A television comes off the wall when the bracket is fixed to drywall instead of framing. We locate the studs, anchor into them, and set the screen level.
Finding and marking the studs, fixing the bracket into solid framing, hanging the screen, leveling it, and tidying the cables so nothing hangs down the wall.
Drywall over metal studs, brick and masonry, and fireplace surrounds each need different fixings. Mounting above a working fireplace also puts the screen in heat and higher than is comfortable to watch, which is worth talking about before we drill.
Cables can run inside the wall or in a trim channel painted to match. In-wall is tidier and takes longer.
We do not add or move electrical outlets. If the job needs a new socket behind the screen, that is work for a licensed electrician, and we will say so rather than improvise.
The common mistake is mounting too high. Seated, the middle of the screen wants to be near eye level, which for most sofas puts the center around forty two inches from the floor. On a bare wall that looks far too low, and it stops looking low the moment the screen is on it. We mark the position and let you stand in the room and look at it before anything is drilled.
A fixed mount sits closest to the wall and is right when the seating faces the screen square on. A tilting mount buys a few degrees and earns its place when the screen has to go higher than ideal. A full motion arm pulls the screen out and turns it, which suits a corner, a kitchen, or a room with seating on two sides, but it pulls much harder on its fixings and needs a deeper gap behind the screen for the cables.
A soundbar can hang on its own bracket under the screen or sit on a floating shelf. Where there is a console, a streaming box and a router to hide, a shelf below the screen usually looks tidier than a cabinet and gives the cables somewhere to go. Shelves and brackets of that kind are ordinary handyman work and belong in the same visit.
Screen size and weight, the make of the mount if you have already bought one, and a photo of the wall. If you do not know what the wall is made of, the photo usually answers it. If the mount has not been bought yet, say so and we will tell you what fits before you spend anything.
Moving out, redecorating, or changing the screen, we take it off the wall and make the fixings good. If it is going to a new address, it travels better with everything else that has been taken apart for the move.
Ask for a free estimate and tell us what needs doing. A mount is often one line on a longer list, and the rest of the list can be done in the same visit. More on what moves the price.