Downtown Austin condos are a different kind of job, because TV mounting on metal studs Austin installers handle looks nothing like mounting on a wood-framed house. Many condo and high-rise interior walls are framed with steel studs instead of lumber, and that changes the hardware, the stud finding and the care that goes into the first hole. Steel framing is common in newer mid-rise and high-rise buildings but it is not universal, so the wall gets checked before anything gets drilled. We have covered this part of town before, including this condo and high-rise installation near Rainey Street. So when a downtown Austin condo owner booked a 50-inch TV and a 65-inch LG in one visit, with metal studs behind both walls, it was familiar ground.
Our technician noted both screens as downtown condo installs on metal studs. The first was a 50-inch TV on a flat mount, and the second was a 65-inch LG. Both jobs were billed with a medium flush mount, which holds the TV close to the wall, with each TV priced by its own size range, 32 to 60 inches for the 50-inch and 61 to 74 inches for the LG. In the finished photo of the 50-inch, the screen sits flat against a painted wall with the wall plates and outlets below it left in place. Both TVs were set up as one two-TV visit. A flush mount leaves little gap between the TV and the wall, which gives a tidy look in a condo where the living area is often compact. Finished install: a 50-inch TV and a 65-inch LG, each on a medium flush mount, on metal-stud walls in a downtown Austin condo.
There are three mount styles to pick from. A tilt mount holds the TV close to the wall and lets the screen angle down a few degrees, which helps when the TV is mounted higher than eye level. A full-motion mount lets the TV swing out and turn, which suits a corner or a room where the viewing spot changes. A flush mount, the style used here, keeps the TV as close to the wall as possible and fixes it in place. It looks the cleanest, but it gives up easy access to the back of the TV, so inputs should be connected before the TV goes up. Metal studs add their own question. A steel stud is a thin stamped channel and does not hold a screw the way a wood stud does, so the hardware has to be chosen for the wall behind the drywall instead of assumed. That is why a metal-stud wall takes extra care and experience before the TV goes up, and why we look at the wall before we recommend a mount. A 65-inch TV is heavier and wider than a 50-inch, so it needs a bigger mount class, and the choice of hardware matters more as the weight goes up. On this job both TVs used a medium flush mount, and we match the mount size to the TV before we get to the wall. Pricing follows the same logic: the base price is set by the TV size range, and the mount, any cord concealment and the wall type are added on top as separate choices.
Bat City TV mounts TVs on drywall, brick, stone, tile and stucco, on metal-stud condo walls, and over fireplaces, and we handle soundbars, in-wall cord concealment and external cord covers. We are an authorized dealer for Samsung, including Frame and Frame Pro, LG, Sony and Sonos, so equipment can be sold, delivered and installed in one appointment when a customer wants that. We take same-day requests. We post them to our technicians and confirm once one is accepted. This post covers downtown Austin and the neighborhoods around it, including Bouldin Creek, Zilker, Travis Heights, Clarksville, Pemberton Heights and the rest of Central Austin.
Bat City TV was founded in 2017 and has been installing in Austin for 9 years, with 15 years of AV experience behind the owner. We have 440+ Google reviews at a 4.9-star rating, and we are an authorized Samsung, LG, Sony and Sonos dealer. If you need a TV mounted on metal studs in a downtown Austin condo, call 512-865-6185, visit batcitytv.com, or request a free quote at batcitytv.com/quote.
