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In a word, don't.
I have a 60 inch television that I wanted mounted on the wall. It was way too big for one person to try to mount so Home Depot said $390.00 pesos and it was scheduled.
After 1:00 PM we called and were assured they would be there "Around 6:00PM."
At 7:00 a small car showed up with two guys. They opened the mount from Home Depot and began pouring their tools all over the floor. I showed them on the tape measure 24 inches from the bottom of the TV to the floor to accommodate the base that we have coming.
They began to work on the base attaching it to the TV, then measured and drilled holes into the wall. They lifted the TV and began struggling to get it on the mount. Concerned that they might drop it I helped. What they were trying to do would not work so I took them into the bedroom to show them another. He said this one "was different."
Back into the living room again they began trying to hang the TV from the wall mount. Visions of me trying to get reimbursed from Home Depot for a broken TV began to dance in my head so again I helped. It was not going to work so I told them to put it down. I looked at the directions that came in the box of the mount.
There were only three pieces, one rail that mounted to the wall and two hangars that attached to the TV. The rail tilted out slightly on the top so the hangars could grab the rail and hang the TV like you would position your fingers doing a pull up.
They had it completely backwards. The picture clearly showed the rail mounted to the wall, it even showed bricks. They had the rail mounted to the TV and the hangars on the wall. Had I not stopped them they would have dropped a brand new 60 inch Samsung.
Six holes in the wall later and our new TV is hung but it is 22 inches from the floor, in the future I'll just hire a helper and do it myself.
I have a 60 inch television that I wanted mounted on the wall. It was way too big for one person to try to mount so Home Depot said $390.00 pesos and it was scheduled.
After 1:00 PM we called and were assured they would be there "Around 6:00PM."
At 7:00 a small car showed up with two guys. They opened the mount from Home Depot and began pouring their tools all over the floor. I showed them on the tape measure 24 inches from the bottom of the TV to the floor to accommodate the base that we have coming.
They began to work on the base attaching it to the TV, then measured and drilled holes into the wall. They lifted the TV and began struggling to get it on the mount. Concerned that they might drop it I helped. What they were trying to do would not work so I took them into the bedroom to show them another. He said this one "was different."
Back into the living room again they began trying to hang the TV from the wall mount. Visions of me trying to get reimbursed from Home Depot for a broken TV began to dance in my head so again I helped. It was not going to work so I told them to put it down. I looked at the directions that came in the box of the mount.
There were only three pieces, one rail that mounted to the wall and two hangars that attached to the TV. The rail tilted out slightly on the top so the hangars could grab the rail and hang the TV like you would position your fingers doing a pull up.
They had it completely backwards. The picture clearly showed the rail mounted to the wall, it even showed bricks. They had the rail mounted to the TV and the hangars on the wall. Had I not stopped them they would have dropped a brand new 60 inch Samsung.
Six holes in the wall later and our new TV is hung but it is 22 inches from the floor, in the future I'll just hire a helper and do it myself.
