Another question about wallmounting

[FloppyPoppy]

Hey guys i am soon to be buying myself a new TV

PANASONIC VIERA TX-50AX802B

And i had originally planned to wall mount this however in the room it is going to be going in the plastering is quite weak.

Would drilling a wall mount into the brick behind the bad plaster be enough to hold the TV in or would the gap caused by the plaster be a issue ( i can add a picture later i am at work at the moment sorry )

or should i be looking at getting a tv stand. The only issue with that being it wont really be ideal for the viewing position

or more messily what effect would ripping back the plaster enough that the wallmount can sit flush against the brick be

please understand that i am terrible at plastering ect would have to get a friend/pay someone to re plaster if needed

 

[lucid]

Plaster is often blown out (hollow sounding) in older buildings. If it has been papered over then it will old together well enough to be drilled through without crumbling. All fixings should go in to the sold brick behind (presuming it is a brick wall). The backplate of the bracket will spread the weight over a large enough area that there shouldn't be an issue.

Here's an 802 with a KEF soundbar and swivel bracket I installed for a customer in Colne about a week ago. It's in to a 18th Century farm house. The room is part decorated in this pic.

The plaster was crumbly too, but that was only an issue because I was chasing to bury power and signal cables and install a double power socket behind the TV. I removed enough to get back to sound surrounding plaster and then replastered with base and top coat.

The client could have asked for surface trunking rather than concealed cables. That would have looked awful with such a nice room and great TV of course, but the bracket install would have been just the same.

Don't remove plaster to the brick just to recess the TV. You'll gain maybe 1~1.5cm at most but cause other issues. Plaster acts as a vapour barrier between the colder brick and the relatively warm moist air of the room. Unless it's properly sealed you run the risk of creating condensation problems.