Plasma and LCD screens mounted on plasterboard and stud walls

We fitted 4 screens today in London. A Pioneer 50" and a 40" LCD Samsung, both on a plasterboard wall. All the cables such as HDMI had already been chased, and hidden into the wall.

A Panasonic screen was mounted using an articulated arm bracket on a stud wall. This would normally be a problem because of the lack of a secure fixing but as the screen was light coupled with being able to locate a central stud with our detector it was possible.

The fourth screen was a 42" Samsung plasma TV screen which was mounted on chimney breast with just surface mounted cables in trunking. We also had to extend the Sky cables. This plasma screen was fitted on a tilt bracket to help extend the viewing angle.

Mirror plasma screen fitting

This Mirror Plasma was installed into a false chimney breast. We first mounted the plasma TV directly to the wall using a flat bracket and this gave us the mounting depth. The cables were chased from the TV to the corner of the room where a cabinet containing a Sky HD box and DVD were to be housed. The screen was then removed and the false chimney breast was built out of plaster board / stud work.

The plasterers then came in and finished the decoration. After which, we returned for a final wall mounting and fitting of the plasma TV.