does anyone have an articulating TV wall mount?

[BlahBlahYouToo]

if so, does yours (the wall/studs) creak when you extend it out?

 

[lupi]

I have this one

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10828&cs_id=1082806&p_id=3724&seq=1&format=2

had a 42" and now a 58" on it. can't say I've ever heard wall sounds when moving it.

 

[CubanlB]

I've put up a bunch of them, and yes sometimes the walls creak (which can be freaky). When customers worried about the mount I'd take the TV down and hang from it. (I'm around 215lbs on a good day) There were very few TVs that weighed more than I did.

What size bolts did you use, and did you pre-drill pilots into the studs when the mount was installed?

Some mounts come with HUGE lag bolts and if you don't pre-drill properly they will split the studs in half. If that happened you would have heard a loud pop when the bolts were being installed. And most likely a lot of nail pops in the dry wall (Seeing the screws bulge through the drywall, although this can happen anytime with a mount if the drywall compresses when you torque down the bolts)

 

[BigSmooth]

I have a relatively light 37" LCD mounted on the same mount as lupi, and it does creak just a bit, particularly when I pull it away from the wall. It's rock solid, though.

I think (depending on your studs) the noise is just unavoidable sometimes.

 

[MagickMan]

if so, does yours (the wall/studs) creak when you extend it out?

I have one for my small TV in the kitchen (32"), it's silent.

 

[thegimp03]

I have this one

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10828&cs_id=1082806&p_id=3724&seq=1&format=2

had a 42" and now a 58" on it. can't say I've ever heard wall sounds when moving it.

Thinking about getting that mount for 2 flatscreens we want to mount in our house. How are the bolts that came with it? Did you have to go down to a hardware store and get different ones?