DrylinePro for Wall Mounting TVs
DrylinePro is the perfect solution for mounting your TV on a dry lined wall.
So, you have spent a lot of money on your lovely new TV you really do NOT want it falling off the wall!
If you have a dry lined wall ( also called a “dot and dab wall”), this would have been a problem until recently. Now you can use the DrylinePro™ fixings. They have a typical pull out load of 100kg in a Dryline wall (see the “testing” section of this website for details)
A TV bracket that is going flat to the wall is very easy to fix, and four DrylinePro™ fixings should do the job with lots of strength to spare.
We do not recommend that you attempt to fix a cantilever type (“swinging arm” type) of TV bracket to a dry lined wall, as the wall itself may have insufficient strength to support it. If however, you insist on trying it, here are a few tips:-
- Your cantilever bracket should have as large a base plate as possible to resist the very powerful bending moment on the bracket and to spread the load on the wall.
- Use as many fixings as you can, to spread the load.
- Decide on a safety margin that you are comfortable with, and test the cantilever bracket, fixings and wall before fixing the TV to it.
An easy way to test your cantilever bracket with readily available equipment (bathroom scales ) is to stand on the scales and pull down on the bracket.
Example : You weigh 80kg, and your TV weigh’s 15kg, and you decide that you want a 2x safety factor ( ie. you want to test to 30kg)
- Put the scales on the floor right under the bracket and stand on them (they read 80kg )
- Pull down on the TV bracket where the TV will attach. Look at the scales, and pull down until they read 50kg ( a 30kg reduction from your 80kg weight)
