Do you really need the articulating mount? Or was that just so you could mount to the back wall? If you don't need the screen to move why not just put in a shelf that the TV can sit on?

Lmao nothing wrong with seeking out opinions. Not afraid to ask if I have questions. To me it seems pretty straightforward. Find the studs above it. Transfer measurements. Drill a pilot to make sure studs are where I expect. Bolt it down. If there’s a gap fill with spacer. Done.

Btw ya that door is a slider.

Client does not want to make any shelving modifications.

If the cabinet is there to stay and so is the TV, cut out the cabinet back just larger than the mount plate. Just one more way to git ‘er done.

BTW, sitting on a shelf is usually less than ideal as you know. The mount may be all the way to the front of the shelf, but the screen will be recessed 4-6”.

Move 2 shelves to the bottom.
Place TV on shelf, equipment below.
Cash check.

edit (didn't see no moving of shelves comment)

THIS! GOOD CALL

More detail... I can move shelves I'm sure. Rebuilding the shelving area however is a no! I mentioned maybe being able to fit a 65" TV but we would have less then an 1/8 clearance at best! He mentioned not wanting to have to redo part of the cabinet and we both agreed on the 55".

I would probably create a new black cabinet back mounted to a couple of 2x4's. Then just do a flat mount/w tilt.

He's going to wish he did that sooner or later anyway.

Move the shelf down that is above the current TV, and use the stand that comes with the new one and place it on that shelf.

Shelves have to be adjustable. They should be easy to.recongfigure.

On a side note...my OCD would force me to line the shelves up with the door on the left side. I couldn't handle looking at that every day.

Yep. That's what I said.

Don't just "put the TV on the shelf." It MUST be attached to the wall behind it in some way so that an earthquake, or a five year old pulling on it (same thing) won't make the TV fall forward.


He means to mount hte 2x4s horizontally, I think. I did this once with a non-articulating mount and it was really hard to get the 2x4s positioned so the front of the TV was exactly where needed.


Be sure you've removed the drywall behind the cabinet so the EMT goes from bracket to stud. The motion of the articulated arm will grind the EMT into any drywall that's there, causing the whole mount to become loose. Secure but floppy, that is.


All of us can work for years without encountering something that the rest of us find simple, that we've conquered long before. It's a simple install to you and to me, but the first time we did one, we had to think carefully, or maybe someone told us what to do.



You should always drill pilot holes for lag screws! "Too large" should not be an issue because you should know something like this from [Link: popularwoodworking.com].



He means Togglers. Toggle Bolts are never to be used. Period.

Unfortunately, you didn't have someone telling you how to do this, telling you that MDF and particle board won't hold worth a damn on a lag bolt. NEVER depend on MDF or particle board to hold against a pull-out load.

An alternative has been given, which is to make spacers so there's something solid from the back of the bracket all the way to the stud.

Exactly!

Also an absolute.I thoght I made it clear but it is important........


"Then use a 5'8" spade bit to drill through the back and the drywall to the stud."

I should have been more negative about using short sections of conduit.

EMT wall is thin enough that it would definitely dig through drywall, but it also might dig into wood, as well. I've seen EMT used as uprights in an A/V store, separating shelves, but they also used a washer between the EMT ends and the shelves they were supporting.

There's a clear advantage to using a 5/8" spade bit to cut through the back wall of the shelf unit, which is that you don't have to make holes any larger than that. But I've seen A LOT of studs that aren't perfectly vertical or are in places where prior remodeling made the inside of the wall unpredictable. I'd want to uncover that wall and not just trust measuring straight down from studs I can locate near the ceiling.

This is not paranoia. This is experience. Don't trust everything you think you can see clearly, and trust even less what you're extrapolating!

Also make sure to plug the TVs power cord in or it wont turn on.

Mac, when someone asks for help and more than one person say "just put it on the shelf," you've gotta hope that they don't follow that advice and JUST put it on the shelf. Since that's such an obvious and elementary solution, perhaps tying it down so it won't fly is also worth mentioning.

I like your sense of humor, though. Always have.