How to Mount a Flat TV Inside My Entertainment Niche

Screwing into wall studs will ensure that your TV stays put and will not fall.

Mounting a flat-screen TV inside of an entertainment niche is a little more difficult than just mounting it to a wall. Because an entertainment niche is a recessed entertainment center that sits inside the wall, more measuring is required to ensure that the TV will be centered inside the niche. This task is not highly complicated, but it does require certain tools and the knowledge of how to use them. In less than an hour, your flat screen can be mounted inside your entertainment niche.

Things You'll Need

• Tape measure
• Pencil
• Flat-screen TV
• TV mount with screws
• Stud finder
• Screw gun

Instructions

1. Attach the mount to the back of the TV. Measure the distance from each side of the TV to the corresponding sides of the mount. You will use these measurements to position the mount inside your entertainment niche. Remove the mount from the TV.

2. Use your stud finder to locate studs in the wall inside your entertainment niche. Mark an "X" over each stud.

3. Position the mount on the back panel inside your entertainment niche and allow enough space on each side using the measurements you took in Step 2. This is to ensure your TV will have enough room to fit inside the niche. Use your pencil to mark a small dot in the center of each hole in the mount. These marks should also be over the studs.

4. Screw your mount to the wall by screwing into the dots you marked in Step 3.

5. Attach your TV to the mount using the instruction manual that comes with the mount.

References

• "A Guide to Wall-Mounting Your Flat-Panel TV"