 in or use the no 10 fixers but these need a larger screw driver. I've got 4 no. 10s holding a 50" telly through plaster insulation and brick.

So steps:

1. hold mounting bracket on the wall where you want it making sure there are no cables likely to be in the wall (e.g. sockets light switches etc). Use a level to mark and mark the holes.

2. drill your holes with the right size drill (e.g. no 8, 8mm masonry drill.) drill a tiny bit deeper than your fixing. e.g 80mm 85mm depth hole

3. hold up the bracket, and tap the fixers (plastic bit) in with a hammer until flush, then screw the screws in tight.

mount the rest of the bracket

 

[IanR18]

Ok I have just realised I can't put the tv on that wall as the bracket isnt compatible.

I can attach to another wall which seems to be dot and dab. What is the best way to attach to this wall bearing in mind it isn't an outside wall.

Same way using frame fixings or is it not possible?

 

[Handymanjo]

Post picture of bracket

 

[IanR18]

http://www.argos.co.uk/m/static/Product/partNumber/5038596.htm

 

[Handymanjo]

Why can't you fix that to an outside wall ?
Frame fixings will work with that bracket

 

[IanR18]

Why can't you fix that to an outside wall ?
Frame fixings will work with that bracket

That's a different bracket. I checked the outside wall but the tv hits the wall and won't swivel to correct angle so will have to use the above on the bed facing wall.

 

[motorbiking]

OK so now you want to mount to an internal stud wall? Can you find the studs by tapping the wall, drilling tiny holes until you hit wood or using a stud detector? Best option is to find the studs and get your screws in to the wood. Then you need a hollow wall fixing for those that don't

30410
Hollow Wall Anchor 6 x 65

or

53684
Spring Toggle 3 x 50mm

or

55036
Self Drill Pozi Plasterboard Screw Zinc

 

[IanR18]

• It seems there are quite a few studs as the sound changes when knocking on the wall. Not sure if it is stud or dot and dab tho? Or doesn't this matter?