Originally Posted by john_w (Post 1868498)

tom of villager av lives in tv and has installed literally thousands of tv's, he's the best. Just do a search on this website, the button is at the time and you see literally dozens and dozens of recommendations.

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Originally Posted by John_W (Post 1868518)

I used the Hangman years ago when I first moved in. He charges $40 an hour and works very slowly. I had him here for a day and half hanging curtains on 3 windows and about 25 pictures, it was $400. He did a great job, but I think Tom at Villager AV is the best for this type work, he has all the brackets and coaxial. I used Tom for help in wiring a TV to the antenna in the attic.



Tom's last I checked, charged $250 to install a TV and provided the hardware and hid the wires, which is not easy and makes it look professional. I did it myself, I bought the bracket on Amazon for $27 for a 42" TV and $50 at Home Depot for a kit to hide the wires inside the wall. I wouldn't want to do a bigger size TV by myslef, also I had some problems when I ran into some metal studs around the top of the closet. I had to go higher than I wanted, but it came out good because the bracket was adjustable. Tom helped with the wiring and aligning my antenna in the attic, I had some bad coaxial that he discovered, he charged me $80.

Originally Posted by Steve32162 (Post 1868711)

I hung a metal sculpture by my front door when I first moved in 14 year ago--very easy with a masonry drill bit and concrete bolts. However, this summer I put up a wire shelf in my garage on a block wall and could not drill into the concrete blocks. Tried three different masonry bits and 3 different drills. I had to drill into the grout lines between the blocks. Just saying, it may not be a simple job.