Looking for a TV installer near me in Belmont? Abstract Enterprises mounts TVs across the Bronx's Little Italy — Arthur Avenue restaurants and storefronts, Fordham University off-campus rentals on East 187th Street and Bathgate, the 2- and 3-family row houses on Beaumont, Bassford, and Lorillard Place, and the pre-war walk-ups lining Cambreleng, Hughes, Hoffman, Crescent, and Adams Place. Belmont's housing stock is 80%+ plaster-over-lath over wood studs (not the concrete-wall co-ops of Co-op City or Parkchester), plus original brick fireplaces in row houses and commercial brick storefronts along Arthur Avenue and 187th Street. We handle all of it — deep-scan stud location, low-torque pilot drilling that doesn't crack century-old plaster, masonry anchors for brick, and NYC-code BX/MC in-wall cable concealment. Same day TV mounting service, cable concealment, soundbar installation, home theater setup, restaurant multi-TV HDMI matrix systems. Licensed TV installer — NYS #12000287431. Our Bronx office at 460 East Fordham Road is a 6-minute drive from the Arthur Avenue Retail Market.
Get Your Price →Need TV installation service today? Same day TV mounting and next day service across every Belmont block — 10457, 10458, 10460. Arthur Avenue commercial corridor, 187th Street, the Retail Market loading zone, Fordham University-adjacent student rentals, Beaumont/Bassford/Lorillard row houses, the Cambreleng/Hughes/Hoffman walk-up core, and the Crotona Avenue southern edge. Free estimates within the hour.
Belmont isn't Co-op City. It isn't Parkchester. The TV installation advice you see for “the Bronx” almost always assumes a 1940s-1960s concrete-wall co-op tower — and that's not Belmont. Belmont is pre-war, low-rise, and residential, sitting inside the crescent bounded by Fordham Road (north), Bronx Park (east), East 183rd Street (south), and Third Avenue (west). The housing stock is 3- to 6-story walk-up apartment buildings from the 1910s-1930s, 2- and 3-unit row houses built by Italian-American families at the turn of the 20th century, Arthur Avenue commercial storefronts with occupied apartments above, and a small but growing wave of post-2010 condo rehabs like the buildings at 2505-2509 Hoffman Street and 2311 Crotona Avenue.
What that means for TV mounting: your walls in Belmont are almost always plaster-over-lath on wood studs, not poured concrete. The exceptions are the brick exterior walls (ubiquitous on Arthur Avenue, 187th Street, Cambreleng, Hughes), original brick fireplace surrounds in row houses on Beaumont, Bassford, and Lorillard, and modern drywall in the newer condo rehabs. That's an entirely different mounting job from Co-op City — you don't need a hammer drill on most Belmont walls, you need a deep-scan stud finder that reads past lath strips, a sharp pilot bit that won't shatter brittle 100-year-old plaster, and real experience with Bronx pre-war construction.
The neighborhood also has a character other Bronx neighborhoods don't: Arthur Avenue is a working commercial corridor with dozens of restaurant TV installs every year — Mario's (est. 1919), Dominick's, Roberto's, Antonio's Trattoria, Zero Otto Nove, Emilia's, Tra Di Noi, Ann & Tony's, Pasquale's Rigoletto, Enzo's of Arthur Avenue, Tino's Delicatessen, plus the hundred-plus-year-old food shops inside the Arthur Avenue Retail Market (built 1940 under Mayor La Guardia to get pushcart vendors off the streets). Sports TV installations spike around Yankees opening day, the World Cup, the Euros, and Serie A weekends. Then there's the Fordham University effect: the Rose Hill campus borders Belmont to the north along Fordham Road, and student rentals along 187th, Bathgate, and Belmont Avenue turn over every August, generating a huge wave of TV mount-and-dismount work. We know which landlords on Hughes versus Adams Place enforce damage rules, which buildings require COI, and which blocks have alternate-side parking enforcement that affects install scheduling.
Every Belmont install starts with matching your TV's VESA pattern and weight to the right bracket, then choosing the mount style that fits your wall type and viewing angle. We carry brand-certified mounting hardware that preserves manufacturer warranties.
Closest to the wall (1-2 inches). Most affordable flat screen installation. Best for Fordham student rentals on 187th and Bathgate where minimal protrusion matters, and for tight walk-up bedrooms on Cambreleng and Hoffman. Base install for 32-55 inch sets on plaster-over-lath or drywall.
