Besta TV Unit Mounting Advice
UPPLEVA TV bracket and 65" TV
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How would you mount this IKEA Besta TV unit and a 65” TV on this stud wall?
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Hi everyone,
Just purchased the 70” & 47” Besta TV units to mount on my living room wall, along with a few suspension rails for support. Little did I know that the suspension rails are not for the TV unit and the mounting brackets that came with the unit are not ideal. So here I am —
I’ve researched quite a bit on what my options are on how to properly mount. The most common seems to be anchoring a 2x4 across the wall to the studs and mount the TV unit on the 2x4. However, this wouldn’t be flush against the wall due to the 2x4. Another option would be French cleats, which could work but I just haven’t found the right mounts yet.
Lastly, I came across someone that used heavy duty L shelving brackets mounted internally in each compartment to a stud and the top/bottom of the compartment. See this video of what I mean (@ 3:52 and onwards).
I’m leaning towards the heavy duty L shelving brackets but wanted to get y’all’s take on it or if there’s another option that I didn’t come across yet. Would appreciate any advice on this, thank you!
I recently purchased a 65" TV and am interested in getting a BESTA TV Unit with an UPPLEVA Bracket to hold it. However I notice that the uppleva page only mentions it supports 55" TVs and doesn't mention a weight limit.
My TV is 45.4 lb and I measured almost exactly 1' from the bottom set of mounting holes to the bottom of the TV. If anyone owns or has more information on the uppleva I'm curious if the rated weight limit and clearance will fit my TV.
No, nothing to do.
If you download the assembly instructions for MOSJÖ you won’t see anything about a bracket for attaching the item to the wall, and there isn’t one included in the package.
"Why do I have to attach IKEA furniture to the wall specifically? No other furniture seller requires this."
This is because of IKEA's iconography in the minds of the public.
If you buy a locally made TV stand from George Utrecht Family Furniture down on Mill Road, and a child climbs on it and it falls over, you'd never dream of suing old George. You probably don't even know whose furniture that is.
The idea that furniture toppling was a dangerous threat wasn't really coming together, because it was 1000 worldwide accidents from furniture built by a thousand sellers, suits were rare, and no defendant ever had the marketing "punch" to get the message out.
Needless to say, with IKEA, lawyers and bereaved saw an opportunity to do some good. The bereaved were happy to trade away some settlement $, and IKEA was happy to participate. And IKEA got the word out.
Unfortunately, people misconstrued this message to think "only IKEA furniture needs to be anchored to the wall. No no! What Ikea says about anchoring furniture applies to all furniture.
Where the screws for the Besta are going to go are not over any studs. Are plasterboard fixings strong enough?
This is a small write up on how I mounted my besta tv unit. I read so many articles and watched videos on how to do this.
As usual, the tv unit's L brackets given by IKEA are not spaced inline with my studs. I almost went with https://youtu.be/o2IX6OEPhJI?si=rp4F6zjtnN14sbBP this solution and decided to buy Rails from IKEA and hang the tv unit off of the rail.
But fortunately (or maybe not), I found something that has not been mentioned anywhere. If you see the picture, IKEA recommends the L brackets to be fixed at the corners and to each side of the middle unit. However, there are actually six places where these L brackets can be attached. So let's name them L1, R1, L2, R2, L3, R3 respectively each representing one bracket on either side for each unit. IKEA recommends using L1, L2, R2, R3. And obviously, they don't line up with my studs.
My studs are placed 40cm/16 inch apart. I found that the distance between L1 and L3 is 120 cm, so I should be able to find 2 studs if I use L1, L2, L3, R3 (another combination is also possible, if you line up the right side of the unit). I couldn't line up any other positions but I am surprised that two studs line up in a configuration which I couldn't find anywhere.
So I used two studs for L1 and L3, and used drywall anchors for the other two. As for the other bigger shelf on the right side, i found a stud somewhere in the middle and on to the right.
The unit feels very solid attached to the wall now! I was very skeptical about this watching and reading articles all over the internet and finally here it is!