Wall mounting my LCD tv

[Lisa Ashley Rafter]

Hey all......
I need your help/advice on something here. I posted a few months back
about wall mounting my 32" lcd tv and I got some great advice but I
decided to abandon ship on the wall mounting for now.
Well, even though I bought a gorgeous glass stand (that shall soon be
going up for sale!! (any takers?) I think nothing looks as good as a
flat screen wall mounted.
Now here are the details:
32" lcd tv, I tbelieve it weighs 38 pounds (let's say 40 including the
metal mount/bracket)
The TV came with a wall mounting kit (the original manufacturer
provided it) that is basically a metal piece that attaches to the wall
and a metal piece that attaches to the tv. You then slide the tv into
the metal bracket on the wall andthat's how it's mounted.
The mounting kit came with two sets of hardware:
-4 huge screw/anchor looking things for concrete walls
-20 (in my opinion flimsy) metal screws, each about 1 1/4" for
"ligneous" (wood) walls

I have plaster walls with wooden studs inside them. I'm nervous that
20 of these crappy lil screws won't hold this tv by virtue of the fact
that they won't get deep enough into the wall to get a good hold in the
stud. I think the stud's are about a half inch into the wall, give or
take. My boyfriend bought these "hollow wall" anchor things at home
depot and they look a lot better, but I don't think you use anchors
with studs, correct? (I'm not exactly Bob Vila over here if you haven't
noticed....)

What do you guys think?
Thanks in advance,
Lisa

[Dan]

Why not replace the 20 screws with something a bit longer. As long as you
get a few screws that go into a stud 1" or close to it, you'll definitely be
fine considering the tv is only 38lbs


"Lisa Ashley Rafter" <lisaashleyrafter@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1163174916.687805.87590@e3g2000cwe.googlegrou ps.com...
> Hey all......
> I need your help/advice on something here. I posted a few months back
> about wall mounting my 32" lcd tv and I got some great advice but I
> decided to abandon ship on the wall mounting for now.
> Well, even though I bought a gorgeous glass stand (that shall soon be
> going up for sale!! (any takers?) I think nothing looks as good as a
> flat screen wall mounted.
> Now here are the details:
> 32" lcd tv, I tbelieve it weighs 38 pounds (let's say 40 including the
> metal mount/bracket)
> The TV came with a wall mounting kit (the original manufacturer
> provided it) that is basically a metal piece that attaches to the wall
> and a metal piece that attaches to the tv. You then slide the tv into
> the metal bracket on the wall andthat's how it's mounted.
> The mounting kit came with two sets of hardware:
> -4 huge screw/anchor looking things for concrete walls
> -20 (in my opinion flimsy) metal screws, each about 1 1/4" for
> "ligneous" (wood) walls
>
> I have plaster walls with wooden studs inside them. I'm nervous that
> 20 of these crappy lil screws won't hold this tv by virtue of the fact
> that they won't get deep enough into the wall to get a good hold in the
> stud. I think the stud's are about a half inch into the wall, give or
> take. My boyfriend bought these "hollow wall" anchor things at home
> depot and they look a lot better, but I don't think you use anchors
> with studs, correct? (I'm not exactly Bob Vila over here if you haven't
> noticed....)
>
> What do you guys think?
> Thanks in advance,
> Lisa
>

[mykeymykey01@yahoo.com]

2-1/2" X 1/4"lag screws with washers into the
wood studs, Lisa. No you dont want hollow
wall anchors, you want the zip tie type anchors
that are rated 200 pounds and up, you can get
these only at specialty hardware stores, not
home depot.
you want the wiring retrofitted into the wall
so that its all hidden behind the TV; you
may want to hire a real contractor who
specializes in this art.
remember, always center the screen at
eye level sitting down so you don't
suffer from neck strain.
pro AV installer strikes again--mykey