10-15 degrees downward tilt. Fixes glare from Belmont's narrow east-west street grid that funnels late-afternoon sun through living room windows on Crescent and Adams Place. Also standard for TVs mounted above fireplace mantels on Beaumont, Bassford, and Lorillard row houses.
Extends 18-24 inches off the wall, swivels, tilts. Essential in Belmont walk-up apartments with awkward floor plans — a TV visible from both the living room couch and the adjoining dining alcove. Common ask on Cambreleng and Adams Place tenement conversions.
Drops from above. We use this for Arthur Avenue restaurant installs where wall space is already taken by artwork, mirrors, or original tile — and for basement home theater setups in row houses on Beaumont and Bassford where ceilings are finished at 7+ feet.
Belmont row houses from the 1900s-1920s frequently have original brick or stone fireplaces — Beaumont, Bassford, Lorillard, Crescent are full of them. Tilt-down mount with masonry anchors into the brick face, heat shield where the fireplace is still functional, 6+ inches clearance from the mantel top.
Arthur Avenue restaurant installs with 4-10 TVs, HDMI matrix distribution so one cable box feeds the whole dining room, zoned audio, centralized remote control. One bill across the whole restaurant, not line-item by TV.
Samsung Frame TV installation with flush no-gap mount and One Connect Box concealment — popular in the Arthur Avenue condo rehabs on Hoffman and Crotona. LG Gallery OLED with slim wall mount for style-forward Belmont installs.
Every major residential and commercial TV brand, matched to the right bracket for your VESA pattern and weight. Up to 98 inches for large TV installation in row house basements and restaurant rigs.
Residential: Samsung (QLED, Neo QLED, Frame), LG (OLED C-series, G-series Gallery, NanoCell), Sony Bravia XR, TCL Mini-LED, Hisense ULED, Vizio, Toshiba Fire TV, Insignia, Panasonic, Philips, Sharp. Commercial lines for Arthur Avenue restaurants: Sony Pro Bravia, NEC, LG Digital Signage, Samsung QM-series. Commercial TVs are rated for 16/7 or 24/7 duty cycles — consumer TVs aren't. Burn-in a $900 consumer set in 14 months and you've paid more than the $1,400 commercial unit would have cost up front. We walk you through that math before quoting.
Sonos Arc Ultra, Bose Smart Soundbar 900, Sennheiser Ambeo Max, Samsung HW-Q series. HDMI eARC setup, subwoofer placement for Belmont walk-up apartments (the neighbor below matters — we decouple the sub from the floor), optical fallback. Most-booked combo in Fordham-area student rentals and Arthur Avenue condo rehabs.
The defining Belmont install. We fish HDMI, coax, and Cat6 down through the plaster wall cavity to an existing receptacle. Requires a weighted fish chain (standard fish tapes hang up on 100-year-old plaster blobs that oozed through the lath when the wall was built), a light touch, and patience. Add a recessed NYC-code BX power relocation kit so the power cord disappears too.
Roku Ultra, Apple TV 4K, Fire TV Cube, Chromecast with Google TV, NVIDIA Shield. Router pairing, account sign-in, app layout, universal remote programming. Most Belmont rentals have landlord-provided Spectrum or Optimum service — we get it talking to your new TV.
The 2- and 3-family row houses on Beaumont, Bassford, and Lorillard often have full-height finished basements ideal for dedicated home theater rooms. 5.1 or 7.1 speaker layouts, in-ceiling Dolby Atmos height channels, AV receiver wiring, subwoofer placement, acoustic blackout treatment. Projects start around $1,800 for a soundbar upgrade, $3,500-$8,500 for full 7.2 with projector, $12,000+ for a dedicated theater room build.
Sports-viewing restaurants along Arthur Avenue and 187th (Pasquale's Rigoletto, Tino's, Enzo's, Ann & Tony's) need multi-TV HDMI matrix distribution — one cable box or Sunday Ticket subscription feeds 6+ TVs simultaneously. Zoned audio so the bar gets sound and the family section stays quiet. We program a single iPad or Logitech Harmony remote to control the whole room.
Restaurant TV installs often pair with Bronx security camera installation — NVR feeds displayed on a small lobby or manager-office TV for real-time monitoring. We handle both in one visit.
