Field notes from Manhattan Beach installs
Manhattan Beach covers 3.9 square miles of the South Bay coast, and its housing divides four ways:
- Tree Section: 1920s-50s small-lot beach bungalows + 1990s-2000s+ rebuilds on original small lots. Wood-frame.
- Hill Section: Larger 1950s-80s custom homes climbing the bluff above the beach. Wood-frame.
- Sand Section: Beachfront with ocean views, mostly 2000s custom rebuilds. Wood-frame, built for the ocean exposure.
- Downtown Manhattan Beach + Highland Avenue corridor: Mixed-use developments, some small concrete-slab condos.
Salt air reaches nearly every address in the city, so the installer’s fasteners are 316 stainless, and an outdoor TV needs an outdoor-rated bracket.
The South Bay shakes like the rest of Los Angeles County. Here that means lag bolts into studs for anything past a small 32-inch, 30 lb set, plus an extra anchor point on the big panels up on the bluff.
TV mounting prices in Manhattan Beach
Manhattan Beach TV mounting starts at $129 (basic up to 54-inch), $159 (large 55-69-inch), $209 (XL 70-79-inch), $299 (XXL 80-99-inch), $399 (XXXL 100-inch+). Cable concealment $99/TV. A Downtown concrete-slab wall adds the +$99 masonry surcharge; wood-frame walls in all three sections carry none. The bracket is a separate purchase, yours or ours.
Express Mounting in Manhattan Beach
Express Mounting was founded in 2015 by Alex Crabinsky in Atlanta. Today we connect Manhattan Beach residents with vetted local LA-area installers who follow the same install protocol and same hardware standards as our Atlanta crews, with stainless fasteners for the salt air.