How to Wall Mount a Tv on ANY TYPE OF WALL

How to Wall Mount a Tv on ANY TYPE OF WALL - Complete DIY Guide

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5 ай бұрын

In this video i will show you how to hang a Tv on the wall. This DIY guide will show you the complete process from start to finish. I will teach you how to wall mount a tv on plasterboard walls, dot and dab walls and solid walls, we will cover it all in this video.
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@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

What other everyday tasks do you guys want to see?

@dwalsh3469 5 ай бұрын

Fitting a wood burner into fireplace / chimney…….😇

@user-ec2ky8uy6s 5 ай бұрын

Boarding and insulating a loft space.

@daffadillbot2918 5 ай бұрын

Maybe not an everyday task but how about a video on adding a light to an existing circuit (controlled by same switch)

@patburke5740 5 ай бұрын

Resiliconing a shower, changing a siphon in a cistern.

@tjgr1969 5 ай бұрын

Fitting studs to brick wall (eg garage) then plasterboard. To make a room nothing fancy. But how to do corner framing, door frame etc… cheers

@user-fr6re9ky9t 21 күн бұрын

Great advice , clearly explained. Many thanks.

@crazykittenvideos855 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for replying to people’s comments. Nice to see a KZfaqr who genuinely cares. Great content as always.

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

Thanks. I do try to help as many people as I can 👍

@MugabiJB 4 ай бұрын

I've learned a lot from this channel,I have a side hustle doing things learned from you. Greetings from Africa 🌍

@TheDIYGuy1 4 ай бұрын

🙌 brilliant thanks

@patburke5740 5 ай бұрын

Another great video, comprehensive and clearly explained. Everyone from the novice to the seasoned diyer will get something out of this video.

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍. That’s exactly what I’ve tried with this one so glad it comes across

@AlbieSol560 4 ай бұрын

Excellent, many thanks!

@garyfrench6350 5 ай бұрын

Great video and assortment of new fixings on order. Thanks 👍

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@hughhennessy7912 5 ай бұрын

The screw should be slightly longer than the plug being used (in the case of the EVO 50mm plug the screw should be 55mm / 60 mm long) to protrude beyond the end of the plug - and the hole should be deeper. The idea is that the plug is then drawn towards the object you are hanging thus creating a tighter fixing.

@astalavista007uk Ай бұрын

Great tips, thanks

@MrBlue-ws5in 5 ай бұрын

Another great video mate 👍 any advice on how to remove those hollow wall anchors or ways to hide them if no longer required? Keep up with your great work and take care 👍

@astalavista007uk Ай бұрын

Brillant video 👌

@Mr_Gadge 2 ай бұрын

Had an electrician round today to install cat 6a into loft. He drilled through our wall for our 9 year old house and said god they’re soft air block. He said normal fixings wouldn’t work and that I needed a ‘compound fixing’?? I’ve looked on screwfix etc. can’t find anything like and I’ve googled and KZfaqd lol. They’re dot and dab but the block seems really brittle. He cut out a socket and handed me a piece that I snapped like a digestive. 😮

@Andy_Wills 3 ай бұрын

Excellent video thank you. I’m about to fix a tv to my 200 year old stone built terrace house 🙈 which fixing would you recommend?

@RobBZwift 5 ай бұрын

for a fixed bracket flush to wall with plugs behind as you showed do you recommend a bracket to give abit of clearance opposed to wires hanging down?

@MalcolmJames-sg3zg 5 ай бұрын

Great video , well explained. THANKS

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it

@macbook9084 5 ай бұрын

Brilliant as usual Thank you!

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@bigheros2078 5 ай бұрын

I am fond of installing a Smart two-way switch for downlight (with and without neutral wire), can you demonstrate the wiring and the issue with the neutral wire?

@KizombaFusion 5 ай бұрын

Dude you are an absolute legend! Thanks to you I have saved more than 10k in hiring people!

@TheDIYGuy1 4 ай бұрын

🙌👍

@Blue60 5 ай бұрын

Great video and very informative, thanks for sharing Cheers

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 👍

@H2o143 4 ай бұрын

Love watching your videos, I’m building a 6 metre x 5 metre pool room soon 👍

@TheDIYGuy1 4 ай бұрын

Good luck!

@jammybap 14 күн бұрын

What would you use to attach a TV bracket to insulated plasterboard? The corefix fittings can only span a 45mm gap between tv mount and masonry which is too short.

