TV wall mount help...

[RICHARD]

If you don't have drywall but only have cement block walls, you can still hang something on it. You'll need to use a masonry drill bit. If the walls are hollow, get molly bolts that are long enough to go all the way through to the hollow part (2-1/2 to 3 inches long). They look like long screws with a butterfly nut on the end. Drill the hole as big as the butterfly nut, insert the screw into whatever you are hanging, put the butterfly nut on then put the nut through the hole all the way. Pull on the screw end of the molly while screwing it in. Once the butterfly end hits the inside of the hole, you can tighten the screw all the way.

The hole you have to create is huge. I'd opt for a pedestal or table instead.

Yeah, what she said!

She cuts hair and does construction!
You gotta love it!

[mruffruff]

Also good at DEstruction!

[RICHARD]

Also good at DEstruction!

LOL,


The butterfly things are called toggle bolts....I thought of the name while I was changing the float thingy in a toilet...

[Lady's Human]

In a concrete wall you can also use lag bolts. The advantage is that you don't have to drill as large a hole.

[Cinder & Smoke]

In a concrete wall you can also use lag bolts.
The advantage is that you don't have to drill as large a hole.

Another advantage of the Lag Bolt, which also requires a lead or plastic Anchor SLEEVE be driven
into the hole that expands and grips the side of the hole and receives the threads
on the Lag BOLT, is that the Anchor Sleeve / Lag Bolt combination doesn't care
WHERE on a block wall you drill the hole. Doesn't really matter if you drill into a void or hollow area,
a solid web, or a mortar joint - anywhere will do.

But IF you plan to use the Molly Bolt (butterfly thingy) --- you HAVE to drill into
the hollow or void area of a block - not always easy to do!

Happie Hanging!

[Husky_mom]

thank you all for your help

LAdy´s human and Phred: I will look up for the lag bolts.... sounds much better and a not so huge hole and will look for the plastic sleeve thingy too...will need to find a pic to see what I´m looking for

but first I need to see if they´d exchange me the wall mount IF they have the correct one on stock

[kittycats_delight]

Isabel you can go to any hardware store and get these . They are meant for Concrete, Solid brick, Solis sand-lime brick, Hollow block made from lightweight concrete, Multilayer composite concrete wall as well as Natural stone with dense structure, Solid block made from lightweight concrete & Solid panel made from gypsum.

They will work perfectly and they are much easier to use. You drill a hole the same size as your fischer and push the fischer into the hole then screw the screw into the fischer. Simple as that. Not much fuss at all.