[Robert Gammon]

mykeymykey01@yahoo.com wrote:
> 2-1/2" X 1/4"lag screws with washers into the
> wood studs, Lisa. No you dont want hollow
> wall anchors, you want the zip tie type anchors
> that are rated 200 pounds and up, you can get
> these only at specialty hardware stores, not
> home depot.
> you want the wiring retrofitted into the wall
> so that its all hidden behind the TV; you
> may want to hire a real contractor who
> specializes in this art.
> remember, always center the screen at
> eye level sitting down so you don't
> suffer from neck strain.
> pro AV installer strikes again--mykey
>
>
Lets hear no more of this OVER THE FIREPLACE nonsense. mykey has this
right. Screen is centered in your visual field when you are sitting in
your normal position, your eyes are neither looking up or down, and your
chin is in its natural position for conversing with someone else.

[mykeymykey01@yahoo.com]

Robert Gammon wrote:
> mykeymykey01@yahoo.com wrote:
> >
> Lets hear no more of this OVER THE FIREPLACE nonsense. mykey has this
> right. Screen is centered in your visual field when you are sitting in
> your normal position, your eyes are neither looking up or down, and your
> chin is in its natural position for conversing with someone else.

over the fireplace is HERESY!
stop doing this you guys

[mykeymykey01@yahoo.com]

here is the spec sheet for these
hollow wall anchors which are
rated in excess of 200 pounds
each. I have used these and they
are the beast ones i have found:
http://www.mechanicalplastics.com/pdf/toggle.pdf

[Lisa Ashley Rafter]

Hey guys,
I wanted to let you know I wall mounted my TV!
I used wood screws (20 of em, about 3" deep) and got a bunch of em into
studs.
The TV's been on the wall for about a month now and it's pretty sturdy.
Thanks for all of your advice!
My best,
Lisa Ashley Rafter
mykeymykey01@yahoo.com wrote:
> here is the spec sheet for these
> hollow wall anchors which are
> rated in excess of 200 pounds
> each. I have used these and they
> are the beast ones i have found:
> http://www.mechanicalplastics.com/pdf/toggle.pdf

[Agent_C]

On 15 Dec 2006 12:30:51 -0800, "Lisa Ashley Rafter"
<lisaashleyrafter@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Hey guys,
>I wanted to let you know I wall mounted my TV!
>I used wood screws (20 of em, about 3" deep) and got a bunch of em into
>studs.
>The TV's been on the wall for about a month now and it's pretty sturdy.
>Thanks for all of your advice!
>My best,
>Lisa Ashley Rafter

What did you do with the video cables and power cord? They never show
you that stuff in the AD's.

A_C

[Lisa Ashley Rafter]

I bought this cable "raceway" or something off the internet. It's just
white plastic that covers the wires....you tuck the wires into it
(which was more time consuming than the actual mounting!) and it
comes with "L" and "T" connectors, etc and then you run it along the
baseboards, etc.
The home theatre wires didn't fit (I'm still working on that) but this
raceway thing I got was only 1" wide.....i recommend at least 2 inches.
Right now all that's in there is the TV power cord , a coax cable and
an RCA cable.....I'm either going to get a wider raceway or ( and I
dont want to do this!) have 2 1" raceways......depends how much time I
have on my hands! =)
This is the stuff I used...
http://cableorganizer.com/cable-raceway/
Yea, I know it looks nicer if you run it thru the wall......and I
shouldn't have power cables next to signal cables......but for my
purposes I'll live with it.
Hope that helps,
Lisa Ashley Rafter


Agent_C wrote:
> On 15 Dec 2006 12:30:51 -0800, "Lisa Ashley Rafter"
> <lisaashleyrafter@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >Hey guys,
> >I wanted to let you know I wall mounted my TV!
> >I used wood screws (20 of em, about 3" deep) and got a bunch of em into
> >studs.
> >The TV's been on the wall for about a month now and it's pretty sturdy.
> >Thanks for all of your advice!
> >My best,
> >Lisa Ashley Rafter
>
> What did you do with the video cables and power cord? They never show
> you that stuff in the AD's.
>
> A_C