Mounting 42" Plasma on what seems to be hollow wall.?

Question

Hi people,

The wall where i want to mount my Plasma is hollow & i knock all along & didn't hear any solid sound, does this mean there's no studs? How would i mount it on the wall? The otherside is just a cuboard. The place is a flat (Apartment) & it's quite old if that helps.

Thanks in advance!!

Answer 1

crikey no way - weve put our 42" LCD tv on a brick wall and we were still worried about it haha

i wouldnt do it, but if you do (hopefully you wont!) get insurance first x

Answer 2

Even in older construction ( lath and plaster wall) there has to be stud framing. Buy a good stud finder at your local home improvement/hardware store. They are not that expensive and well worth it considering the cost of the TV. Go ahead and over- do- it on mounting hardware, it can't be too secure. If you skimp on your mounting provisions and your TV falls you'll hate yourself for a very long time.

Answer 3

We recently bought a 46" LCD and also have hollow walls.  We took the decision not to risk it and bought a fab black glass stand from Ebay for £99 instead.

Answer 4

no . can you build a frame inside the cupboard .

Answer 5

there will be studs... but it sounds like you have lathe and plaster walls...

to be honest its a tricky business...

do you have access to both sides of the same wall??

cos if you do, you could put a bracket through it... and that would hold well..

or, find the vertical timber studs.. and then run a couple of timber studs horizontally between them, on the outside of the wall and fix onto that..

might work.

Answer 6

I agree with the general concensus of opinion - which is simply dont do it.

I've installed a lot of plasma on walls, and even what appears to be proper brickwork in good condition, can actually start to shift in large chunks under the plaster when fully loaded with a heavy bracket and large plasma.

Breezeblock is "do-able" if the mount isnt an articulated arm, in other words, the load is perpendicular to the wall itself. So a flat plate mount, or one that just tilts downwards, will probably be ok, if you use every single mounting hole available.

And even then, you'd have to get each hole onto a part of the block (or brick) that is solid.

I've actually come to think that plasma / lcd sets on walls look rather stupid in a domestic environment. Its best reserved for pubs , clubs and Tesco !

They are never at the correct viewing height, and even though we warned the customer in advance about this, they always seemed to want them at a picture frame height - which is totally wrong.

If you are after some very professional (but very expensive) mounting solutions, have a look at the Unicol range. It's the sort of stuff more commonly found in schools (and Tesco!) but its really decent. However, I doubt it will suit a domestic environment.

http://www.unicol.com/

Expect to pay half what you've already spent on the set.

There are some floor stands now that have a vertical riser at the back, which gives the impression that the TV is mounted quite high up, but in fact its still on the floor.

Answer 7

If there aren't any studs I would really think twice about putting such a heavy TV on the wall.  

Invest in a suitable shelf/stand instead.