TV mounting and furniture assembly in Atherton

TV and shelf mounting in Atherton's single-family homes

With 97.3% of the Town's housing in detached single-family houses, a TV here rarely goes on a wall shared with a neighbor. What's behind the wall still varies from room to room and from one decade of house to the next: wood studs, plaster over lath, or drywall. Guessing is how a bracket pulls out of a wall.

Before a hole is drilled, we map the studs or lath, choose a bracket rated above the TV's weight and route the cords through a paintable channel. For grab bars, the height is set by whoever will hold them, and the screws go into framing or anchors rated for that load. Wiring an outlet behind the set is a separate quote through our licensed partner Bay Builder Inc.

Worth knowing about Atherton

• Atherton has only two residential zones, R-1A with a 1-acre minimum lot and R-1B with 13,500 square feet, and no commercial or industrial land.
• The Housing Element puts the largest block of housing (1,087 units) in 1940 to 1959 and counts 606 acre-plus lots with a house built before 1970.
• Joe Eichler's own Lindenwood home, designed by Anshen and Allen, was built in 1951; only a few of the large Eichlers he later built there still stand.