1949 tree-streets house
Original 1949 plaster; Dmytro scored it first and fished cables through two small openings, no cracks.
Tech: Dmytro · On site: 2 h 30 min
El Segundo sits just south of the LAX runways, where 1949 tree-streets houses, Aviation Corridor ranches and new two-story rebuilds share narrow blocks west of Sepulveda. Dmytro's South Bay crew knows these walls, and about 2 in 3 requests sent before noon get a same-day slot at a flat price.
TV mounting in El Segundo is flat-rate: $119 up to 60", $129 for 61–85" and from $179 for 86" and larger, plus $40 for each additional TV. Mounts from $39, cables hidden in a raceway for $39 or inside the wall for $69. No travel fee and no surcharge for plaster or brick.
Original houses have wood studs with plaster in the untouched rooms and drywall in the additions. The rebuilds are straightforward drywall on 16-inch studs, often pre-wired with a media box. Either way the answer is two studs and 5/16-inch lag bolts, and cables go inside the wall with a power kit ($69).
Offices in Smoky Hollow and along Rosecrans mix brick shells from the 1940s with new steel-stud partitions. On brick we drill the brick face and set sleeve anchors; on steel studs we use toggles across two studs and route HDMI to a floor box or the conference table. Metal studs.
Houses under the LAX approach hear every departure, and TV speakers lose that fight. A soundbar mounted under the TV ($69) on its own bracket, connected by HDMI eARC, is the most requested add-on in El Segundo. Soundbars under a TV.
For offices we mount single displays or rows of screens, level to the millimeter, and work before or after business hours. We provide a certificate of insurance for the landlord. The method is the same as for commercial menu boards.
7,889 homes and about 16,769 residents. The age and type of a home decide what is behind the drywall, so we check this before we quote.
42% owner-occupied · 58% rented
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates: year built, units in structure, tenure.
With a median build year of 1964 and 40.7% of homes built before 1960, many El Segundo walls still hide original plaster, and pre-1978 paint gets lead-safe handling from us. Renters hold 57.5% of homes, so the TV wall often belongs to a landlord: we plan raceways or small, patchable openings and check what the lease allows first. Rebuilt houses here offer clean drywall on wood studs and the easiest in-wall runs in town.
The tree-streets tract went up in 1949, the year the airport was renamed LAX, and plenty of those houses still have their first living rooms. Expect plaster that cracks if a drill bit spins too fast, studs that drift off the usual spacing, and pre-1978 paint covered by EPA lead-safe rules for paid work. Dmytro finds framing with a thin pilot bit, scores the surface before drilling and keeps every opening small (finding studs behind plaster).
A rebuild on the same narrow lot is the opposite job: fresh drywall, open bays and a short in-wall run. If you are building now, call us at the framing stage; we mark blocking and a recessed box at the height your sofa needs, then return after paint to hang the screen. Dmytro's crew sees the same pattern in Manhattan Beach.
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Houses in the 65–70 dB CNEL aircraft noise zone follow a city checklist for roofs, attics, vents, windows and doors, and the LAWA soundproofing program has fitted homes near LAX with double-paned windows, solid-core doors and attic insulation. When a soundproofed window sits beside the best viewing wall, we set the stops on a full-motion arm, or add a tether as FEMA E-74 suggests, so the screen cannot swing into the glass. On an exterior wall we confirm what insulation the retrofit left in the cavity before planning an in-wall run. Hidden cables with a listed power kit cost $69; renters, and anyone who would rather not open old plaster, can pick a painted raceway at $39 (cable concealment options). Either way, the TV's own power cord never goes inside the wall; the kit carries power to the screen.
A few jobs from the last months — the kind of walls and setups we see here most.
Original 1949 plaster; Dmytro scored it first and fished cables through two small openings, no cracks.
Tech: Dmytro · On site: 2 h 30 min
A new double-pane slider sits beside the arm, so Dmytro set stops to keep the screen off it.
Tech: Dmytro · On site: 1 h 15 min
No wall cuts allowed; Dmytro sent the insurance certificate that morning and ran a matching painted raceway.
Tech: Dmytro · On site: 1 h 10 min
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One price list for all of Southern California — the wall type does not change the price, and neither does the drive. Lath and plaster, brick fireplaces and steel-stud condos are billed exactly like drywall.
| Service | Price |
|---|---|
| Up to 60" | $119 |
| 61–85" | $129 |
| 86" and larger | from $179 |
| Each additional TV | from $40 |
| Frame / art TV | from $169 |
| Fixed | $39 |
| Tilting | $49 |
| Full-motion | $69 |
| Heavy-duty, for 86"+ | from $59 |
| Internal (inside the wall) | $69 |
| External (cable raceway) | $39 |
Jobs in El Segundo are handled by our Southern California crew — Kostiantyn, Oleh, Dmytro — on the same flat rates as everywhere else, with the same hardware on every truck and the same 3-year warranty. Crews run out of the Westside, the Valley and North Orange County. Pick a slot in the calculator and we confirm it by text.
Tilted TV in a 1949 tree-streets living room
Wall-mounted TV in a rebuilt two-story home
Painted raceway in a small El Segundo rental
Family-room screen on Grand Avenue, west of Sepulveda
TV and soundbar in a Holly Valley home
Bedroom TV in an Aviation Corridor house
Tilted TV in a 1949 tree-streets living room
Wall-mounted TV in a rebuilt two-story home
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