Wanting to fit bracket above fireplace for flat screen tv - what's the best way?
Question:Is there an easy way to work out where the wood or bricks are behind plasterboard?
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It will be brick, its luck whether you hit a Brick or Joint.
I would drill and use expansion bolts to hold the bracket in place. It would be prudent to make sure that the top fixing position was into a brick even if it means drilling two holes.
Above a fireplace it will be brick.
Tap with a spoon. If there is wood behind the plasterboard the sound will be slightly higher in pitch.
yes you can get a stud finder and use it to mark your studs and if it is brick be hide it then you could use a small finish nail and if it hits and bends easy then you will need a hammer drill and a mason bite either plastic anchor's or metal ones and screws to do it with...
Depends what is behind the plasterboard. Give the wall a tap with your knuckles, if it sounds dead and solid it will be brick. If it sounds light and hollow it will be plasterboard with wooden batoning. With solid brickwork, a fischer bolt fixing will probably be best. This has a plastic outer sleeve that expands when you tighten the bolt thus giving a good,strong fixing for the bracket. If you have wooden batoning and can't find out where the wooden sections are you can buy a sensor from any DIY shop that will show you its positioning. Depending on the weight of the TV I would get specialist advice as to the best fixing. The last thing you want is your nice, new TV falling off the wall!
you dont want to do that ! the heat and smoke are horribly bad for at flat screen tv even if you only use the fireplace occasionally !!
Stud finder or professional handyman. Above a fire place might need a re-think [if fire is ever used/lit] heat rises [not really, but that is another story] and may cause you a serious problem with your TV! Just a thought!
I have never heard of anything other than brick or block at a fireplace, so use Fischer Devices to secure brackets to wall.
On a different note entirely, I remember reading that a TV should be either at eye level or up to 15 degrees BELOW eye level when seated !!
Apparently it has something to do with neck strain.
If it is a plasma or lcd screen i would reccomend siting it somewhere else in the room as the heat from the fire will distort the crystals in the display. but if you want to go ahead with it use large coach bolts and plugs from your local diy store M8/10 x 100 ( no longer as they will go through the breast of your chimney) to fix the bracket to the brick/blockwork of your fireplace .
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