TV Mounting San Diego, North County to the South Bay
Labor is a flat rate by screen size: $129 up to 54 inches, $159 for 55-69 inches, $209 for 70-79 inches, $299 for 80-99 inches and $399 for 100 inches and up. In-wall wire concealment adds $99, a brick, stone or concrete wall adds $99, and the bracket is extra: bring your own or buy ours (flat $49/$69, full-motion $59/$79).
Who installs in San Diego County
San Diego jobs go to installers from Express Mounting's vetted San Diego network, and Express Mounting books, schedules and dispatches each one. We have no San Diego storefront. The 35 areas we cover run from Oceanside, Fallbrook and Valley Center in the north to Chula Vista and Imperial Beach in the south, and inland to El Cajon, Alpine and Ramona.
Any booking made before noon is eligible for a same-day install, and the installer is typically on site 2-4 hours after you confirm.
TV mounting prices in San Diego
| TV size | Labor per TV |
|---|---|
| Up to 54 inches | $129 |
| 55 to 69 inches | $159 |
| 70 to 79 inches | $209 |
| 80 to 99 inches | $299 |
| 100 inches and up | $399 |
Add-ons and brackets
- In-wall wire concealment +$99
- Paintable raceway, outside the wall +$79
- Brick, stone or concrete wall +$99
- Pull-down (MantelMount) install, your mount +$99
- Soundbar mounting $79
- Our flat bracket up to 54 in / 55 in and up $49 / $69
- Our full-motion bracket up to 54 in / 55 in and up $59 / $79
What the flat rate covers
- A wall check and stud finding before any drilling
- The fasteners your wall needs: lag bolts, toggles or masonry anchors
- A level install and basic cable hookup
- Cleanup before the installer leaves
- No travel charge
- A 3-year workmanship warranty
Not included: the bracket. Bring your own, or buy one of ours (flat $49 up to 54 inches or $69 above, full-motion $59 or $79).
San Diego walls: stucco, cottage plaster and coastal towers
Wood-frame stucco covers most of the county, which makes the usual TV wall drywall over studs, with no surcharge. The older beach and village cottages still have lath and plaster, and a few coastal towers and modern houses are concrete.
- Stucco over wood framing No surcharge
- Most of the county: Clairemont and Mira Mesa, the Chula Vista and Carlsbad master plans, Rancho Bernardo, Santee, El Cajon and Vista.
- How it is mounted: Drywall on wood studs on the inside, so lag bolts into the studs.
- When drywall alone is enough
- Plaster and lath No surcharge
- Older cottages and village cores: 1920s Oceanside, Point Loma, Pacific Beach, the La Jolla and Del Mar villages, La Mesa and Lemon Grove bungalows, National City's Victorians and Old Escondido.
- How it is mounted: Studs located first, since plaster fools most stud finders, then lag bolts into them.
- Finding studs behind plaster
- Poured concrete +$99 masonry surcharge
- The Coronado Shores towers and La Jolla's concrete modern houses.
- How it is mounted: Masonry anchors drilled into the concrete.
- Mounting on concrete
The county grew in layers: 1880s-1930s town centers and beach cottages, the 1950s-1960s post-war suburbs led by Clairemont, 1960s-1980s master plans such as Rancho Bernardo, and the planned communities of eastern Chula Vista and Carmel Valley from the 1980s and 1990s onward.
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San Diego installs are done by local installers we dispatch, on the same flat rates and the same warranty.
Every booking comes with
- 3-year workmanship warranty
- Same-day installation when you book before noon
- An installer typically arrives within 2-4 hours of confirmation
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San Diego questions
- How much does TV mounting cost in San Diego?
- It is a flat rate by screen size: $129 up to 54 inches, $159 for 55-69 inches, $209 for 70-79 inches, $299 for 80-99 inches and $399 for 100 inches and up. Mounting a soundbar is $79. Here is one job priced out: a 55-inch TV and a soundbar on a stucco house's drywall with in-wall wire concealment comes to $159 + $79 + $99 = $337.
- Who shows up for a San Diego install?
- An installer from the vetted San Diego network that Express Mounting dispatches. The booking, the schedule and the flat rates come from Express Mounting, and so does the 3-year workmanship warranty on the job.
- Is stucco a masonry wall?
- Not for an indoor TV. A stucco house here is usually wood-framed with drywall inside, so the bracket goes into the studs and there is no surcharge. The $99 applies when anchors go into concrete, brick or stone.
- What about an outdoor TV near the coast?
- Salt air reaches the whole coastal strip, from Imperial Beach and Coronado up to Oceanside, and it corrodes ordinary steel. For a patio or balcony TV near the water, pick an exterior-rated stainless bracket and keep the TV under a roof.
- Is same-day available in North County and East County?
- Yes. Oceanside, Escondido, El Cajon and Alpine work on the same rule as the beach towns. Book before noon and the TV can go up that day, once the installer arrives 2-4 hours after you confirm.
San Diego County areas we cover
San Diego County (35)
- Alpine
- Bonita
- Bonsall
- Carlsbad
- Carmel Valley
- Chula Vista
- Clairemont
- Coronado
- Del Mar
- El Cajon
- Encinitas
- Escondido
- Fallbrook
- Imperial Beach
- La Jolla
- La Mesa
- Lakeside
- Lemon Grove
- Mira Mesa
- National City
- Oceanside
- Pacific Beach
- Point Loma
- Poway
- Ramona
- Rancho Bernardo
- Rancho San Diego
- Rancho Santa Fe
- San Marcos
- Santee
- Scripps Ranch
- Solana Beach
- Spring Valley
- Valley Center
- Vista