#MOUNTING TV ON PLASTER WALL PLUS#

Just use a 12mm / 0.5' plywood panel that will cover the width of the studs plus 10cm either side, and that extends higher and 15cm lower and 15cm higher than the vertical footprint size of the bracket. They run floor to ceiling and they transfer the weight to the rest of the building. The strongest part of your wall is the studs. I wouldn't be happy leaving a client's home with a TV installed that way. You've got a solution based on doing what we in the trade would consider to be a risky solution.

In the end though it's your TV, your wall and your choice. We just go straight to the correct answer - no detours - a direct route - BAM! We give you what you need to hear. That's why we don't mess about telling you what you want to hear. Those of us in the trade know what happens when a job is left half done. What we'd argue here though is based on the benefit of hindsight. No one wants to go what they think is OTT. In the end it comes down to this - and this isn't aimed at you specifically but it's a general observation of all people coming asking questions about the DIY mounting of TVs on walls - you just want the 'least effort' solution. The plasterboard might be strong enough to withstand that for some time, but plasterboard isn't stronger than steel.

It will be pushing and pulling on the plasterboard via the attachments at each corner of the bracket. So as you swing the TV on the bracket left or right, then the wall plate will want to rotate in the same direction. Just bear in mind that the wall fixing plate will still want to follow any movement in the bracket. If you're relying on just two fixings then you need to make sure you hit the mid line of the stud and pre-drill pilot holes to prevent it splitting as the coach bolts drive home.

Mounting tv on plaster wall