re: Adding a TV Mount to Brick Wall--How to Properly Support?

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Is your TV made of lead? From looking at the pictures if you have movement in that wall, you got bigger issues to deal with before considering hanging a TV on it. I seriously doubt (unless you got one heavy TV) you have any risk of the wall coming apart. The only thing you really need to be concerned with is how well you can anchor the mount to the brick wall. Even that single wythe wall is stronger than you think. I bet you could put that mount on there with lead anchors, extend it, and hang on it and there would be no movement of the wall!!!!

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You might be right. I have no clue on whether the anchors would hold if I drilled the mortar joints and tapped them in there. No idea.

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If you are going to go all construction on it for extra support, you might as well follow the rules for wood against masonry and put a layer of roofing felt between your wood and the brick and don't forget the air gap.

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Oh, good call! Didn't even think of that.

Seriously, though. This is the manufacturer's official stance on mounting on masonry brick walls.