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Steve Walker

On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:59:59 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Jul 31, 12:01*pm, Owain wrote:
On 31 July, 10:16, " *wrote:

BTW. Its not a heavy TV. Its a 15" LCD.

That'll hang from plasterboard if you're hanging it *flush* to the
wall because most of the load will be pulling-down on the
plasterboard, but if you're using a tilt/swivel bracket or similar
then the load will be pulling-out from the plasterboard and that is
where plasterboard is weak.

Owain

Its a tilt/swivel.

If you've got blockwork behind, then why not just fasten to the blockwork?
If you want to avoid cutting holes and making good to get battens in there,
then how about long screws, oversized holes in the plasterboard and large
diameter dowel in there as spacers (or a lot of washers!), so that the
fixing is to the blockwork, but the screws tighten the plate up against the
dowels and the dowels against the blockwork, so the plasterboard is not
taking any of the load?

SteveW