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

[@TheDIYGuy1]

What other everyday tasks do you guys want to see?

[@dwalsh3469]

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

[@StephenCollier-x3b]

Boarding and insulating a loft space.

[@daffadillbot2918]

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

[@patburke5740]

Resiliconing a shower, changing a siphon in a cistern.

[@tjgr1969]

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

[@crazykittenvideos855]

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

[@TheDIYGuy1]

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

[@NoFaceJourneys]

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

[@TheDIYGuy1]

🙌 brilliant thanks

[@mjmash007]

Mugabi my brother, where are you based? By watching this I know I'm gonna screw up, I'm an I.T guy in software development, this hardware stuff I leave to the pros

[@mjmash007]

As I'm watching this I'm like where am I gonna get a pro and your comment pops up

[@patburke5740]

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

[@TheDIYGuy1]

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

[@ngwanez]

This guy knows what his doing, great job buddie

[@anaran4811]

I just wanted to see if a single arm bracket was good enough to wall mount a 55 inch tv, but I watched the whole video, even though I only have one type of walls at home. Great job, man!

[@ottofumbler7267]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@ottofumbler7267 I know the feeling 😂

[@KizombaFusion]

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

[@TheDIYGuy1]

🙌👍

[@101projects2]

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]

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

[@martinw245]

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

[@S0.3]

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

[@torgeirfoss]

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

[@garyfrench6350]

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

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Thanks 👍

[@Martin-j2o9p]

Great advice , clearly explained. Many thanks.

[@emfestudios3631]

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

[@TheDIYGuy1]

That depends on the fixings used. Thanks

[@emfestudios3631]

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

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

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.

[@eddierobles2137]

Excellent video . Thank you

[@Andyfishing23]

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

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Deffo 😊

[@stephenbutler6819]

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

[@WeOutcheaMane]

Best tv tutorial ever

[@shanewarnes7339]

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

[@TheDIYGuy1]

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]

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

[@Ppp-kk6hw]

Thanks for all your advice mate

[@AlbieSol560]

Excellent, many thanks!

[@markymoo22]

Thanks for this. I thought the outer wall of the 2004 property i live in, would be solid. Glad i watched this as it does make a similar sound to the internal walls and is a bit hollow. Unsure what to use now as cant tell what kind of wall it is.

[@Nyle95]

What difference does it make if it's dot and dab or hollow stud wall if you're not mounting onto the dab or stud? Genuine question. Thanks.

[@H2o143]

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

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Good luck!

[@valericacimpeanu1800]

Hi my walls from.my flat are made it from asbestos , will have promblems ?

[@snowplough60]

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.

[@bigheros2078]

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?

[@SKanwal-e2r]

@TheDIYGuy1 Very very good video as you also mentioned which plugs and screws to use. I actually googled for my issue and couldn't find anything related, so I am going to ask you this question. I have a 65" old TV, weighing 22KG and I am going to use full motion wall bracket. The issue is the location as it is onto the chimney area above the fireplace. The fireplace isn't being used so no issue of heat. The chimney wall is about 4" thick and after that it is hollow inside. Can I use 50 to 60 mm coach screws on this wall? Can this wall handle the TV and bracket weight? Also what size back plate would be better? I can see some are only 270 mm x 160 mm and another one is 430 mm x 160 mm. There is an expensive one by Invision and this is the largest back plate as it is 400 mm wide and 380 mm high. So what do you think that can I hang it onto chimney wall and can I use the small bracket or it has to be the larger one. I would appreciate your help and you can also suggest a particular Pearlsmith bracket as well. Thanks

[@Blue60]

Great video and very informative, thanks for sharing Cheers

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@RobBZwift]

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?

[@Scott-k6w8u]

Hi when you drill into studs, how do you know if they have run pipes or wires through the middle of them

[@MrBlu334]

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 👍

[@topgear5247]

Well done good job very helpful.

[@MrTomo89]

What’s the socket on the right 7:25 I only have one of them is that a fuse or something cheers

[@Jay-dp7kl]

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

[@hughhennessy7912]

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.

[@ianbower7756]

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]

👍 thanks and good points

[@chriswatson210]

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

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Norfolk, UK 👍

[@jammybap]

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.

[@michaelplays2449]

Great video !!!!!🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Thanks! 😃

[@hajirpirouzfar9481]

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]

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]

@@TheDIYGuy1 nice one will do. Thank u buddy

[@ianmcbain898]

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.

[@eddiereed5025]

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]

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.

[@prodical666]

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]

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

[@andrewdowniephd]

New Follower. Great video. I'm going to hang a 40" tv in my daughter's bedroom onto a plasterboard wall between 2 bedrooms, but I wondered what length the M5 Hollow Wall hangers were? Cheers.

[@MalcolmJames-sg3zg]

Great video , well explained. THANKS

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Glad you liked it

[@macbook9084]

Brilliant as usual Thank you!

[@TheDIYGuy1]

My pleasure!

[@bograt1980]

Is that a 5.2cm or a 3.7cm hollow wall anchor based on your recommended link? im looking to put a TV up myself on plasterboard and would love to know which M5 out of the set i should use. Thanks in advance

[@Gurminder_S]

What’s the best way to recess the plug sockets for a totally flat install?

