Completed project: a 75-inch QLED mounted on a full-motion arm in Newmarket

The homeowner in Newmarket had just unboxed a 75-inch Samsung QLED and a full-motion mount, looked at the blank living-room wall, and decided it wasn't a Saturday-afternoon DIY after all. A TV that size is heavy, awkward, and expensive enough that you really don't want to learn the hard way that drywall anchors don't hold. So they called us.

What the customer wanted

Three things: the TV centred on the wall at a comfortable viewing height, a full-motion arm so they could angle the screen toward both the couch and the kitchen, and no visible cables. Straightforward goals — but a full-motion mount on a 75-inch screen is exactly the kind of job where the details matter.

The challenge with a big screen on a full-motion arm

A fixed mount just has to hold the TV's weight straight down. A full-motion arm is different — when it's extended, the screen acts like a long lever, so all that weight pulls hard on the top anchors. That means the bracket has to land on solid studs, not drywall, and the lag bolts have to bite deep. We found and marked the studs, confirmed them with a fine bit, and checked that the wall plate was dead level before a single bolt went in. There was a heating vent low on the wall, so we planned the cable drop to stay well clear of it.

Mounting and cable tidy-up

With the wall plate solid, we attached the brackets to the back of the TV, lifted it onto the arm — a two-person job at this size — and locked it on. Then we dressed the cables down to the outlet so nothing dangles. The owner wanted the option of in-wall cable routing later, so we left it tidy and reversible rather than cutting drywall on the spot. A quick tilt-and-swivel test, a level check, and it was done.

The result

Centred, level, rock-solid, and easy to angle wherever the room needs it. The whole job took about an hour — most of which was getting the layout and anchoring right, which is the part that keeps a $2,000 screen on the wall.

Why it's worth hiring out

The mount usually costs a fraction of the TV, and it's the only thing standing between your screen and the floor. The two ways these go wrong at home are anchoring into drywall instead of studs and hanging the screen crooked because the bracket wasn't levelled. We do TV mounting every week and carry the right bracket for your screen size and wall type. Booking a mount? It's a great time to also knock out a light fixture or some picture hanging in the same visit.

Have a TV waiting to go up — over a fireplace, on brick, or just a plain wall? Get a free estimate and tell us the screen size and wall type.

"The bracket is the cheapest part of a TV install and the only part holding it on the wall. That's where the care goes."