TV mounting and furniture assembly in Redwood City

Mounting on shared walls in Redwood City condos

In Redwood City, 13.2% of housing units are attached single-family homes and 35.4% are in buildings with five or more units, so the wall you have in mind may be shared with a neighbor. Walls between units are usually built for fire and sound separation, often with double framing, so what sits behind the drywall can differ from an interior wall. We check before choosing a bracket or anchor.

In a condo, check the HOA's rules on drilling into shared walls first. The bracket lands on framing or on anchors rated past the TV's weight, with the cords hidden in a paintable raceway. Dressers and bookcases are strapped to the wall so they can't tip. Hiding power behind the set needs a new receptacle, and receptacle work goes to our licensed partner Bay Builder Inc.

Worth knowing about Redwood City

• Of Redwood City's 32,135 housing units, 64.2% were built before 1980 and 8.1% in 1939 or earlier; the 1950s alone account for 21.2%.
• Several Queen Anne cottages from before 1906 stand in Mezesville, a historic district in the Centennial neighborhood whose streets are named for Mayflower pilgrims.
• Redwood Shores is about 1,500 acres of former Bay marshland that Leslie Salt diked for salt evaporation after buying it in 1928; the city annexed it in 1959.