Need Suggestion on TV Mounting Solution on a Tricky Spot

meong on 07/05/2022 - 18:46
Last edited 07/05/2022 - 21:50

Hi all,

I'm currently living in an apartment and will be moving into a 12 year old house soon.

In my apartment my 65" TV is mounted directly on a drywall. I had a professional tv mounting person come to install it.

The new place however, has a tv mounting space carved into a solid wall but apparently only fits a 55".

What would be my available mounting options?

  1. Use a mounting bracket that can allow telescopic movement/swivel? I was told its not a good idea for 65". Is that true?
  2. Use some sort of vesa extender similar to those that are used to mount curved monitors. Do these even exist for 65" tvs? And would it ve reliable?
  3. Carve out the wall to make it bigger so it can fit a larger TV… Requires some skills to do that I suppose? Does anyone know how much it will cost to chip away the walls surrounding the TV space and repaint it again?

Thanks in advance

Electrical & Electronics

Comments

  • iamherenow on 07/05/2022 - 19:09

    I'd be removing that link for your privacy - it reveals you address.

    • meong on 07/05/2022 - 19:50

      how does it reveal my address?

      they were just cropped photos from the listing uploaded to imgur?

      • iamherenow on 07/05/2022 - 20:40
        +1

        It does! Not sure if I'd hang onto the lattice with the grass triangles out front…

        • John Kimble on 07/05/2022 - 21:24

          Triangles? Those are squares/quadrilaterals…

      • John Kimble on 07/05/2022 - 21:21

        It's called Google image search…It's in Glenroy, yeah?

        • meong on 07/05/2022 - 21:32
          +1

          oh crap… i tried google lens search before i couldnt find it haha

  • iamherenow on 07/05/2022 - 19:12
    +2

    On topic - I'd be inclined to build out the hole with pine to sit flush with the wall, and put your standard tv mount onto that - assuming the larger TV will cover what's left behind it. If you were after a more permanent solution I'd get it plastered over, and repainted.

    • meong on 07/05/2022 - 19:56

      i like this idea… so really just put some hardwood on the wall where the current mount is drilled onto then drill the mount onto the hardwood?

      i dont want to completely cover/plaster the carved out area itself as it has the passageways for the cables to go down to the console area cutout below.

      • Mechz on 07/05/2022 - 20:30

        Hardwood is overkill, pine will be adaquate.

      • iamherenow on 07/05/2022 - 20:45

        yeah it would be very easy to build a frame to extend it out. I guess you would just want to check there's not issue with too much weight from the frame and the tv given they will be further from the wall than normal.

  • timthetoolman on 07/05/2022 - 19:22

    Could you just use a new bracket with extension and sit it outside of the nook?

    https://www.bunnings.com.au/click-tv-wall-mount-with-tilt-an…

    • meong on 07/05/2022 - 19:52

      yup this is a method i was thinking to go for… it is what i wanted to do in solution #1

      however, the professional mounting person said its not a good idea to get a swivel/tilt bracket for something that is 65" and up…

      i was wondering anyone else had any experience and can recommend a brand?

      • Sterio on 07/05/2022 - 20:10

        There are different bracket manufacturers. Check their specs to see up to what size tv they support and up to what weight. You can then decide if and which bracket is appropriate.

        • meong on 07/05/2022 - 20:18

          yeah and I noticed that there are indeed different specs similar to monitor mounts as well…

          however, the mounting person talked me out of using such bracket for 65" hence I was asking if anyone had experience for using swivel bracket on a 65"+ tv

      • ESEMCE on 09/05/2022 - 12:48

        Maybe back in the days of heavy Plasma's but today's TVs are lightweights.

  • 87percent on 07/05/2022 - 19:25

    I hate those cut outs niche for TV’s

    • meong on 07/05/2022 - 19:53

      haha me too… but at least if the tv is bigger it can hopefully cover it altogether… the good thing is at least it already has the space for the cables to go through to the lower area…

    • [Deactivated] on 07/05/2022 - 21:31
      +1

      why? tvs literally stick out like a sore thumb if you just mount them to a wall

  • brad1-8tsi on 07/05/2022 - 21:26
    +1

    Assuming the nook is ~150mm deep just attach 150x50 battens to the existing wall studs and add a fixed mount onto that. If you can't centralise it off those studs then attach a 19mm MDF panel and screw into that.

    We fit 75kg smart boards like this all the time. Either 4x 50mm roofing screws / bugles into the battens/studs or 8x20mm chipboard screws into MDF.

    Building the whole thing out flush sound like hard work.

    If you wanted to make the hole bigger then bank on $1k plus painting.

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