To install a television on a wall, you must understand the VESA pattern. The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) makes the VESA pattern and features standard measurements for the screw holes on the back of a television. Many people believes that the screen size of the television will dictate the VESA pattern.
However, the screen size is not the same as the VESA pattern. For instance, an 43-inch television from one manufacturer could have a different VESA pattern than another 43-inch television from a different manufacturer. The VESA pattern is measured by the distance between the four screw holes on the back of a television in units of millimeter.
How to Mount a TV on the Wall
You should not use the screen size of the television to guess at the VESA pattern that the television use. You can use a master chart that depicts which VESA pattern are associated with specific screen sizes. As the screen size of televisions increases, the VESA pattern will be more wider to even out the weight of the larger screen television on the mounting brackets.
The larger the screen size of a television, the more leverage that it will have on the wall. A 85-inch television will have more of this effect on the wall than a television with a screen size of 50 inch. There are different type of televisions mounts that could be used to mount the television to the wall.
A fixed mount will allow the television to stay flush against the wall and provides a more even and clean look to the television. A tilting mount will allow for the television to be angled down from the wall. This is useful should you want to even out the glare from overhead lights in the room.
A full motion arm mount allows the television to be swiveled towards different parts of the room. However, this mount will place more stress on the studs in the wall if the television is swiveled too far from the wall. When installing the television to the wall, make sure that you use the correct hardware.
If the holes in the back of the televisions have a smaller diameter, using a screw that is too thick could damage the television. Using a screw that is too thin for the television screw holes may strip the threads of the television. Using a screw that is too long could puncture the television and damage the motherboard.
Make sure to measure the depth of the holes in the television so that the screw for the mount will have a few millimeter of space within the television. An adapter plate can be used for televisions with a non-standard VESA pattern to the standard universal mounting bracket. The wall should be able to support the weight of the television.
Televisions should not be mounted to drywall using plastic anchors as the strength of the plastic anchor is not strong enough to support the weight of televisions that weigh more than 30 pounds. The studs in the wooden wall should be located and you should drive lag bolts into these wooden studs to secure the television. If the VESA pattern of the television match the mount, if the screws are of the correct depth, and if the mount is secured to a wooden stud in the wall, the installation of the television will be successful.