TV corner wall mount into masonry

James Peach

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I want to mount my 55" tv to the wall. I'm sick of the stand it's on ands it's only a place to put things.
I figure I can hide the PS4 somewhere else. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

But it's in the corner and I thought it might be cool if I could swivel it and lay it flat on one wall as well as where it usually is which is in the middle.

Many of the mounts on the market fix to the two opposing walls like so:
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But then I thought it might be cool to be able to push it to one wall too if I wanted to watch tv from one sofa / have it take up less room.

And there is a single point mount with a right angle base that appears to do it.

Here's the mount in question.

here's the base of it
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Here's a picture of company man standing in front of it in one position. Please try and ignore the four plants in a row.
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And here is a picture of the man in motion sort of walking towards it with purpose while it is flat against the wall in the other position.
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UPDATE: here's a picture that better explains it but doesn't have the man .

https://www.kantomounts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/FMC1_TV_PushedLeft.jpg

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Anyway, my questions are thus.;

i. is it dangerous to mount a 43 pound tv to just one base like the man did? It seems like a LOT of weight to put on one point of contact especially since it's going to articulate out.

b) I'm mounting straight into brick and mortar; is that better or worse for holding it? Anything I need to know about going into brick; I know there are special fixings for brick that you hammer in; is that what they're called? "brick fixings."

3. is it better to go into the brick or the mortar; assuming brick since it's harder.

4. That one (the one with the man) is 119 dollars. Seems like a lot. And I'm in the UK too. I can't find anything like it on Amazon (they're all the two contact ones). And the one point of contact ones don't have bases that are right angled for a corner. Does anyone have any ideas where I could get one?

e) I think that's it.

Thanks in advance.
 
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Buffman said:
The weight/level won't be excessive with a 20kg TV (45lbs)

Id suggest something like this instead (i had in old house for 3 years with a 20kg TV
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Invision®-TV-Wall-Bracket-Mount-Black/dp/B01AYBLPNA/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=invision+ultra+strong+tv+wall+bracket+mount&qid=1622821017&sprefix=Invision+&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFYUEhIVlNHUzE3WUwmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTA2MTg5NjgzME85TlcwS0tMN1E1JmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA1OTIxODMxQ04yQklXN003TkZHJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfcGhvbmVfc2VhcmNoX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=


What you want is wall plugs for masonry and make sure they contact well into the masonry (i.e. Past the plaster) there are many types e.g. Friction fixings, anchor bolts, chemical anchor. I'd say a fairly hefty m10 fixing of a good depth will be fine for this. I believe the above comes with some fixings I used.
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Thanks; there's no plaster; it's exposed brick.

The one you linked to doesn't seem to be optimised for a corner; I'd be concerned that it wouldn't push far enough into the middle to look even if that makes sense.
 
the-evaluator said:
I would be amazed if that bracket was up to the job of holding that TV, especially if you want the TV to be pushed away from the wall as the more distance between the TV and wall, the more load is put on the bracket. There would be a fairly large load put through the bottom mouting point which would be wanting to lever out the top mount.

We had a cantilever bracket installed a couple of months back. The chap that did it said that most of his work is going to replace crap brackets which aren't designed for the load that the TV puts through them and are fitted poorly into the wall. The bracket you posted at the top of your post has 6 mouting points per wall plate, so 12 in total. I would expect that the other bracket has 3 mouting holes at the most.
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Sorry. Which are you referring to? As in the single point one would seem to be insufficient you reckon?
 
Dear Admin, I only just saw the note about not hot linking; is it possible to un-delete my post and put it into edit mode? I spent rather a long time writing it?
 
the-evaluator said:
That one is absolute junk, even when mounted properly. I speak from experience as I had one holding my 55" TV on the wall but there's so much play in the joints that the TV never sat level and would often tilt forwards on it's own.
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I'm mostly worried that if it's on the side of the wall (as opposed to both corners or single right angle corner) that it may not fit.

Here's the right angle one I linked above: (Please excuse the crudity of this model. I didn't have time to build it to scale or to paint it._
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And then here's what it would do if I used one attached to one side of the wall:

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But here's what I'm worried would blatantly end up happening!


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{SAS}TB said:
Just checked and unpaid £79.99

I looked at the cheaper ones but the TV is c20kg from memory and wanted to make sure it was strong enough.

I have it mounted on one wall and then articulated out to sit "angled" across the opening like in your first "sketch"

E: picture here

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/forums/posts/33344059/

E2: Just checked - 31kg :eek:
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Here I was not receiving notifications and thinking everyone was silence bc they were simply in awe of my diagrams!
 
pp111 said:
What I did with mine is to buy a standard wall mount then construct a wooden frame to go in the corner so the wall mount just bolts to the wooden frame. I just used 50x100mm pine to construct the frame which was bolted to the wall using threaded bar and chemical cement. The end result is a really, really solid frame, that leaves the TV apparently just floating in the air in the corner. The TV must be almost three feet from the corner of the room so there is no way any bought in mount would do the job. The TV is just too big. Anyway, it works a treat.
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Yes. I must measure how far it would have to be.
Constructing wooden frame beyond me as you may have suspected from my "diagrams"
 
{SAS}TB said:
Been away but back now - here's some pictures of the TV and bracket in situ

TV in place "floating" over the unit

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The bracket as it is in normal situation / extended to allow the TV to sit at the correct viewing angle

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Ok that looks like the ticket. It should reach far enough to allow a 55" to sit in the middle, right?

Is there some Pythagoras I need to use or something to work out how long the arm needs to be / how far from the corner the mount needs to be fastened? Or is it as simple as the closest it can be while still letting the tv go flat if need be. Although yours doesn't look like you could let it go flush against the wall so that wasn't your intention.
 
UPDATE I have a mount.
But it's a cantilever heavy duty one.
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It's already very heavy (~9kg) and the tv is 17kgs.
Do you think I'll be ok drilling into the mortar or does this need the brick.
I'm really hoping mortar will be ok since I have no hammer drill.
 
I got exactly that today on your advice and I have mounted it!

NOW.

I'll be honest I didn't 100% think this through and now I need to get 4 x HDMI and 2 x power behind it without the wires showing.

What's the best way to do this?

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I could MAYBE fit a few HDMI cables and power behind the mortar and run it horizontally but what about the rest of the HDMI. and I'd also have to fit trunking in there, right?

Maybe there's an HDMI and power sort of socket box I can use or something?
 
scarps said:
I have put cables behind the skirting board before, just take them off, sometimes there is enough room behind them already, otherwise just scrap/knock a bit of the brick away.

Coming out of the skirting near the sockets just drill or chisel out a hole or small channel depending on what the cable is, them fill any noticeable holes.

From the TV down to the skirting, either a bit of trunking but as its a small run you can make a channel in the brick, put cable in but in some trunking so the cable isnt sitting in any wet mortar/filler etc. fill and paint, should look ok with it being white and the brick, you can even smooth some the mortar joints back in with your finger when whatever you fill the channel with is still a bit wet.

You can get some damp paint to cover those patches, then paint over again with the paint you have on now, check what might be causing the damp though, look on the outside of building in relation to the inside patches. Sometimes it will be very obvious.
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I HAVE TAKEN THE SKIRTING BOARD OFF
Holy living christ it is terrifying behind there.
I was literally pulling out rocks.

Question. Can I cut into the brick and make the plug flush to the wall? Or do I need to have a "professional" do this?

Here are some scenes from behind the skirting board.
 
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