how to hang tv bracket on soft wall

paul, August 2009

if the wall is soft or crumbly the answer is simply don't hang your tv off of it as you need a secure fixing for your bracket as the weight of that plus the weight of your tv will certainly just pull away and not only cause harm to anyone who may be close by but put some decorating problems your way too!!

Wayner, September 2009

Chemical bolts. These fix studs into wall by way of adhesive

Ian, August 2009

The crumbly stuff may well be old lime plaster - it you drill it for fixings it will just fall away leaving big holes.

If it were my problem I would take a piece of decent plank wood - cut it generously oversize and fix the wood to the wall with Frame Fixings like this...

http://www.jpbolts.co.uk/imgs/products/lrg/f_f_z_p_m8_m10.jpg

Four of them, one at each corner and long enough to get at least 40mm into the underlying brickwork so probably 60mm long to allow for the wood and the plaster.

I would then screw the TV bracket to the wood using appropriate wood screws.

Peccavi, August 2009