@peace.n.blessings5579 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the upload

@TheDIYGuy1 2 ай бұрын

Welcome 🤗

@cprog 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for your video!

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

You are welcome!

@shanewarnes7339 5 ай бұрын

Great video again man, even tho I know how to do what you just showed, its always see you at work. Cheers Shane

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Shane. I don’t know about you but even if I know how to do something, sometimes you pick up other methods when you watch others 👍

@shanewarnes7339 5 ай бұрын

@@TheDIYGuy1 yes man. Have you got a web site id like to show uou my stuff

@markhannan4712 5 ай бұрын

Great video very well explained

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@justinnewton9679 9 күн бұрын

Have a look at an rs unifix gun they are brilliant

@chubbygallasso 5 ай бұрын

Another great tip.

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@Andyfishing23 5 ай бұрын

Great video. Just a tip to make sure you plug all your cables in before putting the tv on the wall 😅👍

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

Deffo 😊

@stephenbutler6819 4 ай бұрын

Did 1 today and I was prepared I did that b4 hand

@michaelplays2449 5 ай бұрын

Great video !!!!!🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! 😃

@101projects2 5 ай бұрын

Great video 👍 Ironically wall mounted TV's were mentioned on the news yesterday as there is an increasing problem with people suffering neck and back problems which they say is being caused by us all having our TV's mounted too high up on the wall and suggested they are mounted roughly at eye level when sitting down, I mean I haven't seen a TV on a Stand since 2003 😅.

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

Thanks. Personally I’m one of those that like mine a little higher than some 😂👍

@martinw245 5 ай бұрын

Mine is on a TV cabinet for that precise reason. No way am I craning my neck up to look at it.

@S0.3 Ай бұрын

Everyone always asks why my tvs are hung so low, i prefer the look and obviously it's so much more comfortable

@torgeirfoss 22 күн бұрын

@@S0.3 Looks better. Feels better. I have never understood why people put their TVs high on the wall.

@TheNorthernmunky 5 ай бұрын

Great tutorial

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Nyle95 Ай бұрын

What fixings do you need if you're mounting directly onto a stud?

@snowplough60 5 ай бұрын

Great video. Only thing I would say is for plastic plugs you should not really use those kinds of gold self cutting screws as they are very prone to strip the inside of the plug. Use less aggressive silver screws.

@JP_TaVeryMuch 4 ай бұрын

8:50 Dunno if it's been said in the comments here already, but that setting tool isn't needed at all. Nice to have, but a bit of a solution looking for a problem if you ask me. These clever little expanding plasterboard wall anchors work by you tightening the screw and keep tightening too. The 'extra' turns of the screwdriver are for expanding the fitting inside the wall so that it tightly grips the back of the plasterboard.

@TimmyTheSnail 5 ай бұрын

Where’s the link in the description to your video of the plasterboard fixings test?

@ianbower7756 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. Excellent. One of the things people do incorrectly when putting a TV on a wall is to mount it too high. For the best picture quality your eyes should be close to the same height as the centre of the screen as possible. If you have to mount it high, it’s important to use a bracket where the TV can be tilted down

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

👍 thanks and good points

@Jay-dp7kl Күн бұрын

Would those hollow wall fixings be okay for a 50” tv that weighs about 18kg?

@BigyetiTechnologies 5 ай бұрын

I'd like to see you try and mount it on my 'no fines' walls.

@ottofumbler7267 4 ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial. Nobody wants a telly flying off the wall during the world cup final. Still don't understand why some people have it set so high up (except maybe in bedrooms and kitchens). The centre of the screen should be horizontal with your eye-line. Unless you watch TV standing up, it doesn't make sense to have it closer to the ceiling than the floor. If it's too high up and you're sitting down and the ceiling lights are on, you're likely to get a lot of glare off the screen, especially if the ceiling lights are spots or down-lights. I think it became fashionable to put the TV up really high, because that's how pubs did it. It's not an ideal situation for domestic installations though.

@Nyle95 Ай бұрын

The reason our TV in the living room is higher up than I would like is due to having small children and not wanting them to be able to touch it or bash it with toys! We have tilted it down though and I've got used to it.

@ottofumbler7267 Ай бұрын

@@Nyle95 Fair point. We're constantly cleaning grubby wee handprints off ours. I rarely get to watch anything on our telly, so I'm resigned to it being their telly now. My telly-time is hiding in the garage watching the Euros on my phone.

@Nyle95 Ай бұрын

@@ottofumbler7267 I know the feeling 😂

@codza321 2 ай бұрын

What size tv will the hollow wall anchors support?

