TV Mounting in La Jolla, CA

Gill concrete, mid-century glass and Bird Rock condos

Irving Gill built the La Jolla Woman's Club with tilt-slab concrete, the first use of that method in California, and buildings from his era can hide concrete or very dense plaster behind a plain white face. There we use masonry bits and sleeve anchors, and we drill old plaster slowly. Mid-century houses by Russell Forester, Robert Mosher and Henry Hester trade walls for glass, so the TV usually lands on a fireplace chase or a short partition, on a full-motion arm with a strap. Bird Rock's Seahaus is a three-story complex from 2005 whose typical unit is about 1,329 square feet; wood studs and drywall make an in-wall run simple, and a 55- or 65-inch suits the living room. Check the height with our height tool before we arrive, so the visit is about mounting, not measuring.

Village and oceanfront condos: paperwork first, then the wall

Buildings like 939 Coast, Shore Tower and The Seville sit a short walk from the Village shops, and their walls are often concrete or fire-rated to the corridor. California's Davis-Stirling Act lets an owner change the inside of a unit only without weakening the structure or shared systems, and always under the building's own rules, so we read those rules with you. Before any cut we ask the association for its asbestos survey; when it is missing or the wall is rated, a painted raceway ($39) keeps cables tidy with no new holes in shared walls. Mounting a 75-inch is a flat $129, with no travel fee. Oleksandr's crew starts from Mission Valley, a short drive away. Send your building name through the quote form, and Oleksandr will tell you which day the elevator and the slot line up.