Our Bronx office at 460 East Fordham Road is a 6-minute drive from the Arthur Avenue Retail Market and a 15-minute walk from the heart of Little Italy. Our regular Belmont service area covers:
The Arthur Avenue Retail Market (built 1940 under Fiorello La Guardia to get pushcart vendors off the streets), Mario's Restaurant (est. 1919), Dominick's, Roberto's, Antonio's Trattoria, Zero Otto Nove, Enzo's of Arthur Avenue, Tra Di Noi, Ann & Tony's, Emilia's, Pasquale's Rigoletto, Tino's Delicatessen, Casa Della Mozzarella, Madonia Bakery, Borgatti's Ravioli, Calandra's Cheese, Biancardi's Meats, Teitel Brothers (est. 1915), Mike's Deli, The Bronx Beer Hall. Every one of these is in our active or past Belmont client base for TV installs, multi-TV restaurant rigs, or security cameras.
Cambreleng Avenue, Hughes Avenue, Hoffman Street, Crescent Avenue, Arthur Avenue (residential blocks north and south of 187th), Belmont Avenue, Prospect Avenue, East 184th, 185th, 186th, 188th, 189th Streets, Beaumont Avenue, Bassford Avenue, Lorillard Place, Adams Place, Quarry Road, Ryer Avenue, Bathgate Avenue (Fordham University border), Crotona Avenue (south edge).
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (1906, at Belmont Avenue & East 187th — the spiritual anchor of the neighborhood), Enrico Fermi Cultural Center Library, Ciccarone Playground (with the famous bocce ball court), D'Auria-Murphy Triangle (with the Christopher Columbus monument at 183rd Avenue), Theodore Roosevelt Educational Campus (opened 1918), the Belmont Little Italy Information Center.
Fordham University (Rose Hill campus) on the north side of Fordham Road — we've mounted TVs in countless off-campus student apartments. The Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden on the east side of Bronx Park — we install commercial TVs at their event venues, concession stands, visitor centers, and corporate offices. St. Barnabas Hospital and Fordham Plaza just to the northwest.
Common in Fordham student rentals and older Italian-owned walk-ups on Hughes and Cambreleng where landlords have owned the building for 40+ years and hate wall damage. Options: (1) Adhesive-only mounts (3M VHB or Command-brand) for TVs under 35 lbs — works on smooth plaster, not brick; (2) Floor-stand TV stands that don't touch the wall at all; (3) We mount with minimal-damage toggle bolts, then patch and touch-up paint on move-out ($65 restoration). We do this for dozens of Fordham students every May and August.
That's plaster-over-lath — the plaster is rigid, but the strips of wood lath behind have gaps, and you're feeling those gaps. A mount anchored only into plaster will pull out. We locate the wood studs behind the lath with a deep-scan stud finder, pre-drill slowly so brittle plaster doesn't chip, and anchor into the stud itself. In a Cambreleng walk-up, studs are typically 16 inches on center behind roughly 3/4 inch of plaster and lath. Base $174 plus $45 plaster surcharge.
Yes — this is one of our biggest Belmont categories. Mario's, Dominick's, Antonio's, Zero Otto Nove, Emilia's, Pasquale's Rigoletto, Tino's, Ann & Tony's — we've done multi-TV installs at most of the 187th Street and Arthur Avenue sports-viewing restaurants. Typical spec: 4-8 TVs, one HDMI matrix switch in a back-of-house rack, zoned audio so the main dining room doesn't blast crowd noise into family tables. Volume pricing — quotes start at $1,800 for a 4-TV restaurant and scale.
Yes. Belmont row houses built in the 1900s-1920s frequently have functioning or decorative brick fireplaces — Beaumont, Bassford, Lorillard, Crescent are full of them. We use masonry anchors into the brick face only (never into mortar joints — mortar is too soft), verify at least 6 inches clearance between the TV bottom edge and the mantel top, install a tilt mount angled 12-15 degrees down. Fireplace installs on brick: $425-$550.
Most don't. Belmont's defining housing stock is small owner-operated buildings — the landlord is often the guy who owns the deli downstairs. No board, no managing agent, no formal COI request. The exceptions: (1) the newer condo rehabs on Hoffman, Crotona, and Cambreleng where a managing agent was hired; (2) Fordham University-owned student housing (yes, COI required); (3) any commercial tenant on Arthur Avenue with a corporate landlord. We carry $2M general liability and issue COIs within 30 minutes.
Same Bronx pricing — base $174 on drywall. Surcharges by wall type: plaster-over-lath +$45 (most Belmont walk-ups), brick +$65 (exterior walls and fireplaces), concrete +$75 (rare in Belmont — only the newer condo rehabs). Cable concealment +$95. Soundbar install +$75. Full-motion mount +$65. A realistic "TV + concealed cables + soundbar" install on a Belmont plaster wall runs $389-$439.
