What’s the rough going rate for someone to fix TVs to walls?
Posted by Wonderwall66@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 45 comments
As the title suggests, I’m wondering what people have paid for getting someone in to wall-mount tvs?
I can’t do it myself so need 2 TVs wall mounted, with brackets included and the cables all hidden behind the wall.
No idea what someone would charge for that and wondered what others have paid.
TVs are 60in and 65in
Any advice would be great.
TSC-99@reddit
£140 I paid into plaster board
mondeomantotherescue@reddit
My mate makes amazing fixings for this for fixing heavy tvs to plasterboard. T bolt. Find them on amazon. V easy to do yourself
huskydaisy@reddit
In that case you need to tell your mate that his website reads like a scam.
While I personally enjoy the thrill of entrusting my expensive electronics and the integrity of my house to a company that fails to even display their registered company number let alone any details of a physical location or avenue for recourse if the product does go wrong, I can understand why some people might not be inclined to seek the same experience.
mondeomantotherescue@reddit
That light be the most reddit reply ever. https://www.tboltfixings.com/pages/contact
sausageface1@reddit
They said they can’t do themselves. Doesn’t matter how easy you think it is. Some people can’t lift
simmyawardwinner@reddit
Do it yourself and just get trunking or fabric copex with an Argos bracket , piece of piss just need someone to help you lift it. Why can’t u do it urself?
Scarred_fish@reddit
Mounting to the wall, £25 each tops (assuming you have bought the brackets)
Hiding cables behind the walls, could run in to hundreds or be impossible. Two completely different things.
IDFGMC@reddit
You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Either that or you're just trolling.
Scarred_fish@reddit
Been doing homers like this for decades dude.
If its a studded wall and they work in, wouldn;t charge more than a tenner as it's literally 4 screws.
If they're offset, will need a backing plate max 900x500 20mm ply (I always use marine) so that bumps it to £25.
As I said before, hiding cables behind the wall etc is a totally different beast so no way to put a price on that till you investigate.
IDFGMC@reddit
£50 for wall mounting two 60"+ TVs? How on earth is that going to cover your vehicle, tools and insurance, let alone your time? You have no idea what you're talking about.
lukusmaca@reddit
Who’s gunna come mount a tv for you for £25 😂
Scarred_fish@reddit
Er, me. Literally did exactly that on Thursday.
PM_ME_UR-DOGGO@reddit
£50, maybe if it was next door
PatTheCatMcDonald@reddit
Fair point, really 2 jobs being asked for.
lukusmaca@reddit
You’re a good friend 👌🏻
UndulatingUnderpants@reddit
When you say cables hidden behind the wall, you mean you want the wall chased out the cables buried in conduit and then filled and decorated? You could just have them "hidden" in mini trunking fixed to the wall otherwise it's a pretty big job.
Wonderwall66@reddit (OP)
Yes just so they are hidden away behind the wall. That’s what I’ve got now, although this was already in place when I moved in - I’m moving house soon and planning this job👍
UndulatingUnderpants@reddit
You have it now, so are you moving the position of the TV?
Wonderwall66@reddit (OP)
Moving house, taking the TVs 👍
CutProud8507@reddit
I've done stuff like this in the past, assuming I'd be chasing out for the wires to be hidden away safely. bonding them in, patch plastering, and hanging both TVs. I'd have charged a single day's work but it wouldn't be a particularly busy day, waiting around for bonding and plaster to dry would take up a good bit of it. Probably in the region of £250 + materials which wouldn't be too much. This is a fairly comfortable day for one person who knows what they're doing and it would be taking the piss to charge more than the going day rate.
This wouldn't include repainting it since that would have to be done a few days later and you'd want to paint the whole wall again rather than just where it's been patched.
Objective-Resident-7@reddit
You need to know the wall construction. As others have said, this is easy with the USA construction but normally we have brick+plaster. That means that you need remove all of the plaster and brick to make room for the cables vs just putting a couple of holes in drywall.
GlitchingGecko@reddit
Yeah, having cables chased in, plastered, and decorated turns this into a huge job.
wallenstein3d@reddit
If you watch the YouTube videos of people doing these installs it’s mostly in the USA where you can cut two small holes in hollow drywall and easily run the cables behind the wall. Very different to solid plaster/brick walls in most UK houses!
quite_acceptable_man@reddit
Most UK houses built from the 90s onwards use drywall, and dot & dab on exterior walls. My house appears to be made mostly of cardboard.
