Mounting TV to one stud
 

Hi all – I have a 39” LED TV that weighs 39 lbs. I am using a VideoSecu slim wall mount to mount it.

Wall mount

To center the TV on the wall, I can only secure it to ONE stud with 2 screws. Is one stud enough to hold up the TV? I can also use dyrwall heavy duty anchor on the sides to add additional protection.

Drywall anchor

I don’t plan on ever moving the TV or tilting it.

Will my TV be secure?

You see that mount has 2 vertical arms?
They both have to be attached to studs!

the verical arms are for the tv, the flat plate with all the holes is the wall why can't you mount it to two studs? the plate should land on at least two.

You will be fine, assuming you are correct on weight.
A couple of 3" lag bolts into the stud then heavy duty anchors will be no problem.
The lags would easily hold the weight, but not very stable moving or tilting the tv.
Usually just set it at angle you want and leave it though.
The anchors pictured below are rated at something like 40 pounds each.
1 in each corner with lags in the stud, and I am comfortable with it.
I have a 32" in the bedroom set the same way, feels very secure.

My 50" in the living room weighs 3 times as much, no way I would trust this method.

in my last house i had two tv's mounted to the wall, one stud each, thats all the tv mounts could be used. much rather have them on two studs or a larger base.

That mount doesn't allow any adjustment after the TV is mounted. Can you secure the lateral bracket at it's center, and fasten the two ends with wng nut type mollys?

exactly, those slots are to allow you to mount it on two studs.

unless of course your studs are farther apart than the mount is wide, which I would find strange.

I've ran into this issue. Place where the TV has to be mounted has studs that are too far apart (more than 24"). I can mount my bracket on one stud, and I purchased some drywall mounts that are supposed to hold 300 lbs, according to the package. I also have paneling over the drywall. I have not installed it yet because I am hesitant to mount it to one stud. TV is 40"

I would remove some drywall and put blocking between two studs. repair drywall. mount to blocking.

more than 24 sounds like some different stud spacing. Is you house cunstructed in a manner different than the norm of 16 or 24 on center spacing?

I think it is just in the area where I want to mount the TV, which is the only place to mount it in the living room. I would remove drywall and add bracing but the walls are also covered with paneling. I would not be able to get the paneling to look right if I removed a section of it. Are there paneling repair kits on the market?

I am having a similar issue. So i just bought a Samsung 32" LED TV and its only 5 kg. I think i am aite with mounting it to one stud as the tv is not very heavy but my other concern is how do you guys hide the cable when mounting tv on wall? My power switch is like 4ft below where i am mounting the tv. Can i fish power cable and hdmi cable thru the wall? Thanks i hope someone replies.

HDMI and RGA and that type wire, yes and they make cut out boxes that you can put the cable through. But its not recommended to run the power cord in that manner behind the wall. Best way is to install another outlet directly behind the TV to plug in for power.

Any tutorial on how to install the power switch? whats the harm in fishing power cable thru wall?

I believe you can buy something like an electrical relocation kit or some audio visual supply houses have an outlet combined with an access hole to run your low voltage (component) wires in. Power cord through the wall would not be code compliant and could pose a fire hazard in the event of overheating.

Im redoing my living room this week if I get a chance ill snap a picture of my wiring before I pull the tv down

GanJa, what is on other side of the wall?

We just did one remodel, where home owner had a extra HUGE living room.
We took 10' deep and 20' long off of it and turned into closets for bedrooms on other side of wall.
On the new wall we built where the tv will go, we put a 2" pvc pipe through the wall.
Now all the cables, the a/v gear will be in the next room behind tv and out of sight.
You may not have that option.

You can run them in the wall, if you cut a 3"x6" hole behind the tv, then directly below cut another hole. Drop the wires down and fish them out.
But how would you finish the hole below? Will simply be a hole in the wall with a bunch of wires coming out of it.

You could modify the idea above, would need to open the drywall.
Put a 90 above, a piece of straight pipe with another 90 below.
Then when you patch the drywall, can finish with mud right around the pipe / chase you made, will be easy to run the wires in and out of it, looks like it belongs there and not just a hole in the wall.