News

Actions

House Calls with James Tully: How to mount a TV onto a concrete wall

Follow along with Action News Anchor James Tully
Posted at 10:01 AM, May 25, 2017
and last updated 2017-05-25 10:01:37-04

Phil Mooney and his wife Jamie, are hoping to extend their living space by hanging a TV outside in their pool area.

"I’m hesitant about drilling into the cement outside," Phil tells me as we look at an expensive TV mount he recently purchased.

Understandable, because it takes a special power drill to tackle that which our Handyman Paul Schramm has, and you can rent at any hardware store.

"This is what they call a Rotary hammer," Paul says as he explains it will rotate the drill bit and chip away at the concrete like a jackhammer.

It pushes the bit more cleanly through the concrete than your conventional power drill.

There are few other tricks to making this process very easy for you, including a nifty attachment to your vacuum that will take away any clean up.

Click the video to watch this edition of "House Calls with James Tully."

Items you’ll need: Rotary Hammer

Have questions? Email James Tully: James.Tully@wfts.com

LIKE James Tully on Facebook | FOLLOW James Tully on Twitter