Wall mounted TV on adobe wall.?

I would not do it. Having lived in NM and in a home that was almost totally adobe, I know the holding power of the material. It is not really good. You would have to penetrate the adobe wall at least ten or so inches to get any purchase in the material, which is really dirt mixed with straw and sun dried into bricks. The long penetration could create enough stability to avoid the protruding end from "eroding" the holes you make, but you are risking the entire thing coming down sometime when you least expect it.

We hung pictures, but always made sure they were light framed, and we used wide threaded long screws into the wall with a pilot hole drilled at least 1/8th inch less than the diameter of he screw.

For heavier stuff, we either bought or made a stand for it, or we hung it from the vigas, the timber beams that spanned the ceilings. We got to where aside from being able to see the strands of wire, we could get close enough to the wall that it looked like it was hanging from it, but it was just leaned against it.

If you have plaster over the adobe, you might, maybe, be able to hang something that heavy, but it would depend on the depth of the plaster. In that case you would use a masonry bit at very slow speed on your drill to make the hole, which would be the same diameter as the bolt or screw you install to avoid the plaster cracking at the site.

Someone from the SW may have some better ideas, I am just relaying what our experiences were in a hundred year old house in NM.

Adobe Wall

This really depends on teh adobe you are working wtih. The recipie it was made from, and the thickness.

If it is at all crumbly when you are setting anything like anchiors, or drilling holes, then you might have to drill through holes for long bolts wtih a large washer plate/brace on the other side to keep things from pulling out.

The only other thing I can think of is to creat a couple of uprights that will match the fashion/style of your house.

Have them run floor to inside roof, and flush against the wall.

Mount them to the wall, no need for super heavy duty as the upfirghts will hold the screen, they just need to be kept against the wall and upright.

I would think a copuple of nice framing logs flat on the back, or a couple nice "wrought iron" uprights.

This will also allow you to move the screen up or down withour too much damage to the adobe.

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I install flat screen TV's quite often and without too many dramas. There's no problem whatsoever mountuing to a stud wall. In fact it's easier to get a really strong fixing into a stud than to some masonry walls. Mark where you want the TV bracket to go so you can bang a nail into the wall to locate the studs. You may even be able to tell where they are roughly by tapping the wall or looking at the skirting boards to see if the nail holes are visible (if the painter didnt do a great job of filling/sanding them) You'll want to fix the brackey to as many studs as possible. If it only falls on one stud you could cut plasterboard out as suggested and insert extra timbers. Otherwise try the wall anchors suggested at the page below, listed in order of the strongest first. The second link below has pictures showing how to get timber into the wall to reinforce it.

Ask the person at the hardware store which anchors work best with adobe walls. Good luck!

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