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10-02-2010, 17:59
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10-02-2010, 19:26
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You would need to batton across on the timber uprights then screw the TV mount to the battons.
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10-02-2010, 19:29
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but would the batton be noticeable behide the tv ? and would it hold the weight of the tv ?
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10-02-2010, 19:48
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Or locate the existing timber studs and fix to them.
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10-02-2010, 20:03
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but would the batton be noticeable behide the tv ? and would it hold the weight of the tv ?
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It wouldn't be noticable if it was decorated to match the wall.
Using a suitably sized batton would support the weight of the TV.
A length of batton from Lavers would be less than £10 possibly including some screws.
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10-02-2010, 20:04
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locate a stud by tapping the wall,or better still use a stud detector,a few quid from b&q.Mark the postion of that stud on the wall, the next one should be approx 400mm along the wall,then another 400mm and so on.fixings on most TV wallmounts are designed to match these dimensions,so if you can postion the TV to coincide with where the studs are it's simply a matter of screwing into them.If not then you will have to use some form of cross brace between the studs,the strongest and best longterm solution would be to remove a section of plasterboard from the relevent area put any neccesary timber in place reboard and skim over.If you don't want to go to that trouble l would locate the studs as before then use a piece of 18mm ply sheet cut to the right size fasten that to your studs then fasten your tv mount to that.If theres 10 screw holes in the mount use them all not just a couple .Don't use any cavity fixings into the plasterboard they won't be strong enough.
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10-02-2010, 20:18
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i think i will stick to my cabinet , unless someone can do it for me ?
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10-02-2010, 20:27
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yeah im good at that..
or ring currys thy can do it for you
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10-02-2010, 20:34
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Any decent tradesperson could do the job for under £50 unless there are problems with the location of the uprights. Get someone in to have a look. Do you have the brackets?
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10-02-2010, 20:45
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no not yet , the reason why we are wanting it on the wall is we have floorboards in our livingroom and the tv dont half shake when you are in the room , we keep telling kids no jumping in the room lol , do u think it still would be safe on the wall
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10-02-2010, 20:49
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Originally Posted by badboi19
yeah im good at that..
or ring currys thy can do it for you
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dont think so £250 , u must be joking 
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10-02-2010, 21:13
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I thought of something rather rude when I read this about mounting something ... and then thought better of it and decided not to instead.
I have yet to find a stud detector that works properly. Nearly killed myself with one of them things.
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10-02-2010, 21:15
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lol , how u do that then ?
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10-02-2010, 21:16
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lol , how u do that then ?
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Smacked myself in the eye with it.
No - seriously - I used it on a wall and watched the red light thingy and listened to the whistle and thought it was safe. Put a nail in the wall and found live wires behind it. Just missed them.
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10-02-2010, 21:18
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omg !! , i think its a job for the pros then ?
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10-02-2010, 21:19
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Smacked myself in the eye with it.
No - seriously - I used it on a wall and watched the red light thingy and listened to the whistle and thought it was safe. Put a nail in the wall and found live wires behind it. Just missed them.
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A stud detector locates WOODEN STUDS not metal or live wires
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10-02-2010, 21:21
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A stud detector locates WOODEN STUDS not metal or live wires
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How does it know they are wood then?
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10-02-2010, 21:53
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The're quite technical but basically they can tell the Density of an object behind the plasterboard, wood has a certain density which will be preprogramed into the sensor giving you a reading
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10-02-2010, 22:36
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What area are you in Friday?
I'm S10. If your this side of town i'll gladly take a look for you.
C'mon guys, it aint that hard to locate the uprights!!!
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10-02-2010, 23:30
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Hey, whatever floats your boat - though I'd unplug it first in case of electrocution. 
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