East Austin is one of the city’s most defining neighborhoods — the stretch east of I-35 from Cesar Chavez up through Manor Road, where converted bungalows, duplexes, apartments, and newer builds sit alongside the music venues, food trucks, and coffee shops that give the east side its character. The renters and homeowners here tend to be younger, design-conscious, and pragmatic — they want a clean install without cutting into walls, especially when they’re renting or planning to move within a year or two. So when an East Austin resident reached out about mounting a 43″ Samsung TV with an external cord cover to keep the wall clean without any damage, we knew this was exactly the install profile the cord cover was made for.

The setup was a 43″ Samsung TV mounted on a low-profile fixed wall mount with a paintable external cord cover running down the wall from the TV to the outlet. We located the studs, anchored the mount into solid framing, and set the TV level and centered where the homeowner wanted it — perfect couch height for the room. Then the cord cover: run in a perfectly straight vertical line from behind the TV down to the outlet, with the cables tucked inside so nothing shows on the wall. The cover was paintable, so it can be color-matched to the wall to visually disappear against the paint — and if the homeowner ever moves out, the entire install removes cleanly with no damage to the drywall. Clean wall, no cutting, no damage risk, fully reversible.

External cord covers are the right choice when a homeowner wants a clean wall but doesn’t want to cut into drywall — either because they’re renting and can’t damage the wall, or because they own but don’t want the cost and complexity of in-wall concealment (which requires a code-compliant in-wall power kit since standard TV cords aren’t legal inside walls). Cord covers solve both situations cleanly. The skill is in mounting the TV solidly with proper stud anchoring, routing the cover in a perfectly straight vertical line so it looks intentional rather than tacked-on, and painting the cover to match the wall so it visually disappears. Done right, you’d have to actively look for the cord cover to notice it’s there. A 43″ TV is on the smaller end of what we install, but the details matter just as much — mount into studs, level to the eye from where the homeowner sits, cord cover routed precisely. Whether the TV is 43″ or 85″, a professional install honors what the homeowner is trying to achieve.

Bat City TV handles every type of TV mounting across East Austin and Central Austin — TVs from 32″ all the way up to 98″, fixed and full-motion mounts, external cord covers for renter-friendly installs, in-wall wire concealment for permanent setups, Samsung Frame TV installations, and Sonos audio integration. We’re authorized dealers for Samsung, LG, Sony, and Sonos, so if you’re upgrading the TV during the install we can sell and deliver it at competitive dealer pricing. Our East Austin service area covers Cherrywood, Mueller, Windsor Park, Hancock, Chestnut, Rosewood, and all of East and Central-East Austin.

13 years in Austin. 390 five-star Google reviews. Authorized dealer for Samsung, LG, Sony, and Sonos. Whether you need a smaller TV mounted with a cord cover for a rental-friendly clean install or a full home theater system designed and installed end to end, we deliver the same care on every job. Call 512-865-6185 or visit batcitytv.com for a free estimate on TV mounting, cord cover installation, Samsung TV installation, or any AV project in East Austin or anywhere across the city.