IDFGMC@reddit
£50 for installing two 60"+ TVs? You're insane. How on earth can that cover your tools, vehicle and insurance let alone your time?
swordofthecross@reddit
When you say you can’t, is that because you don’t know how or physically unable? The only reason I ask is that if it’s the former, having some basic tools, a mate and YouTube will save you a couple of hundred quid. Appreciate that might not be possible.
I was quoted £130 per TV for 2 TVs last year, one onto brick wall (with no cables hidden) and one onto plaster. If we wanted cables hidden on the brick would have been £500+. I did it myself in less than an hour and a half and about £50 all in.
If you were able then depending on wall construction will depend on best options. (Also what tools you / a mate might have - everything I use I have in my very basic DIY kit)
Plaster / dry wall - not even an hour job. Find the studs using stud finder, mark correct height, work out where your cables will come out the back of TV, drill holes, cut square out of plaster for cables at tv height and floor height. Fix bracket, fix brush plates, hang TV, run cables, done.
Total material cost assuming you have a stud finder, drill and sharp knife (for the plaster) maybe £40? Probably less.
Brick wall - it really will be simpler to mount the bracket then get some colour matched trunking (like £10 for 10ft from good DIY shops) and just hide the cables in that and secure it to the wall. If you really wanted the cables hidden you’re talking about taking out a chunk of wall to install a hiddden cable trunk, professional only job.
traditionalcauli@reddit
TVs mounted easy job should be cheap, an hour's work for a decent (and honest) handyman.
For cables behind walls you're looking at much more time and money, also maybe a plasterer to make it good afterwards and a painter and decorator if you're not gonna be doing the job yourself.
Get some trunking and live with the obtrusion would be my advice.
Wonderwall66@reddit (OP)
What about adding/moving a socket - would that help make it a more straightforward job?
fluffton@reddit
That adds the requirements for an electrician and more work. How on earth would that make things more straightforward?
Sirlacker@reddit
If you want to add or move a socket you're still looking at the same procedure as chasing cables through a wall except now you're adding electrician fees onto that cost.
If you're looking for the cheapest solution, use trunking and paint it the same colour as your wall. You won't notice it after a week or two.
traditionalcauli@reddit
I guess it depends on where the socket is and how far you'd be running the cable behind the wall so potentially yeah, but if you're adding or moving a socket to get it closer to the TV that's effectively the same job as running the TV cable to the socket anyway. Plus that's more of an electrician's job whereas burying a TV cable in the wall can be done by anyone.
ian_s@reddit
r/tvtoohigh
Difficult_Wrangler73@reddit
I had one recently. Mounted the tv and put in a new socket behind it so the cables were hidden.
The sparky did a spur from the boiler cupboard into the attic then made a narrow channel in the wall for the new socket. He made good the hole, put up the bracket and mounted the tv for me, total cost was £300 and took a few hours. (I supplied the tv, bracket, socket and housing) without all that stuff, it would cost a bit more.
nolinearbanana@reddit
It depends.
If it's a studwork and the studs are in the right place, then it's a 1h job.
If it's a solid wall then it needs chasing out and then plastering - bigger job - maybe 1 day.
If it's dot-dab, or a studwork without studs in the right place - total ballache - will need the wall partially demolishing, supports inserting, and then reboarding and skimming - maybe 2 days.
No_Technology3293@reddit
Be sure to consult r/tvtoohigh before fitting
sharkmaninjamaica@reddit
do it urself
think it’s bloody disgraceful how people these days can’t do an honest trade em selves
Wonderwall66@reddit (OP)
lol 😂
savagelysideways101@reddit
Anywhere from £60 a tv to £600. Your question is so open and vague that's as good an answer as I can give
IDFGMC@reddit
This is kind of what I do for a living although I don't often just install a TV or two these days. £150 gets me for 2 hours than it's £50 per hour after that.
Theres a lot of variables as discussed, a professional installer would probably want to do a survey before giving you a firm price.
Interesting_iidea@reddit
I paid £65 to do back in 2020. Standard wall fixing.
shakesfistatmoon@reddit
What? With the cable channelled through the wall and redecorated?
jjgill27@reddit
Think John Lewis charge £100
PatTheCatMcDonald@reddit
Google 'TV wall mount UK' and compare prices.
Those are very large sizes and they have to be able to take the bracket mountings to be capable of being wall mounted.
Also, be wary of putting them on a wall that you share with another property.
I would not expect to pay less than £200 per TV, but like I said, shop around.
ChimpyChompies@reddit
With so many different variables, there isn't going to be a simple answer here.
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