@danielscott63 5 ай бұрын

We have lath and plaster…… which method do we use?

@7mtm786 5 ай бұрын

TV WALL MOUNTING INCLUDING BRACET And Cable management lonon

@georger9842 4 ай бұрын

great

@alanwiggins8073 5 ай бұрын

Great video as usual. Just a quick question- would you treat lathe and plaster walls like D&D? I have an 80mm gap between the face of the wall and the brickwork behind.

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

Thanks. With lath and plaster try to find a stud to fix to with a wood screw. If you can’t, I would advise using plasterboard fixing such as toggle bolts

@razorlaser228 5 ай бұрын

Hi, great video as always! Why do you need a different wall plug for dot and dab and a solid wall? Isn't it effectively the same thing? Thanks.

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

Hi. Thanks. The difference is that on a dot and dab wall you need to transfer the load of the item to the block behind the plasterboard and this needs to be done without the collapse of the plasterboard so cannot be achieved with a regular wall plug.

@noahsnyder8408 3 ай бұрын

So how do i know if im driling into the stud or just the wall😅 i dont think you showed that without using the detector....

@prodical666 5 ай бұрын

Great content as always! As someone living in a victorian house, I often drill into a solid brick wall but because the bricks and mortar are old, they will often crumble, or the drill will shoot off to a side because it hits a small stone in the mortar etc. I then need to select a new location and patch that hole, or my hole will be too big for the fixing because it crumbled. Very annoying. Do you have any tips on how to avoid this/ work around this?

@JP_TaVeryMuch 4 ай бұрын

Sharpest drill bits and take it easy and be as fastidious as you can.

@jacklittlewood1259 2 сағат бұрын

How can you tell if a wall is dot and dab or plasterboard stud? Its an interior wall of a flat that sounds very hollow, makes me believe its plasterboard but not 100%

@eddiereed5025 5 ай бұрын

Just nit picking but would that switched fused spur not be feeding the double socket and it should be disconnected to check where the cable comes from.

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

When checking the cable visibly entered from behind via the back knock outs in the box. The spur was for something on the other side of the wall if I remember.

@Mclaneinc 5 ай бұрын

Super stuff as always Cameron, nice and thorough, but not confusing.....Any wall type you say, try slapping a bracket on the wall of The Kremlin, 5 mins later you will be making a very long journey to Siberia :)

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

Haha Cheers Paul 😊

@chriswatson210 4 ай бұрын

DIY guy I’m normally pretty good at picking people’s accents but you’ve done me!!!! Where does it come from?

@TheDIYGuy1 4 ай бұрын

Norfolk, UK 👍

@hajirpirouzfar9481 5 ай бұрын

Great video. Do you think I could use this method to hang up a 70inch TV on a stud wall as the TV weighs a ton

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

Take a look at the weight of the tv and bracket and then look at the ratings of the fixings you intend to use 👍 thanks

@hajirpirouzfar9481 5 ай бұрын

@@TheDIYGuy1 nice one will do. Thank u buddy

@ianmcbain898 5 ай бұрын

Personally for a 70 inch TV I would rather locate the timber stud and use a 60mm x 6 or 8mm screw. Solid and won't budge once it's done.

@emfestudios3631 5 ай бұрын

Great video. Is there a maximum weight you can hang on the plasterboard?

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

That depends on the fixings used. Thanks

@emfestudios3631 5 ай бұрын

@@TheDIYGuy1 if it were the fixings that you used in the video?

@MarKQrTY 5 ай бұрын

For a total beginner how do you tell which type of wall it is

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

Plasterboard stud sounds extremely hollow to the tap. Dot&Dab block or brick sounds hollow in some places but solid in others. Solid… it’s solid if you give it a tap.

@radiocaf 4 ай бұрын

I am trying to hang a 48" 15Kg OLED TV using a Perlesmith mount onto a chimney breast. It appears to be solid plaster (I could drill it without hammer action, and there was no "jump" indicating I went through a void). What fixings are best for this? You don't seem to cover it in your video so I thought it would be best to ask. It comes with 10mm concrete fixings which I don't think would be good for solid plaster.

@JP_TaVeryMuch 4 ай бұрын

Last one, the solid wall cos that's what it sounds like you got.

@radiocaf 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! @@JP_TaVeryMuch I'm thinking my house is old so the brick is softer than one would expect.

