On-site notes from Santa Monica jobs
Santa Monica is the Westside’s premium coastal city - population ~90,000, 3 miles of Pacific beachfront. Housing stock divides into:
- NoMa (North of Wilshire) historic (1900-1940): Craftsman + Spanish Colonial Revival. Wood-frame with interior lath-and-plaster.
- Ocean Avenue + Palisades Park beachfront (1960s+ luxury concrete-slab condos): Tapcon-into-slab installs.
- Mid-City + Pico tract (1940s-70s): Standard wood-stud drywall.
- Sunset Park (1920s-50s mix): Mostly wood-stud with some pre-1940 plaster sections.
- Downtown Santa Monica + Santa Monica Place adjacent (2000s+): Mixed-use concrete-slab developments.
Pacific Ocean salt-air exposure is significant for any installation within 1-2 miles of the beach. Marine-grade 316 stainless hardware standard.
Silicon Beach tech concentration (Snap, Hulu, Riot Games, Google offices) adds professional remote-work + smart-home demand. Crestron / Control4 / Lutron integration common.
Seismic-rated anchoring into solid framing is our standard on every install.
What TV mounting costs in Santa Monica
Santa Monica TV mounting starts at $149 (basic up to 54-inch), $199 (large 55-69-inch), $259 (XL 70-79-inch), $319 (XXL 80-inch+). Cable concealment $119/TV. Historic-care surcharge for NoMa lath-and-plaster +$119. Masonry surcharge for beachfront + Downtown concrete-slab +$119. Marine-grade beachfront +$59 (standard given proximity to Pacific). California seismic-rated hardware included.
Guides to read before your install
Express Mounting in Santa Monica
Express Mounting was founded in 2015 by Alex Crabinsky in Atlanta. Today we connect Santa Monica residents with vetted local Westside installers who follow the same install protocol and same hardware standards as our Atlanta crews - with marine-grade kit standard for the beachfront geography + smart-home integration experience for Silicon Beach clients.