I was curious as to folk's choice of anchor for hanging mounts, etc in brick. I've got a 27" tube tv going on a fairly old brick wall (plastered over) in a diner. Just a little concerned that as it turns out...there's a booth right underneath the TV.

Thanks for the input.
Mike

I'd have to go with the blue screws. For the life of me I can't remember what they are called at this very moment. Drill a hole and screw them into the brick. They are solid. I've use the traditional lag bolts as well but if your drill bit wobbles the hole a little then they may not hold tightly.

Robbie S

Those are called Tapcons and are available at most home improvement stores. Use a hammerdrill to make the drilling much faster. And you can buy a box of the screws with the correctly sized drill bit in the box.

E. J.

With the information given, I would use 3/8 threaded rod straight through to the other side of "fairly old brick wall".

I'll second that. I wouldn't put any tube larger than 20" on any wall without wood studs without going through to the other side. Especially nowadays, with LCD as a choice.

Doug @ HomeWorks

dont use tapcons with that kind of weight. bolt thru the brick or switch tvs. Tapcons are great but brick is soft and those tvs are heavy. my 2

THere are a LOT of paranoid installers hanging out here....

I've put 36" TV's on Dual Arm peerless brackets on Brick walls before.... No Problem.... I usually will mount a 2x8 or 2x10 to distribute the weight a little better across the brick....


Tapcons are good, SPAX bolts are good too.....

I have to admit that that I've never had the opportunity to hang a tube TV on a brick wall. (Isn't that just my luck) Everybody else gets the sweet installs.

Anyway, Ive hung quite a few plasmas into brick walls. What I've used are what I call lead anchors. I think that's what they are called. It is threaded on the inside. I run a masonry bit into the mortar. Slip the lead anchors in, run the lag bolt linto it. Works nice for plasmas.

But the weight of the plasma goes straight down. And I'm no physicist but I would think that with a TV mount the wieght would pull more on an angle.

I don't know if this helps. I hope it does.

TAPCONS!

Leave ur purse at home

Just put them tapcons in the wall... then hang from the mount.... unless ur 400+ lbs and test it out you should be fine though.

Use wedge anchors, You can find them at Home Depot. Thats what I have used since the C-band Dish days to hang any thing that is heavy.

what is your alls choice for a plasma in a loft w/ metal studs?

Grab the metal stud with a toggle if you can. If not use a bunch of toggles in the drywall. You will be perfectly fine unless the bracket has an articulating arm.

Mike

PS
Use the big toggle bolts (5/8" pilot hole)

that is what we do now, just seeing if there are any other ideas out there

Another choice is to remove a rectangular section of drywall, and replace it with a same-size piece of plywood. Drywall screws (through drilled holes)into the studs, and wood screws for the brackets.

We remove the piece of drywall and reinforce the wall with 2x4 and put back the drywall, patch and paint before we put the plasma.