TV wall mount help...

**Husky_mom** · 03-03-2008, 04:43 PM

I bought a tv yesterday at walmart... and the employee offered a wall mount that "supossedly" hold up to 37" TV´s mine is 32" (sanyo)

so I bought it... now it seems it has a definition of how the screws are placed and the distance among them, refered to as VESA....

well the VESA for the wall mount can be 75 x75, 100 x 100 and 100 x 200...

and my TV manual says it needs a 200 x 200 VESA wall mount!!...

can I be able to just screw two "holes" in the wall mount or is it super necesary to have the four screwed on??....

the other wall mounts at walmart were: smaller, round one for up to 27" (useless to me) adn a huge for up to 37"...

suggestions??

**RICHARD** · 03-03-2008, 07:20 PM

You need to find the right mount for your TV set. A bigger wall mount is probably better-it never hurts to go large.

You also MUST and I cannot say this with more emphasis, MUST
screw the mount into wall studs.

Use lag screws and washers to attach the mount and make sure that you hit the 2x4s in the wall- If you only use two screws and the set falls off the wall you may not be able to make a claim against the manufacturer of the wall mount.

THere are building codes that state how far apart the studs in a wall should be, check into what is standard in your area.

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To find where the studs are you can buy a stud finder, bang on the wall-when you hit a stud it sounds solid or you can take a thin long nail and hammer and use that to probe the walls....

Good Luck!

**Jessika** · 03-03-2008, 07:39 PM

I would go back and demand a refund and/or exchange for the correct mount, because we have a wall-mounted flat panel in our bedroom right now and paid $800 for the TV and another $100 for the wall mount, so I'll be darned if we don't get the right one and that TV falls on me, it's too expensive to risk, IMO!

And yes, you MUST MUST MUST MUST make sure to find a stud... otherwise you may wake up to a surprise

**RICHARD** · 03-03-2008, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by Jessika

And yes, you MUST MUST MUST MUST make sure to find a stud... otherwise you may wake up to a surprise

Women, always thinking about studs!

**Husky_mom** · 03-04-2008, 11:30 AM

i´m not sure construction is same here as it is over there.... but by studs you mean the solid concrete thing that usually goes in corners and every now and then??

if so... I´m not sure there is one were I plan to mount the TV

our house is made of concrete blocks.... unforunatelly unfilled ones....

for the record... we have some frames hanged as well.... one is huge and heavy and was screwed with no problem on the blocks.... should i worry about the TV?

and I will go back to walmart and see if they have a bigger wall mount, if not, I can always have it on the pedestal....but space-wise I prefer mounted...

**Husky_mom** · 03-04-2008, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by RICHARD

Women, always thinking about studs!

Oh Richard!!... LMAO... well of course.....

**Jessika** · 03-04-2008, 11:35 AM

Studs are the framing that the dry wall is nailed onto. It's the "skeleton" of your walls if your drywall is the skin. There should typically be a stud every foot or so. It's not too hard to find one if you have one... you can buy a "stud finder" that you just hold up to the wall and it tells you when it's over one, or you can knock on the wall; when you're knocking on a stud you'll hear a difference versus knocking on an empty spot.