Yes. August 20 through September 10 is our peak Belmont season for exactly this reason. Book at least 3-4 days ahead in that window because we're slammed. Same-day is possible in the off-season (mid-September through mid-May). Our Bronx office is a 6-minute drive from 187th.
Common Belmont layout — commercial ground floor, apartments above. Two things to know: (1) the party wall between your apartment and the neighboring apartment is usually solid brick, so mounting there is easy with masonry anchors; (2) the floor wall above the storefront is often reinforced differently than a standard residential partition — it might have steel I-beams running through. We verify with a deep-scan stud finder and probe before drilling.
Yes, this is a home theater install. Belmont row house basements on Beaumont, Bassford, and Lorillard are often tall enough (7+ feet ceiling) to support a proper ceiling-mounted 4K laser projector with a 100-130 inch motorized screen. Budget $3,500-$8,500 depending on projector tier (4K laser vs. 1080p lamp). We handle projector mounting, screen installation, HDMI long-run cabling, Atmos speaker layout, and acoustic treatment.
Yes. Remove existing mount, assess the wall, fish cables inside the wall (if plaster or drywall) or install a paintable raceway color-matched to your wall (if brick). Remount the TV, optionally add a recessed in-wall BX power relocation so the power cord disappears (+$150). Cable concealment retrofits are $95 for plaster/drywall, $125 for brick with raceway.
It's avoidable with the right technique. Cracked plaster almost always means the installer used a fast drill bit and slammed through the surface — pressure spike cracks run out from the hole. We pre-drill slowly with a sharp masonry bit, use a center punch to score the plaster before drilling, and use a low-torque setting. Zero cracked walls on our last 200 Belmont installs. If you want the old cracks fixed before we mount the new TV, we do that too ($85).
Yes — Belmont borders Fordham Road, and the office suites above the Fordham Plaza retail (One Fordham Plaza, 2488 Grand Concourse, medical offices near St. Barnabas) are regular commercial TV clients. Waiting room displays, menu boards, digital signage. Separate pricing from residential — quoted by site visit.
Physically yes, but ask whether you should. In a 12x14 Belmont living room, an 85-inch TV only works if the viewing distance is 10+ feet. Most Belmont apartments work best with a 55-65 inch set. If you already bought the 85, we anchor into studs (required for that weight), use a reinforced mounting plate, and send two installers on site. Add $60 for the 85-inch surcharge.
Yes. Saturday is our busiest Belmont day because weekday install windows don't work for Fordham staff, Arthur Avenue restaurant owners (who can't shut down during lunch service), or 9-to-5 residents. Saturday and Sunday install slots are available — no weekend surcharge.
Pre-drill slow with a sharp masonry bit, score the plaster surface with a center punch first, use toggle bolts into hollow lath cavity only as backup, and always anchor into a wood stud behind the plaster when possible. The cracks you see on Cambreleng and Hughes walk-up walls almost always come from installers using an impact driver on full torque with no pilot hole.
Our Bronx office at 460 East Fordham Road is 15 minutes' walk from the Arthur Avenue Retail Market. Call (347) 934-8335 or book online. Fordham Road location means same-day availability for the entire Belmont / Little Italy / Fordham catchment.
Base $174. Plaster +$45. Brick +$65. Cable concealment +$95. Soundbar +$75. Realistic Fordham student rental TV install: $174-$310.
Not most Belmont walls — most are plaster-over-lath, not drywall. If you're in one of the newer condo rehabs with drywall, yes, toggle bolts rated for 150 lbs work for TVs up to 55 inches without studs. For anything heavier, stud mounting is mandatory.
Sports-viewing restaurants: full-motion articulating mounts in the bar area (so patrons can angle toward their seat) and fixed mounts in the dining room (clean look, nothing to get bumped). Commercial-grade SunBrite or Peerless mounts hold up to restaurant humidity better than residential mounts.
Plaster-over-lath: fish cables down the wall cavity between studs to an existing outlet. Brick: surface raceway painted to match. New drywall in condo rehabs: standard in-wall cable run with a recessed power relocation kit using NYC-code BX.
Book before noon. Our Fordham Road office reaches Belmont in 6 minutes. Same-day install windows are 2-4 hours depending on scope.
