TV mounting and furniture assembly in Dublin

Anchoring TVs and furniture for Dublin's seismic rating

Dublin's building design criteria put the city in Seismic Design Category D2, and its Safety Element traces the Calaveras Fault just west of San Ramon Road. That is why dressers and bookcases get strapped to the wall here, and why a TV bracket goes into framing rather than hollow drywall. In newer homes the studs usually sit on regular spacing, which makes a solid mount straightforward.

Tell us the TV size and wall, send a photo, and include the bracket model if you have one; we check its weight rating before it goes up. The cables go in a paintable cover. Dublin requires a permit for electrical work, so an outlet behind the TV is quoted through our licensed partner Bay Builder Inc.

Worth knowing about Dublin

• Only 19.4% of Dublin's 25,157 housing units were built before 1980; the busiest building decade was the 2010s, with 30.6% of units.
• In the early 1960s the Volk-McLain company built a large suburban development, and Dublin grew from a few hundred residents to several thousand between 1960 and 1965.
• Eastern Dublin, just over 3,500 acres, has grown fast over the past 15 years with attached and detached homes and is projected to build out in 2035.