Orangecrest family room
With the gas logs running, the spot above the mantel read too warm, so Oleh anchored through the stone into framing and mounted higher, tilted down.
Tech: Oleh · On site: 2 h 30 min
TV Mounting in Riverside, CA
Riverside grew out of orange groves in waves: the Wood Streets from 1913, Canyon Crest in the 1970s, Orangecrest and Mission Grove after 1984. Each wave left a different wall behind the TV. Oleh, our Inland Empire technician, reads that wall first, then offers a same-day slot and a flat price.
TV mounting in Riverside 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.
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Riverside County
Same-day slots, 7 days a week
No travel fee — one price across the area
- 1976median year homes in Riverside were built
- 64%of homes in Riverside are detached houses
- 40+TVs mounted in Riverside since 2020
- 13Riverside TVs hung over a fireplace
Wood Streets craftsman homes, Orangecrest and UCR rentals
Wood Streets houses have lath and plaster over old-growth framing. We map the studs with test holes where the mount will cover them, drill slowly with the hammer off and use a painted backer when the studs are off. Studs behind plaster.
Canyon Crest, Orangecrest and Mission Grove homes are drywall on wood studs with open bays; cables go inside the wall ($69). Family-room fireplaces are brick or cultured stone — anchors go into the brick face or through the veneer into framing.
UCR student rentals
Near campus, the job is a TV that's solid and a wall that patches: a slim mount into two studs and a paintable raceway ($39). Best mounts for apartments.
Heat and outdoor TVs
Riverside summers pass 100°F. Patio TVs go under solid covers with outdoor-rated screens and weather-rated mounts; an indoor TV outside won't last. Outdoor TVs.
Homes in Riverside by the numbers
99,910 homes and about 319,069 residents. The age and type of a home decide what is behind the drywall, so we check this before we quote.
When homes were built
- 2010 or later 6%
- 2000–2009 13%
- 1980–1999 24%
- 1960–1979 30%
- Before 1960 27%
What kind of homes
- Detached houses 64%
- Townhomes 5%
- 2–4 units & other 8%
- 5–19 units 11%
- 20+ units 12%
57% owner-occupied · 43% rented
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates: year built, units in structure, tenure.
What this means for your TV wall
With a median year built of 1976, the typical Riverside house is drywall on wood studs, the easiest wall we meet. The 26.7% built before 1960 are different: many still hide lath and plaster behind the paint, so we ask the year before quoting. Detached houses make up 63.7% of homes, so most TV walls are family-room walls we can open for in-wall cables, often above a gas fireplace that gets a heat check first.
Groves to neighborhoods: which Riverside wall you have
Most of Riverside grew citrus before it grew houses, and the year the trees came out tells us what we will drill into. The Wood Streets replaced orange groves from 1913, and almost every house there predates World War Two: thick plaster, old-growth studs, slow drilling with a dust shroud. Canyon Crest went up mostly in the 1970s on a former citrus nursery, with drywall and brick hearths. Orangecrest was still producing fruit into the early 1980s; the county adopted its 1,514-acre specific plan in 1984 and the city annexed much of it in 1986. Its houses, like the northern half of Mission Grove, are tracts with tall family rooms and gas fireplaces (how we mount over them) faced in cultured stone or brick. Stone veneer is decoration, not structure, so our bolts pass through it into the framing. A 75-inch there starts at $129.
Rather have a pro do it?
Send a request — we'll confirm the exact price and a time that suits you by text or call. 3-year warranty on every install.
Patio TVs for a 94-degree August
Riverside's Citrus Experiment Station averages a 94.4°F high in August and under 10 inches of rain a year, so a patio screen here fights sun and heat more than water. In the inland cities about half of our outdoor jobs use a full-sun TV; across the region four in five hang under a solid patio cover, and every one gets stainless hardware. If a Santa Ana or red-flag warning blows in, we move the date. Near the Mission Inn and in other preservation districts, a visible exterior change can need a Certificate of Appropriateness: about 30 days at staff level, six to eight weeks before the Cultural Heritage Board. A back-porch TV out of street view is the easier route. Read about outdoor TV installation.