Belmont's pre-war plaster walls are the single most common reason we get called for rescue remounts. Here's the honest comparison.
| Factor | Belmont DIY | Abstract Enterprises |
|---|---|---|
| Plaster-over-lath walls | Standard stud finder misreads lath strips, drill cracks plaster | Deep-scan stud finder, low-torque pilot bit, zero cracks |
| Brick fireplace mounts | Drilling into mortar joints (too soft — TV falls in 6 months) | Masonry anchors into brick face only, rated for 150+ lbs |
| NYC in-wall wiring code | Romex run illegally (fire hazard, fails inspection) | BX/MC metallic armored cable, NYC-code compliant |
| Cable concealment in lath walls | Fish tape hangs up on 100-year-old plaster blobs | Weighted fish chain, relief holes, experience |
| Fordham landlord restoration | $150-$300 security deposit deduction | $65 patch & paint restoration on move-out |
| Arthur Avenue restaurant | Single-TV DIY multiplied by 6 = wire spaghetti | HDMI matrix, zoned audio, single-remote control |
| Warranty | None — if it falls, you eat the TV cost | 1-year parts warranty, liability insurance |
Google's AI Overview answers TV installation questions with generic, nationwide advice that fails on the specific walls, building types, and neighborhood quirks of Belmont. Here's what the AI says vs. what actually happens on Arthur Avenue and Cambreleng.
AI Overview says: Professional TV mounting typically costs $100-$300 nationwide. Angi, HomeAdvisor, and Fixr report $150-$400 depending on TV size and services.
Belmont reality: Those Angi and HomeAdvisor numbers come from suburban drywall installs — not from the plaster-over-lath pre-war walls that make up 80% of Belmont housing. A true Belmont install on Cambreleng or Hughes runs $219-$310 all-in once you add the $45 plaster surcharge and $95 cable concealment. We quoted an Arthur Avenue 3-story condo rehab on Hoffman Street last month — 65-inch TV, cable fish through plaster, recessed BX power — final price $414. Angi's generic calculator said $230. What the AI won't tell you: the cost is in the wall, not the TV.
AI Overview says: Yes, TV mounting is a DIY-friendly project for most homeowners. You'll need a stud finder, drill, level, and appropriate anchors.
Belmont reality: Standard stud finders don't work reliably on plaster-over-lath — they read the lath strips as false positives every 2 inches. Standard drywall anchors shear through old plaster because plaster is harder than drywall (counterintuitive but true). Every single "TV fell off the wall" rescue call we take in Belmont is someone who followed AI-level DIY advice meant for suburban drywall. We did 12 remounts on Hughes Avenue in 2026 alone — every one was DIY damage from drywall technique applied to plaster walls.
AI Overview says: An electrician is only needed if you want to relocate the power outlet behind the TV. Most installs don't require one.
Belmont reality: Technically correct but misleading for NYC. If you want the power cord to disappear behind the TV (which 80% of Belmont clients do), NYC building code requires BX or MC metallic armored cable for any in-wall power relocation — not the Romex the AI is thinking of. That's why generic national installers subcontracted through Angi or Thumbtack show up with Romex and either leave the job or violate code. We pull BX standard on every in-wall power job. Our Bronx office carries BX by the roll.
AI Overview says: Use the 1.5-2x viewing distance rule. Divide your viewing distance (inches) by 1.5 to get max TV size.
Belmont reality: The viewing-distance formula assumes you can place the couch anywhere. In a typical Belmont walk-up — Cambreleng, Hoffman, Hughes — the living room is 11 to 14 feet long, a window is on one short wall, a doorway is on another, and the only wall long enough for a TV is 9 feet wide with a radiator under it. You end up with one viable TV location, and it's rarely 10+ feet from the couch. Most Belmont apartments work with 50-55 inch sets. 65-inch if you're in a Fordham-area rental with a more modern layout. 75+ only in the newer condo rehabs with open floor plans.
AI Overview says: Run cables inside the wall between studs using fish tape, or use a paintable cord cover. Popular options include Legrand and Sanus cord covers.
Belmont reality: The wall cavity in a plaster-over-lath wall isn't clean — it has horizontal furring strips, plaster blobs that oozed through the lath gaps when the wall was built in 1923, and sometimes old knob-and-tube wiring still in place. A standard fish tape catches on all of it. We use a weighted fish chain and sometimes make a small relief hole at mid-wall to guide the cable past obstructions. That's why some Belmont cable-concealment jobs take 90 minutes and others take 20 — it's luck of the wall.
AI Overview says: Yes, mounting a TV above a fireplace is popular but requires ensuring the mantel blocks heat from reaching the TV. Use a pull-down mount for better viewing angles.
