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Mounting a TV to brick: into brick or mortar?? UPDATED with pics in OP
Posted on 6/22/14 at 4:30 pm
Posted on 6/22/14 at 4:30 pm
I was going to let the best buy guys come out an do it but it ends up being $350. Screw that!
It seems that anchoring into the mortar would be easier to patch in the future in case we took it down for whatever reason. I've read mixed things which probably means both would work fine. Does anyone have experience with this?
Eta : this is where it's going. Probably going with a 50inch.
ETA:
Put it up yesterday. Bought a dewalt 8 amp rotary corded drill ($60). Drilled into brick. Basic masonary drill bits dulled quickly and I would recommend the higher quality ones that work with both rotary and hammer drills. I probably spent around $40 on bits. I used a sanus mount that was $90 at best buy. Took about 4 hrs including 2 trips to Home Depot. It could easily be done under an hour if you have everything you need. Even with buying a new drill I came out ahead vs paying best buy $350. It's a samsung 50 in btw.
It seems that anchoring into the mortar would be easier to patch in the future in case we took it down for whatever reason. I've read mixed things which probably means both would work fine. Does anyone have experience with this?
Eta : this is where it's going. Probably going with a 50inch.
ETA:
Put it up yesterday. Bought a dewalt 8 amp rotary corded drill ($60). Drilled into brick. Basic masonary drill bits dulled quickly and I would recommend the higher quality ones that work with both rotary and hammer drills. I probably spent around $40 on bits. I used a sanus mount that was $90 at best buy. Took about 4 hrs including 2 trips to Home Depot. It could easily be done under an hour if you have everything you need. Even with buying a new drill I came out ahead vs paying best buy $350. It's a samsung 50 in btw.
This post was edited on 6/29/14 at 8:48 am
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Posted on 6/22/14 at 4:35 pm to Coater
downside to both. Get a really good bit to drill with and I would think you don't want to use a hammer drill on it.
Mortar rots over time but not fast enough to worry about with amounted tv. It is easy to patch if/when you remove the tv and mount from the wall.
Brick tends to crack and crumble easy but is more consistent than mortar is.
Mortar rots over time but not fast enough to worry about with amounted tv. It is easy to patch if/when you remove the tv and mount from the wall.
Brick tends to crack and crumble easy but is more consistent than mortar is.
Posted on 6/22/14 at 4:36 pm to Coater
Into brick, always into brick.
The motor is weak.
(ETA) not an expert but years ago I worked for a Diebold subcontractor and when we installed security cameras and such it was always into brick.
We also used hammer drills.
The motor is weak.
(ETA) not an expert but years ago I worked for a Diebold subcontractor and when we installed security cameras and such it was always into brick.
We also used hammer drills.
This post was edited on 6/22/14 at 4:38 pm
Posted on 6/22/14 at 5:25 pm to Coater
Brick
Posted on 6/22/14 at 5:26 pm to Coater
brick...
Posted on 6/22/14 at 7:19 pm to Coater
Drill into the Brick
Posted on 6/22/14 at 9:43 pm to Coater
If you pole mount from the ceiling you can run your cables through the pole.
Posted on 6/29/14 at 8:42 am to Coater
Bump for update
Posted on 6/29/14 at 12:43 pm to Coater
quote:
Put it up yesterday. Bought a dewalt 8 amp rotary corded drill ($60). Drilled into brick. Basic masonary drill bits dulled quickly and I would recommend the higher quality ones that work with both rotary and hammer drills. I probably spent around $40 on bits. I used a sanus mount that was $90 at best buy. Took about 4 hrs including 2 trips to Home Depot. It could easily be done under an hour if you have everything you need. Even with buying a new drill I came out ahead vs paying best buy $350. It's a samsung 50 in btw.
Nice work.... A hammer drill would have kept you from eating up the bits as much, but you ended up with a new drill instead of renting a hammer drill, so you came out ahead
Posted on 6/30/14 at 9:10 am to Coater
For future reference, don't waste money on overpriced TV mounts.
I've had this one for 5 years without issue.
I've had this one for 5 years without issue.
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