Comments on: Can A 42in Lcd Tv Be Put Up Onto A Plasterboard Wall With Hollow Wall Anchors?

By: smiley_f

smiley_f — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:19:00 +0000

um…not really…the mounting should be attached to studs…how secure is your ceiling…you may want to hang it instead…the best thing to do would be check into professional installation.Would be a shame if the tv fell…plus if someone else does it,they are responsible for loss should it occur.

By: bobjacks

bobjacks — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:08:43 +0000

Not unless your doing it as a favor for an old girlfriend or boyfriend maybe to get back at someone!!

By: bellendm

bellendm — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:53:25 +0000

Ummm…HELL NO!! There is no way I would hang my 42″ Aquos like you mentioned, unless you like throwing away over a grand on your new TV.
I would look for other mounting options, like the dual steel pole stand, which has a low profile, looks slick, and allows for verticle adjustment of mounted TVs.
Sanus and BDI are pretty sweet, just remember to keep your LCD within the vertical 30 degrees, or so, of your seated viewing plane.
Good luck, but don’t go cheap.

By: normark

normark — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:44:15 +0000

hmmm…might be too heavy. would be a pretty expensive way of finding out too lol

By: frothuk

frothuk — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:25:18 +0000

put mdf up first

By: I got wood

I got wood — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:55:46 +0000

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS MARK OUT WHERE YOUR TELLY IS GOING THEN MAKE SOME SMALL HOLES TO LOCATE THE STUDWORK ,THEN FIT SOME 18MMPLY ACROSS THE UPRIGHTS IN THE STUD , ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO FIT YOUR TELLY BRACKET , THEN PAINT THE PLY THE COLOUR OF YOUR WALL FIT YOUR TELLY AND HEY PRESTO ,YOU CANT SEE ANYTHING BEHIND IT

By: Big Bad Boris Mayor of London

Big Bad Boris Mayor of London — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:00:24 +0000

Don’t use hollow drywall anchors. For such a high load the plasterboard will fail at the fixings.
Hopefully the plasterboard wall you wish to attach too is not that dual layer plasterboard with a honeycomb paper interior that is commonly used as a non-load bearing partition in the UK and probably elsewhere in the world too.
Its not so much that the plasterboard can’t support a 28kg load its more that its not easy to transfer that load so that it stays within the plasterboard core. Even if you manage to achieve that feat you then have to consider how to stabilise the plasterboard so that accidental damage shock and vibration don’t compromise the load. Oh and did I mention that if anyone leans on the television all that force will be trying to tear those hollow fixings out of the plasterboard..
DON’T DO IT!

By: Bob the Boat

Bob the Boat — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:20:50 +0000

Can be done you just need the right fixingshttp://www.fischer.co.uk/befestigung/ver…
convert the Kn into KG
Fischer toggle clamp KD 3 holds a recommened maximum of 0.14 Kilonewton = 14.27 Kg force.
So 4 of those will easily hold 28kg.

By: robert22

robert22 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:11:21 +0000

I would not think so good luck with that

By: JOHN B

JOHN B — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:11:52 +0000

Hi,
As many butterfly bolts as the TV casing allows, which spring open in the plasterboard cavity should be OK, as the weight of either two 14kg is not massive, and four seven kg points is not a problem
I would first tap the wall to find the dull thud of the supporting woodwork to establish where he noggins are, and pencil mark them.
If you are lucky, the more solid wood bits will tally with the mounting hole centres on the TV. Then you can drill small holes into the timber, and use as big as possible wood srews
Much better & safer.
You will need to make a decent sized hole in the plasterboard anyway, to feed the signal & power cables through
Feeding those neatly & internally back to mains & ariel / DVD sockets is a trickier task if you don’t want wall mounted pvc trunking on show.
One small advantage of having thin platerboard internal walls is that they are easy to attack & repair.
I was stuck with mounting one above the fireplace, so had to remove several bricks and fit a fireproof tube through to the garage. Nightmare.
All the best with it, then
Bob