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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Woke up this morning to my telly on the floor screen smashed and a sheepish looking rottweiler staring at me. Yes the fucker broke my tv.

So gonna get a new one today this will have to go on the wall instead of a stand. Should I attempt to put a50" on wall myself or get professional to do it??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do it yourself, Basically four or six bolts.

Gimp

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What kind of man are you?

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

All ya need is a drill and a screwdriver.

Alternatively trade ya Rottie in for a Poodle

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Depends on if you think you could do the job just as well as a professional or not.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

One that sleeps through a t.v. being smashed by a dog

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Woke up this morning to my telly on the floor screen smashed and a sheepish looking rottweiler staring at me. Yes the fucker broke my tv.

So gonna get a new one today this will have to go on the wall instead of a stand. Should I attempt to put a50" on wall myself or get professional to do it??"

I put up my own Tv bracket, believe me if I can do it anyone can

and its not feel down yet by the way lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I bet that frightened the life out of your dog!

If you can get someone else to do it before the footy Ide go with that.. Will be difficult to do on your own .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you can drill a hole ok, then diy, I've held large professional speaker brackets to walls using only 2" screws, the bracket bent a little under the weight, but screws never budged

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It all depends how handy you are with tools, if you have the necessary tools and how much knowledge you have regarding the different type of fixing needed for different types of wall. ie a brick wall will require (I always use 6) coach bolts with 10mm plugs however if it's a plasterboard wall, different fixings are needed. But if you're not 100% confident, get someone to do it for you and don't pay any more than 100quid (including the bracket) or you are being ripped off.

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

dont forget your spirit level

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If in doubt call on Minxie for DIY help .....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"If in doubt call on Minxie for DIY help ..... "

My advise is get some proper fixings for the job. If its a plasterboard wall raw plugs will not hold. If you need more advise B&Q have some good staff,

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ


"dont forget your spirit level"

A bottle of JD should do the job

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"dont forget your spirit level

A bottle of JD should do the job "

That spirit does not make you level

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If its a solid wall you should be fine with the appropriate fixings, stud walls can be trickier if there is no fixing point where you want the TV but still do able.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How clued up are you with diy?

What is the wall, brick or plasterboard?

Are bricks soft

Or maybe breeze block

How heavy is TV.

My advice always use bigger screws than they recommend.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ


"dont forget your spirit level

A bottle of JD should do the job

That spirit does not make you level "

Maybe so, but at least ya wont notice if it's a bizzare angle

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Plasterboard wall.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Get a professional in. It's an expensive tv not a bookshelf

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Find where the stud is then and affix said bracket accordingly

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush


"dont forget your spirit level"

Check the ceiling is level first. If it's not and you mount the bracket level it will look pissed.

I did mine on my own. Fuck me, it's heavy lifting it head high whilst trying to locate it on the bracket.

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By *ScotsmanMan
over a year ago

ayrshire

Blu tac ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"dont forget your spirit level

Check the ceiling is level first. If it's not and you mount the bracket level it will look pissed.

I did mine on my own. Fuck me, it's heavy lifting it head high whilst trying to locate it on the bracket. "

I suppose being likkle didn't help

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush


"dont forget your spirit level

Check the ceiling is level first. If it's not and you mount the bracket level it will look pissed.

I did mine on my own. Fuck me, it's heavy lifting it head high whilst trying to locate it on the bracket.

I suppose being likkle didn't help "

You're right. Bloody telly is bigger than me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

diy - buy the best bracket you can afford.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Plasterboard wall. "

If the studs don't work out in relation to where you want the TV to be, fix a piece of MDF or similar across the studs then fix the bracket to that, better to be safe then sorry once again.

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts


"If in doubt call on Minxie for DIY help ..... "

He'd lose the house in some kind of unexpected catastrophe, possibly caused by an imbalance in nature.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'd call Martin Shaw.

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By *elfastDMan
over a year ago

belfast

The fixing points on the brackets should be positioned for most studs, and there's usually room for the TV to be offset on the bracket to make sure it's positioned correctly.

If there's a level bubble on the bracket don't believe it though, check with another level, I made that mistake before!

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By *amslam1000Man
over a year ago

willenhall


"dont forget your spirit level

A bottle of JD should do the job

That spirit does not make you level "

It Does make me level with the floor!!

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

It also helps if ya put some Level 42 on whilst sipping ya JD and fantasizing about that Poodle you know you should have owned

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

get a professional in as you know what DIY stands for ?

Dont Involve Yourself

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