[@markhannan4712]

Great video very well explained

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Glad you liked it!

[@razorlaser228]

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]

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.

[@Andy_Wills]

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?

[@Nyle95]

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

[@lookskyewalker]

Another great tip.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Glad you liked it!

[@TheNorthernmunky]

Great tutorial

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Thank you!

[@aidancushenan3510]

what about fixings for a wall that has been done with 100mm insulation boards then plaster board on top no joists

[@CompleteLogic]

I have internal insulation at around 60mm and then plaster and skim on top. The tv I want to mount is relatively heavy with the mount so I wanted to go through the insulation into the concrete brick. Anyone have any suggestions on the best fixings to use? I was going to use 100mm throughbolts giving they hold heavy loads, do 4 into the concrete and for extra safety do another four 60mm hollow wall anchors. All of them say they would hold double the weight of the tv and mount but I’ve never mounted into insulation and concrete before, only plasterboard.

[@raj080288]

Why do you need to drill a 12mm hole when the length of the screw is 8mm diameter on the coach screw?

[@Mclaneinc]

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]

Haha Cheers Paul 😊

[@MarKQrTY]

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

[@TheDIYGuy1]

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.

[@Mr_Gadge]

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 KZbind 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. 😮

[@alexcharles321]

Thermalite blocks... slightly better U value (which modern building regs want) but I'll stick to a slightly older property which uses 'proper' breeze block any day of the week. Those things are plain awful, and worrying that they are what the house is built of... Anyway, I suppose a chemical anchor would be your best bet for very heavy loads, but it won't be a simple task. Good luck to you 👍🏼

[@Mr_Gadge]

@@alexcharles321 this was 3 months ago. I used corefix as shown here. Rock solid. 55” has been up months on a swing arm. What I don’t get is how no one has done a video on how to remove these, or do they just bodge them shut. Plug plus steel tube that’s been hammered in won’t play nice on removal.

[@1Goldigger1]

What about paramount board? Soft as anything

[@astalavista007uk]

Brillant video 👌

[@TimmyTheSnail]

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

[@BigyetiTechnologies]

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

[@astalavista007uk]

Great tips, thanks

[@codza321]

What size tv will the hollow wall anchors support?

[@noahsnyder8408]

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....

[@thedestinyreaper5123]

My new TV is on a plaster board wall which has no studs but has about 10 wall plugs and it's up and holding strong

[@peace.n.blessings5579]

Thanks for the upload

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Welcome 🤗

[@cprog]

Thank you for your video!

[@TheDIYGuy1]

You are welcome!

[@alanwiggins8073]

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]

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

[@justinnewton9679]

Have a look at an rs unifix gun they are brilliant

[@radiocaf]

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]

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

[@radiocaf]

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

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

@@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!

[@danielscott63]

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

[@7mtm786]

TV WALL MOUNTING INCLUDING BRACET And Cable management lonon

[@jacklittlewood1259]

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%

[@shalomswisa554]

How can I mount tv on insulated panel

[@Mr_Gadge]

I think it would be great content even as a short on how to remove such as corefix without taking half the wall out lol.. and other plugs, especially dot n dab. Wink Wink! Good content eh? I can't find anywhere on how to remove the steel tube and it not look like terminator's spat his endoskeletal dummy.

[@suhailarain6742]

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]

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]

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]

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]

@@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]

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]

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

[@Zan-wp3gt]

Thank you!

[@thenutter9886]

what about uneven walls?

[@itsagoal182]

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]

👍

[@theshark2931]

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

[@TheDIYGuy1]

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

[@theshark2931]

@@TheDIYGuy1 thanks 😊

[@torgeirfoss]

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.

[@ottofumbler7267]

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...

[@JackEmmett93]

Cheers me ol' fruit!

[@woody1380]

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

[@TheDIYGuy1]

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

[@georger9842]

great

[@riannaanoff]

I can’t figure out what the wall type is even when knocking 😢

[@BikerandBits]

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]

👍 I heard these are heavy

[@markshellard5894]

Not too high now apparently 😂

[@philgornall]

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]

👍😊

[@alanstirrup9695]

I wish you was my neighbour 😅😅😅

[@TheDIYGuy1]

😆

[@gracekavanagh9198]

If he came over to do my bracket I would be in heels and stockings

[@BB49.]

On a side note that TV is way to small for that wall😂

[@TheDIYGuy1]

😆

[@BB49.]

@@TheDIYGuy1 though you did a bloody good job, but I bet the customers sit there watching the TV thinking we should have had a bigger one

[@GojoMade]

The Australian accent made me trust him even more 😂💯

[@Gotchamate]

British mate.

[@DeeTeaDee]

Come to see a man fix a TV to a stud wall But the man in the video completely ignored the stud and went into the plaster board instead 😆🤦🏼‍♀️

[@magichookscrochet8885]

Can you come do mine 😂

[@s__c__o]

I don't think this guy could try any harder to show of his tats, it's so off putting when people do that

[@TheDIYGuy1]

😂🤡

[@timchurch2390]

I mean that's what they are for lol. They're art. You should be proud of them, the artist should be proud of them, so why not show them off?

[@belevskidarko]

not helpful