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Mounting TV on brick wall - Help needed.
ashjf
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Hi, I have an LG 50" plasma & want to fit it on to a brick fireplace wall, the TV weight is 25.8kg, Does anyone have any advice on the best way to fit the TV bracket to the wall?
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"Does anyone have any advice on the best way to fit the TV bracket to the wall?"
Use a drill.
I would also recommend that you lay the TV flat on the ground first, screen down on a blanket so that you can offer the bracket assembly up to ensure it all fits and check what clearances you need if the TV is going above a mantle piece. Good luck!
This is good advice, actually if you've six fixing points, the normal type of wall plugs the (large brown ones) should be adequate given the amount of weight they are individually going to have to support. But as has been mentioned, you need to make sure the masonry drill bit you use is exactly the right size for the plug and screw you will be using. I'd purchase a new drill bit to ensure you get a good clean hole.
A good hardware/tool shop will be able to give you the advice, don't go to B&Q "They know nuffin'."
You can't lay a plasma TV flat on the ground, they have to be kept upright.
What happens if you lay them down like?
They can break
The panels are much heavier than a lcd panel.
http://www.ehow.com/info_12211867_stand-plasma-tv-upright-deliver-it.html
Laying one down for a few minutes won't hurt it.
Hell, some manuals even tell you to do this (using a cushion / blankets / duvet to protaect the screen) so you can fit the stand.
I wouldn't risk it personally with a 50" Plasma especially if you can avoid it anyway. Why take the risk ?
With fixing I always go for the belt and braces approach when hanging something heavy on the wall as it is not much of an effort to drill a couple of extra holes for the sake of peace of mind.
But in a lot of cases the only place you have to hang a large TV in the room (the height may not be ideal either). Worth checking beforehand with the fire on how hot it gets. Usually if you have a mantlepiece above, the shelf provides a degree of protection from direct rising heat.
That's just scaremongering - you 'can' break a Plasma much easier than an LCD - but you need to be particularly clumsy to do so.
Gently laying it on it's face (on a blanket or similar) using two people is perfectly safe.
I wouldn't advise trying it alone, as you have a greater chance of damaging it in that case - but you wouldn't be fitting a 50 inch alone anyway (if you've got any sense ).
I'm all for extra fixings
I fitted five 32" LCD's and two 50" Plasmas last Friday morning.
For what it's worth we used four fixings on the LCD's and five on the Plasma's - I'd only normally use three on the LCD's, but the specific brackets we used needed four.