Everything you will need for TV mounting

If you’re looking to free up space in your home with a little more table or floor space, then a TV wall mount is probably just what you’re looking for. Typically, a wall mount kit will come with two mounting arms that attach to the back of your TV and a bracket plate that attaches to the wall behind it. The mounting arms lock into the bracket plate and your TV will be secured to the wall.

The trick to getting the best fit is to purchase a wall mount made by the same manufacturer as your television. To make the room look the best, you can also look in to concealing the power cords and cables with Wiremold Cord Covers.

A TV Wall Mount isn’t a huge project, and more than likely you’ll be able to do it yourself. It is a tad bit tricky though, so make sure you do your research and follow the manufacturer’s instructions to be safe. If your home has metal studs instead of wood, mounting your TV may not be an option. Most metal studs can’t support the weight of a TV and you’ll end up with severely damaged walls.

As with most home improvement projects, make sure you have a couple of helpers handy. You may not need them the whole time, but it’s better to be safe than sorry. You’ll definitely want (if not need) a few extra hands when it comes time to lift that expensive TV up and connect all the parts.

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In addition to making sure you have the manufacturer’s instructions handy and the wall mount kit ready to assemble, you’ll need the following tools to ensure the project goes as smooth as it can.

Tape Measure
Stud finder
Power drill and bits
Screwdriver
Socket Wrench
Pencil

If everything is in order before you start, the project should go smoothly and before you know it, you’ll have a beautiful wall mounted TV, leaving your floor and tables free from clutter.

Why you need to mount the TV?

Toronto researchers found that toddlers between the ages of 1 and 3 years often suffered neck and head injuries, which could be fatal, according to the report published in the Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics.

“As a hazard in the home, it’s the perfect storm,” says the study’s lead author, Dr. Michael Cusimano, a professor of neurology, education and public health at the University of Toronto and a neurosurgeon at St. Michael’s Hospital. “Kids are left unsupervised around a big television that is not properly secured. And the numbers are going up. Between 2006 and 2008 there were 16,500 injuries and between 2008 and 2010 there were 19,200. If you look at the sales of these TVs there’s a parallel increase.” To get a better sense of the cause of the accidents and how they might be prevented, Cusimano and his coauthor scoured the medical literature looking for studies that examined injuries caused by TVs. One of the most telling statistics they found was that 84 percent of the injuries occurred at home and three-fourths of them had not been witnessed by adult caregivers.

As for environmental changes, Cusimano suggests that people mount TVs on the wall, or if they can’t do that, secure the TV to the furniture it’s sitting on. “There are lots of things you can do immediately,” he adds. “Use proper furniture for the TV. Set it back so it’s not near the edge where its center of gravity will make it unstable. And use lower stands.” “It just takes five minutes to anchor TVs and furniture to the wall,” Wolfson says. “The consequences of children playing and climbing on unstable, unanchored furniture are tragic.”

How to mount a TV?

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