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Posted on 9/13/17 at 2:50 pm to CarRamrod
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The downward force is always the same no matter where the tv is, but it does induce a moment.
I wish a counter balance would help.
I've been to BR 3 times... just too booked to see you.
Inommm, I will make time to see how my wall bracket suggestions work.
I dont remember if I have Alzheimer's or not.
This post was edited on 9/13/17 at 2:53 pm
Posted on 9/13/17 at 2:54 pm to lnomm34
well i do analyze structures for a living.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 2:59 pm to lnomm34
I have my TV set-up just as you are planning- mounted into the chimney over the fireplace. Use a masonry bit to drill the holes and mount with bolts and anchors. As long as you are not planning on letting your kids swing off it, you will be fine.
Don't accidentally brush your arm with the masonry bit after drilling a hole through the brick like I did, however. That thing gets hot.
Don't accidentally brush your arm with the masonry bit after drilling a hole through the brick like I did, however. That thing gets hot.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 3:01 pm to CarRamrod
That brick wall is only as strong as the mortar holding it together. I'm not concerned about the brick at all but I am concerned about the mortar. Neither you nor I know how well the mason did his job.
And the TV and mount do exert more force when the TV is fully extended. The top bolts will have more pressure on them. Even worse, it's a danger if a kid happens to grab onto it and hang as kids are prone to do. Structurally, as a professional integrator I'd make sure that I over built to avoid potential disaster.
And the TV and mount do exert more force when the TV is fully extended. The top bolts will have more pressure on them. Even worse, it's a danger if a kid happens to grab onto it and hang as kids are prone to do. Structurally, as a professional integrator I'd make sure that I over built to avoid potential disaster.
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Posted on 9/13/17 at 3:08 pm to VABuckeye
I really am playing devils advocate here but
Im just saying you dont need some elaborate force resistant framing behind a brick wall holding a tv. if you are still worried about pullout get some epoxy and squeeze in the hole before you screw in your anchor bolt.
quote:how do you know the brick company did a well enough job in fabing those bricks. The further you extend the tv out the harder the top bolts will try to pull out. Those bolts re in tension. anchor bolts that you do not epoxy in usually use compression to create enough force to resist the pullout. you theoretically you dont even need the bottom bolts. that part of the mount will just push into the wall.
That brick wall is only as strong as the mortar holding it together. I'm not concerned about the brick at all but I am concerned about the mortar. Neither you nor I know how well the mason did his job.
Im just saying you dont need some elaborate force resistant framing behind a brick wall holding a tv. if you are still worried about pullout get some epoxy and squeeze in the hole before you screw in your anchor bolt.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 3:14 pm to CarRamrod
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Posted on 9/13/17 at 3:18 pm to lnomm34
then lets get some W shapes, steel cable, and lets drive some micropiles around the wall.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 3:20 pm to lnomm34
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From a homeowner's perspective, I want this fricker overengineered.
Just don't listen to the guy who's been drawing the hammer back, so to speak, for thirty years. Nevermind I'm not going to come by your house... when you're there
Lol
Posted on 9/13/17 at 3:21 pm to LCA131
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Posted on 9/13/17 at 3:24 pm to lnomm34
he peobably thinks you want to hang this
Posted on 9/13/17 at 3:28 pm to CarRamrod
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Posted on 9/13/17 at 3:41 pm to lnomm34
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Ramrod wasn't exaggerating. You really must be old.
Who is ramrod?
Nice TV.
Anyway I've got to get a well dug... Where is my witching stick?
Posted on 9/13/17 at 4:14 pm to lnomm34
I did something almost exactly similar on my patio. All I did was predrill through the brick, put in plastic anchors, then screwed the mount into those. The tv hasn't torn my house down yet. You'll be fine.
ETA: the only damage I did to anything was melting a hole in my patio furniture when my dumb arse rested the drill+masonry bit on it
ETA: the only damage I did to anything was melting a hole in my patio furniture when my dumb arse rested the drill+masonry bit on it
This post was edited on 9/13/17 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 9/13/17 at 4:26 pm to lnomm34
Your drawing shows a lot of horizontal support. You need more vertical support. Why not take a 2x12 and stand it up flat against the brick wall and use cross bracing to the existing 2x4 wall? Your TV mount will essentially hang on the 2x12 and not the brick wall.
You are lucky you have access to the back of the brick wall, take advantage of it!
You are lucky you have access to the back of the brick wall, take advantage of it!
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