How To Mount A Wall Plate

Use a friend to help you hold the wall mount.

How to mount a wall plate.

Trace around each plate with a pencil. Remember the old adage mark twice. Prop the tv against the wall and measure the distance from the bottom of the tv to the center of each row of mounting holes on the back plate. Homeowners display decorative plates on walls either one at a time or in a series of plates.

In recent years hanging plates on a wall has re emerged as a popular design trend adding color pattern texture and three dimensionality to a favorite space. Before you start hanging plates on a wall choose the plates platters bowls or other dishes you want to display and find a suitable location for them. Just pry them off. Some of the plates i have used them with were really large and heavy and i have only had trouble with one of the discs coming loose from the plate and falling from the wall.

Hold the flat screen wall mount or tv mount brackets up against the wall and use a level to make sure it s even. If a plate does not already have a wall hook securely glued to the. Cut once that same rule applies to drilling in walls. Then hang the wall plate on the brackets so the complete mount is attached to the tv.

On the wall measure the same distances up from the tape and make marks at the stud locations. Check that the mounting holes are level twice before drilling. Put a large sheet of packing paper or kraft paper on a flat surface such as a floor or worktable and put the plates on it. That was after it had been on the wall for several years so i suggest that you check them periodically to make sure the disc is staying put.