Real Numbers · Not An Estimate
WHAT TV MOUNTING
ACTUALLY COSTS
Most installers won't put a number on a page. You call, describe your living room, and get a range. Here's ours in full — the flat rate, every option, and what each one is for. You'll know the total before anyone knocks on your door.
The Installation
Any TV. Any size. 43″ or 85″, it's the same number. Includes level mounting, cable tidying, and taking the box and packaging away with us.
Why size doesn't change the price
Nearly every quote you'll get in Chicago is banded by screen size — one price up to 55″, more above 65″, more again for anything bigger. It reads as fair, but it isn't really how the work goes.
A big TV is heavier and wants a second pair of hands. That's about it. What actually decides whether an install takes forty minutes or two hours is the wall: whether the studs are wood or steel, whether there's plaster and lath over them, whether it's brick that needs a hammer drill and masonry anchors. A 43″ on century-old plaster is a harder job than an 85″ on modern timber studs.
So we priced the thing that's actually consistent. One number for the install, and separate honest prices for the extras that genuinely take more time and materials.
The options, in full
Mount type — you choose
Wire concealment — your call
While we're there
So what will I actually pay?
You bought a TV and a mount from Costco
You pay $100. We use your mount, hang it level, tidy the cables, take the box away.
You've got the TV, need a mount, want the wires hidden
$100 install, $50 tilting mount, $60 in-wall concealment — $210, and nothing visible on the wall.
New TV above the fireplace with a soundbar
$100 install, $100 full-motion mount, $60 soundbar — $260. If it's a proper mantel with a pull-down mount, see below.
Samsung Frame, done properly
$100 install plus the $400 recessed box option — $500 all in, box included. You can supply your own Legrand On-Q enclosure and pay $350 plus whatever it costs you, though when we bring it we've already confirmed it fits.
Above a fireplace: MantelMount
A TV over a mantel sits too high to watch comfortably. A MantelMount pulls it down and out to eye level, then swings it back flush when you're done. We're an authorized dealer, so we supply the mount and bring it with us.
Installation labor
The mount, at MantelMount's own retail price
MantelMount run sales fairly often. Those are their retail prices as of August 2026 and we'll confirm the current number with your quote rather than quietly pocketing the difference.
No wall? The Pillar Mount
Chicago lofts love their exposed columns, and sometimes the only sensible place for the TV is on one. A flat wall bracket isn't built for that, so we make a pillar-compatible mount by hand for exactly this job.
Each one is built to order, so allow about a week between booking and install. Tell us about the column when you book and we'll confirm the fit before we build it.
What we don't charge for
No travel fee anywhere in our service area — the Loop and Winnetka pay the same. No fuel surcharge. No charge for hauling the box and packaging away. No weekend rate. No “difficult wall” surcharge for plaster, metal studs or brick, which are all normal Chicago walls and all included.
Tile is our one exception, at $50 per TV, and we'd rather tell you now than on the day. It's not a difficulty fee — tile genuinely destroys drill bits, and that cost is real. Everything else about the wall is included.
The only things that cost more are the options above, and you pick those before we start. Nothing gets added once we're in your living room.
Know your number? Book it.
Tell us the room and we'll confirm the total on the phone. Same-day slots are often available.
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