Simple, to attach your television to the wall? Not necessarily: depending on your device and the nature of the support, the choice of equipment may change. Here are our recommendations for getting there smoothly.
A few days before the 2018 World Cup, you may be upset your installation at the show. Here are all our tips and tricks for properly hanging your TV on the wall.
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The height
The installation can be constrained from the outset by the configuration of your space or the arrangement of the furniture. If possible, choose to mount the TV at eye level. Sit on your sofa and identify where your gaze is. This will give you the ideal location for the center of the slab. If you prefer it to be higher, especially for ergonomic or aesthetic reasons, it may be wise to select a tilting wall mount.
The choice of support
Be careful not to go wrong! The manufacturers of wall supports indicate to which TVs their equipment is dedicated: sizes of compatible tiles and maximum weight not to be exceeded are clearly indicated. Do not underestimate this fact. Also make sure that the bracket is compatible with the VESA standard of your television. This is expressed in millimeters and indicates the space between the four mounting holes of your TV. (400 x 400 mm, 200 x 200 mm, etc.). Most mounts are universal and fit almost all TVs.
Also pay attention to the wall on which you will install your support. There is no risk on a brick, concrete or concrete structure: you can install any support. Provided of course to bet on the right screws and the right plugs. Because be careful, even if televisions have undergone slimming cures over the years, some can still weigh more than 20 kg.
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If the support is made of a fragile or friable material, such as BA13 plates for example, or plaster tiles, it is necessary to avoid choosing a support with the drilling points too close to each other. Although metal anchors for cavity walls (more commonly called molly ankles) support a significant weight, multiplying the holes weakens the support. Here, it is better to opt for a model with a fairly wide base and spaced fixing points.
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If you have opted for an installation in height or in a wall corner, for example, there are tilting, orientable, but also extendable supports. Depending on the room setup and installation, they are a great way to combat glare from the sun at certain times of the day. Be careful, however, because these supports have the effect of creating a lever arm which constrains the fixing points on the wall. Hence the importance of choosing the right screws.
The screws
On the hardware side, we have already discussed installation on a plasterboard-type hollow wall which requires the use of specific expansion screws. Other hollow materials such as cinder block or brick require expansion anchors, metal or not.
If the thickness of the wall before the void (which allows the metal structure to expand) is important, it will be necessary to opt for a so-called “double skin” anchor. For a solid wall, good traditional dowels will do the trick. In all cases, the recommended drilling diameters must be observed.
The size of the dowels then varies from the diameter of 6 mm (for a TV weighing less than 20 kg, for example) to 10 mm or more for a TV over 50 kg. With 7 or 8mm dowels you should be fine. We even recommend that you add so-called “self-locking” washers which will clamp the screws so that they do not unscrew over time, which can happen if you opt for a mobile support that you handle regularly.
Then all you have to do is identify the holes to be made, ensuring that the support is correctly positioned. Some also include a bubble to make your work easier. Also be careful to take into account the location of the screw holes on your TV. They are not necessarily centered on the back of the slab, which can then distort the height you had defined during the first step. A little math is needed to calculate the carry over of the odds.
The passage of cables
Last step, the passage of the cables. The more do-it-yourselfers and the bravest will also consider a recessed cable passage. Then provide sheaths large enough to comfortably pass your HDMI cables. If you do not want to attack the wall with a chisel to fill and repaint, you will opt for moldings. Here again, you have to choose a size sufficient to pass the cables and provide a little reserve for future connections.
Given the low stresses, double-sided tape may be sufficient to hold the molding in place. This will avoid re-drilling the wall. Finally, make sure that the molding is also perfectly plumb.
