Mounting 77" G5 to plasterboard wall

Mines is on plasterboard because its weirdly thick stuff, couldn't even find the studs. Its been fine. I hung off the bracket and it didn't budge.
 
I've used spring toggles, the zip tie style toggles and grip its. All have been fine. I've also used the ones that go right through the dot and dab plasterboard and into brick. Also work well. I've probably mounted 20+ TVs over the years in my houses and friends and never had issues, even the old heavier, chunkier ones. You'll be surprised what plaster board plugs can hold.
 
What do you mean there are studs and then brick behind it? It should either be a stud wall or dot and dab I think?
 
hornetstinger said:
Bigger question is how many hundreds of £'s are you putting into the sound system :D (the speakers in LG OLED are pretty bad)
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I already have a fairly expensive 5.1 system that I have spent a few grand on. Ive also just upgraded to a Denon x4800h and am waiting on a new center speaker. I'll do the front sides at some point next year and I bought an SVS-PB1000 in December last year.

I'll get some ceiling almost speakers at some point too.
 
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D-Ranged said:
They look very similar to the ones that came with the mount, except they didn't come with the metal sleeve.
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That's the magic! You hammer it into the plug and it braces the gap between the plasterboard and the brickwork (so you're essentially screwing directly into the brickwork) and the plaster won't collapse into the cavity when you screw in tightly.
 
Worthy said:
That's the magic! You hammer it into the plug and it braces the gap between the plasterboard and the brickwork (so you're essentially screwing directly into the brickwork) and the plaster won't collapse into the cavity when you screw in tightly.
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Worthy said:
That's the magic! You hammer it into the plug and it braces the gap between the plasterboard and the brickwork (so you're essentially screwing directly into the brickwork) and the plaster won't collapse into the cavity when you screw in tightly.
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That probably sounds like the best option if they do them long enough to get them to the wall behind!
 
Mines been up a few months now using those fittings and it’s not moved at all. I decorated too after it had been up about 6 weeks and bracket was still solid to wall. I’ll admit I kept joking for first week that we would come home and to would be on floor but I don’t worry about it now. Mines a new build and internal wall so no bricks. I did find studs when putting a new socket behind to and running cables in wall, they were just not in right place. Tv so flush to wall also makes room feel bigger. It was on a stand before and sat quite far from wall.
 
darrant1234 said:
Mines been up a few months now using those fittings and it’s not moved at all. I decorated too after it had been up about 6 weeks and bracket was still solid to wall. I’ll admit I kept joking for first week that we would come home and to would be on floor but I don’t worry about it now. Mines a new build and internal wall so no bricks. I did find studs when putting a new socket behind to and running cables in wall, they were just not in right place. Tv so flush to wall also makes room feel bigger. It was on a stand before and sat quite far from wall.
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My current TV is a 65" on a stand and it does feel like it takes up quite a bit of room with a decent gap between it and the wall behind. The 77" on the wall should give that extra bit of size but being further back will look much better in general being flush mounted I hope!
 
77" G5 and just trusting plasterboard! No way would I just trust plasterboard.
Easiest way I'd make that stronger is glue a square of 9 or 12mm ply to the plasterboard first. Then attach the bracket to that and use some of these all the way through to the back of the plasterboard.
 
The 77" G5 OLED weighs ~33kg. See here...


So using one of the better wall plugs reviewed here which can take 30kg + with just one, then using say 8 should easily hold a G5.
 
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