@JP_TaVeryMuch 4 ай бұрын

@@radiocaf Pleasure. I'd suggest a very sharp, slightly smaller than you need drill bit and pay close attention when you drill. These measures shd all cover the danger of lovely old soft bricks disintegrating a little as you drill. Good luck!

@thenutter9886 5 күн бұрын

what about uneven walls?

@suhailarain6742 4 ай бұрын

Am a handyman. The problem I have is I don't know how to charge for the tv mount installation. How does the cost work out diyman? Any guidance??

@TheDIYGuy1 4 ай бұрын

You have to figure out what you need to charge to cover your daily running costs and profit. Everyone is different so hard to help you with this

@pepsidude8919 3 ай бұрын

I actually have a question about something since I was just wondering myself and it's also something that I always seem to notice whenever people have their TVs mounted to the wall too. Usually, most TVs have inputs on either the back or the side of the TV, such as HDMI ports, USB ports, and a headphone jack port for headphones, and normally if anything is ever plugged in those ports, the cords and wires would be running down from the TV that way. However, I notice that when a lot of people have their TVs mounted to the wall, I usually don't see any wires or cords running down along the wall from the TVs. How exactly do people have devices plugged into the TVs without the cords running down like that? I was just curious myself since I just thought of asking.

@ACAIDC 2 ай бұрын

The cables are hidden within the walls. When I renovated my house I ran cables from all the TVs to a central utility room. So each TV has no visible cables or devices connected to it.

@pepsidude8919 2 ай бұрын

@@ACAIDC I see then. Thanks for letting me know though and I was just wondering about that since it always seems like whenever I see people having their TVs mounted to the wall like that, I usually don't see the cables and wires from their TV running down the wall or anything since they always don't seem to be visible most of the time.

@Zan-wp3gt 4 ай бұрын

What happens when you start drilling only to discover you have doubled up plasterboard?! Do you just proceed as if it’s a solid wall? Or use long wall plugs that bunch up beyond the extra thick plasterboard? (Send help…!)

@TheDIYGuy1 4 ай бұрын

In that scenario I would use a spring toggle fixing if there’s room behind the plaster board

@Zan-wp3gt 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@itsagoal182 5 ай бұрын

The only thing I’d add would be to drill a slightly smaller (pilot) hole in case the plaster etc crumbles away. You then simply ream out to the size required, but great job though.

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

👍

@theshark2931 5 ай бұрын

What’s the difference between dot and dab and plaster board ?

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

Dot&dab is a solid wall with a plasterboard finish. The plasterboard is stuck to the block or brick with adhesive in ‘dabs’

@theshark2931 5 ай бұрын

@@TheDIYGuy1 thanks 😊

@ottofumbler7267 4 ай бұрын

I think eight 8x50 coach bolts is overkill for a solid wall. No? A 65" telly is probably less than 20kg. You can hang a standard 600x720 kitchen wall unit with door and fill it with 10kg of food on just four 4x30 screws without it budging. Total weight would be around 20-25kg. The trick is to slightly undersize the drilled hole so the plug is really tight in there before the screw goes in. Another benefit is you wouldn't need an SDS drill for smaller holes. Edit: I appreciate there's more of a pivot point stress with a telly compared to a kitchen wall unit, but still...

@philgornall 5 ай бұрын

Still no one done a video on securing to straw walls / stramit. Mines a 1999 build and has these walls. A gap in the market for you here 😁

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

👍😊

@markshellard5894 5 ай бұрын

Not too high now apparently 😂

@woody1380 4 ай бұрын

Good video but 8 bolts in a solid wall seems way OTT. 4 would be plenty for a big TV.

@TheDIYGuy1 4 ай бұрын

Thanks. You do as many as you feel happy with 👍

@alanstirrup9695 5 ай бұрын

I wish you was my neighbour 😅😅😅

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

😆

@100Thesniper 5 ай бұрын

anyone that is mounting a sky glass tv, please beware they are a lot heavier than a standard tv, the smallest 43” model weights approximately 19kg

@TheDIYGuy1 5 ай бұрын

👍 I heard these are heavy

@fargogemini694 5 ай бұрын

Ting tong

@torgeirfoss 22 күн бұрын

4:05 I will challenge the notion of TV height being a personal preference. Humans are “biologically constructed” to prefer looking slightly downwards most of the time. This is because the most relevant visual information for us is in the short and near distance on the ground in front of us. Looking up isn’t something we have needed to do very much. You can easily test this by noticing the strain you feel in your neck if you look up for an extended period. Placing the TV high up should only be done if you use it primarily as a radio/audio device with just occasional glances at it.