On Jun 13, 9:33 pm, Dean Heighington
wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

I've been press ganged into fitting a wall mounting for a big LCD TV in a
mate's flat. It's a tower block built by the council. It is a solid wall -
the one between his flat and the next one. Obviously, I don't want to
drill right the way through...

I'm intending using Rawlbolts. Have an SDS drill and the correct bit.

What is it likely to be made of and how thick?

You don't need rawlbolts. Just a decent plug and screw- look at the Fischer
range, they'll have something that is suitable. You should get a clean,
tight hole with sds, for the plug but consider gripfill or chemfix if not.
most of the load is vertical, not pulling out from the wall and numerous
'small/shallow' fixings is better than 4 deep anchors. Look at the brackets
available (with tilt, pan and swing out) rather than the standard that
comes with the unit.

If it still goes titsup (and the neighbours lounge shares the same wall)
you can always offer to hang their tv, to cover the holes, free of charge!


assuming you haven't knocked theirs off their wall as you hang your
mates'.......

Jim K