Tv Install : The Right Tool For The Job
TV Install is a term that consumers are one hundred percent sure they
can do or can't do. Chances are the people who are sure they can't
do it are usually the right ones. It"s not that mounting a
television is rocket science, but being a skilled talker doesn't make
you a lawyer either. When the home theater professional comes into
your home with a few tool boxes, you either wonder to yourself if he
really needs all these for the simple TV install you have. Before
you jump the gun, it is very important to understand what everything
the installer brings with themselves does.
A lot of consumers seem to dumb down their hopes of a TV install to
match their capabilities. For some, they refuse to seek outside help
because they can do it themselves so the limit their choice to
mounting the television with equipment being placed directly
underneath. For a lot of home owners, this is perfectly fine. What
about the other choices you have with concealed equipment or wire
runs to opposite sides of the room? In the long run, you wind up
seeing that there might be more than a drill, stud finder and level
involved as everyone thinks.
Let"s start with the drill. For a good installation of a TV, you
need the proper drill bits for the caliber studs you have in your
home be it wood or metal. Metal studs are becoming more common in
finished basements and often used in commercial building construction
and the specific bits necessary for penetrating them as well as the
proper zip-toggles for securing the anchors are not included in any
drill bit-basics kit. What if the TV installation is on brick or
stone walls? A wood drill bit will last about thirty seconds before
it is flat or breaks in half. You need concrete bits to penetrate
and the proper anchors needed for securing anything to the wall for
this type of installation of a television or speaker. These bits
wind up being useless unless the drill has a powerful hammer setting
to act as a jackhammer as it drills. For the amount of money you
might spend on the drill and the essential accessories for just this
portion, having a professional home theater installer do it for you
would cost the same.
Secondly, let us put on our X-Ray glasses and look at the wall to see
what"s behind the sheet rock. While these do not exist, it makes you
wonder what exactly is in that space in your wall you plan on
drilling into. A stud finder will locate studs and, with the right
quality model, find you electrical lines. Ever wonder where all the
piping for heat, water and gas and all the duct work for your central
air and dryer are in your home? A better question would be if you
know how to get the install done while avoid them should they be in
that location. Unfortunately, luck is not a tool sold at the
hardware store. You have the holes drilled and now want to run
wiring from your equipment up to the TV through the wall. This is
where the home theater installer would grab his glow-rod, attach the
HDMI cabling to it and fish it through the wall without damaging the
wall and capping off the holes with the proper face plates to give it
a nice, clean look as if those plates were there since the home was
built. What happens if we fish the wiring and then it appears to hit
something in the middle of the wall? Did you check for fire stops?
If not, you also are guaranteed to not have the necessary tools
needed to go through this without cutting additional holes in your
walls. Even if you did not hit these, did you run the power cable
for the TV through the wall along with the audio video cabling too?
If so, you were unaware that this is a fire hazard and an insurance
claims adjuster would void your home owners insurance for having a
non-CL2 or CL3 rated electrical wire ran through the wall. The home
theater installer brings the option for an in-wall rated power run
for your new LED TV to avoid these headaches.
A lot of people will either try to make you believe that TV install
is the most difficult or the easiest job you could do. Whether or
not one of those is true is not as important as having the right
tools to do the job, however the job may change. The professional
home theater installer comes prepared with every tool for the job he
would need from the right face plates to cap the holes to the Auger
drill bit to carve through fire stops in a wall without cutting
multiple holes. So before opting to save a buck or two and doing it
yourself and possibly limiting yourself based on your skill set,
consider having the work done by a professional audio video
contractor. In the long run, the home theater installer could be the
best tool for the job in the world of TV install.
by: Joe Sabatino
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