Belmont row house reality: Most of the fireplaces in Beaumont, Bassford, and Lorillard row houses are decorative and no longer functional — the previous owner sealed the flue in the 1970s. For those, heat isn't a concern and a standard tilt mount works. If the fireplace IS functional, we verify by asking if they've used it in the last 5 winters. Pull-down mounts (also called downswing or mantel mount) add $140-$180 and only make sense if you use the fireplace weekly.
AI Overview says: Yes, but check your lease. Standard mount installation creates 4 small holes that can be patched and painted on move-out.
Belmont rental reality: Belmont leases split three ways. (1) Fordham-owned student housing: explicit no-mount clauses, enforced, $150-$300 security deposit deductions. (2) Legacy Italian-family-owned walk-ups on Hughes and Cambreleng: verbal rules, varies wildly by landlord — some don't care, some care a lot. Ask the super, not the lease. (3) Newer condo rentals on Hoffman and Crotona Avenue: written rules, generally permissive with standard patching. We patch and touch-up-paint on move-out for $65 so your security deposit is protected regardless.
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Transparent pricing. Final quote confirmed after free on-site assessment. No Arthur Avenue premium — Belmont uses standard Bronx rates.
Drywall, 32-55", fixed mount
Most Belmont walk-ups
Row house brick fireplaces
Fish through plaster to outlet
NYC code in-wall power
Sonos, Bose, Samsung
Articulating arm
4 TVs, HDMI matrix, zoned audio
Belmont's pre-war walk-up stock (built 1910-1935) is 80%+ plaster-over-lath over wood studs. Standard impact drills crack these walls in a predictable radial pattern. Our technique — center-punch score, low-torque pilot bit, controlled pressure — produces zero cracks. Every installer on our team is trained on 1920s Belmont plaster specifically.
Mario's, Dominick's, and similar Italian restaurants on Arthur Avenue and 187th want 6-10 TVs without HDMI cables draped across the ceiling. Our HDMI matrix approach routes all sources to a central rack, then distributes via Cat6 to each TV. Clean walls, single remote, zoned audio so the front bar isn't blasting the family section.
Every August, Fordham students arrive in Belmont and discover their lease says "no holes in the walls." We've developed move-in packages with adhesive mounts, floor stands, and for students who can drill, a $65 move-out restoration that protects the security deposit.
Row houses on Beaumont, Bassford, and Lorillard Place have original brick fireplaces from the early 1900s. Mortar joints are too soft to hold a mount — we anchor into the brick face only, with masonry anchors rated for 150+ lbs, and verify mantel heat clearance if the fireplace is still functional.
The newer condo conversions on Hoffman, Crotona, and Cambreleng added drywall over existing plaster — but some buildings still have knob-and-tube wiring in the cavity. We probe before drilling and reroute cables around any legacy wiring we find.
Belmont's alternate-side rules around the Arthur Avenue Retail Market are enforced. We know which blocks are cleared when, and schedule installs so our van doesn't get ticketed. Commercial loading zones on 187th between Arthur and Hoffman are usable with the right permits.
Many Belmont walk-ups are owned by Italian-American families who bought in the 1960s-1980s. Rules aren't in the lease — they're verbal, through the super. We've learned to ask the super, not the lease. Saves tenants from $300 lease violations.
Most Belmont walk-up living rooms are 11-14 feet deep with the only TV-viable wall under 10 feet across. We consult on TV size before install — if a 75-inch won't work, we'll tell you, because a Costco refund is easier than a mount you'll hate.
"Had an 85-inch Sony mounted above my fireplace on Beaumont Avenue. The brick was old and I was worried it would chip. Two installers, bolted into the brick face only, tilt mount angled perfectly for the couch. Total pros."
— Anthony D., Beaumont Ave, Belmont
"I own a restaurant on Arthur Avenue and needed 7 TVs for the Euros. They came in on a Sunday (our slow day), ran the HDMI matrix back to the office, programmed one remote for the whole system. Never had to close the dining room."
— Giuseppe M., Restaurant owner, Arthur Ave
"Fordham grad student, rented a place on 187th, landlord said 'no holes.' They used a Command-strip mount for my 43-inch TV, 3 hours of setup, looks clean. When I moved out they came back and patched a couple small wall marks. Full deposit back."
— Priya K., Fordham student, 187th St
"Plaster walls on Cambreleng — the last installer cracked the wall badly enough we had to skim it before painting. Abstract pre-drilled slowly, zero damage, and fixed the previous crack for a small extra. Huge difference."
— Maria L., Cambreleng Ave tenant
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