From our Riverside job log
A few jobs from the last months — the kind of walls and setups we see here most.
1920s Wood Streets house
Thick plaster kept the recessed box from seating; Oleh used a surface-mount plate, two small openings and contained dust.
Tech: Oleh · On site: 2 h 20 min
Pool wall under a Riverside patio cover
An indoor set was the first plan; Oleh compared its temperature limits with a Riverside August, and a full-sun model went up.
Tech: Oleh · On site: 2 h 40 min
On-site notes from Riverside jobs
- Some Wood Streets houses still have knob-and-tube wiring — we stop and flag it.
- Historic districts need no permit for interior TV mounting.
- Morning slots are cooler for older houses without central air.
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What TV mounting costs in Riverside
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 |
How we serve Riverside
Jobs in Riverside 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.
Read before your Riverside install
- Best TV Mount for Plaster Walls: Old Houses, Lath and Hidden Studs
- How to Find Studs Behind Plaster and Lath Walls: 6 Methods That Work
- Outdoor TV Installation in Los Angeles: Patios, Pergolas and Backyard Theaters
- Best TV Mount for Apartments: Small Holes, Easy Patching, Lease-Friendly
- How Much Does TV Mounting Cost in Los Angeles? 2026 Prices
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Recent installs around Riverside
Tilted TV above an Orangecrest stone fireplace
Craftsman living room in the Wood Streets
Full-sun TV under a Riverside patio cover
Family-room TV in a Mission Grove tract home
Bedroom TV in a Canyon Crest house
Living-room TV near downtown Riverside's historic blocks
Tilted TV above an Orangecrest stone fireplace
Craftsman living room in the Wood Streets
TV mounting in Riverside, CA: common questions
Can you mount a TV in a Wood Streets craftsman?
Yes — studs found behind the lath, careful drilling, plaster at the drywall price.
Is there a travel fee to Riverside?
No. Same flat rates as Los Angeles: $119 up to 60 inches.
Can UCR students mount TVs?
Usually, with the landlord's OK — small holes and a removable raceway.
Can a TV go above a cultured-stone fireplace in Orangecrest?
Yes. Veneer alone won't hold a TV, so the anchors go through it into the framing, and cables run down the drywall beside the fireplace.
Do you install TVs in downtown Riverside offices?
Yes — conference rooms and lobbies on steel-stud or brick walls, before or after business hours.
Can I get a same-day TV install in Riverside?
Can you run cables inside the wall of a Wood Streets house?
Usually. Behind lath and plaster an in-wall run adds about an hour and a half. If a pre-1978 wall cut would disturb more paint than a small repair, we switch to a painted raceway and skip the cut. The TV's power cord never goes in the wall bare; we use a listed in-wall power kit.
How high will the TV sit over my Orangecrest fireplace?
Mantels we measure usually stand 50 to 60 inches, which puts a flat screen's center near 75 inches, so about two in three of our fireplace TVs go on a tilting mount ($49). Check your numbers with our height tool before the visit.
Where these facts come from
- At Home in Riverside - Wood Streets neighborhood (City of Riverside)
- At Home in Riverside - Orangecrest neighborhood (City of Riverside)
- At Home in Riverside - Mission Grove neighborhood (City of Riverside)
- Top 5 Neighborhoods in Riverside, California, in 2025
- RIVERSIDE CITRUS EXP, CALIFORNIA (047473) Period of Record Monthly Climate Summary - Western Regional Climate Center
- Certificate of Appropriateness form (City of Riverside Planning)
Schedule your TV installation in Riverside
Get the exact total in the calculator, pick a time and we confirm by text — or call us and a person picks up.
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