Key takeaways
- Starting prices are $179.99 fixed or tilt, $189.99 full-motion and $99.99 to hide the wires. That's labour for a TV up to 65 inches on regular drywall; the bracket is extra.
- Wall type moves the price more than screen size. Drywall over wood studs is the straightforward case; concrete, brick, stone and plaster all take longer and need different tools.
- Height and location matter. Above a fireplace or over a staircase means specialist mounts, more access equipment and more time.
- Cable concealment is a separate job. In-wall routing plus a recessed power kit is real work, and it’s the single most common add-on.
- Mount type affects labour, not just parts. Full-motion brackets take more fixings, more clearance and more cable slack than a fixed plate.
- Booking mount and concealment together saves the most. Opening up the wall once for both jobs beats paying for a second visit later.
Two homeowners can ask for "a TV mounted" and end up with wildly different quotes, and neither one got ripped off. They priced two different jobs that look identical from the couch. The wall behind the drywall isn't the same, the height isn't the same, and one of them wants the cables gone completely instead of tidied into a raceway.
Here's what actually moves that number, in the order it usually shows up, plus where you can trim it for real.
- Wall type
- Drywall over wood studs is the quick case. Concrete, brick, plaster and steel studs all add time and different hardware.
- Height & position
- Eye level on a flat wall is standard. Above a fireplace needs a different mount and more care.
- Cable concealment
- A surface raceway is quick. Routing cable inside the wall is a separate job with its own price.
- Mount type
- A fixed or tilt plate costs less to fit than a full-motion arm.
- Screen size
- Past roughly 65 inches, lifting the panel onto the bracket is a two-person job.
- Power outlet
- An existing outlet nearby is free. A recessed one behind the TV is extra work.
How Much Does TV Wall Mounting Cost in Toronto?
TV wall mounting in Toronto starts at $179.99 for a fixed or tilt mount and $189.99 for a full-motion mount, on regular drywall with a TV up to 65 inches. Hiding the wires in the wall starts at $99.99, a Frame TV at $259.99 and a metal mount above a fireplace at $399.99. It's all labour; the bracket is extra.
The longer answer is "it depends on your wall," which isn't what anyone searching for a number wants to hear, but it's the accurate one. Those starting prices are the version of the job where nothing about the wall or the height creates extra work. Add a fireplace, concrete, or in-wall cable routing, and the number moves for real reasons, not because someone's padding the quote.
| The job | Price |
|---|---|
| Fixed or tilt mount TV up to 65", regular drywall | from $179.99 |
| Full-motion mount TV up to 65", regular drywall | from $189.99 |
| Wire concealment Regular drywall | from $99.99 |
| TVs above 75" Call for an exact quote | from $200 |
| Frame TV or LG G-series Up to 65", regular drywall | from $259.99 |
| Frame TV or LG G-series 77" and up | from $299.99 |
| Metal mount installation above a fireplace | from $399.99 |
| Above fireplace, under cabinets, marble or stone walls | Call to confirm |
Prices exclude hardware and are estimates only. We confirm your final price by phone or email once we’ve seen photos and the details of your setup.
That's the full list we price from, not a sample — and every number on it is a starting price for labour on a straightforward wall. The sections below explain what pushes a job past "starting."
What Does a Typical Job Add Up To?
Most people book two things at once: the mount and the wire concealment. Here's what a few common combinations come to when you add the starting prices together. They're starting labour prices on regular drywall, the bracket isn't included, and the wall and height can still move them.
| The job | Adds up as | From |
|---|---|---|
| 55" TV on a fixed or tilt mount, wires hidden in the wall | $179.99 + $99.99 | $279.98 |
| 65" TV on a full-motion mount, wires hidden in the wall | $189.99 + $99.99 | $289.98 |
| Frame TV or LG G-series up to 65", wires hidden in the wall | $259.99 + $99.99 | $359.98 |
TVs above 75 inches start at $200 and get an exact quote on the phone, and above-fireplace, marble, stone and under-cabinet jobs are confirmed from a photo. That's why they're not in the sums — we'd rather not guess.
Got a combination that isn't in the table? Our TV mounting cost calculator adds it up for you from the same chart, bracket included if you want us to bring one.
- Send a photo. The TV model, the wall, and roughly where you want it.
- We confirm the wall type and the height. That's what actually moves the number, not how long the call runs.
- You get one price before we arrive. No add-ons discovered on the day.
What's Included in the Price, and What Costs Extra?
The install price covers everything it takes to get the TV working, not just hanging. The bracket, the wire work and anything electrical are priced on top, and you get both numbers before we start.
In the install price:
- A wall and stud check before anything gets drilled
- Mounting height set off your seating, and the TV secured and levelled
- Your cable box, streaming stick, console and soundbar connected
- Inputs renamed and your Rogers or Bell remote set to run the TV’s power and volume
- Picture and sound checked on every input, and the packaging taken away
Quoted separately:
- The bracket itself — supply your own, buy one from us, or take the combo deal that bundles a full-motion mount and the install
- Wire concealment, in-wall or surface raceway
- New power outlets, or anything else that needs a licensed electrician
- Above-fireplace, marble, stone and under-cabinet surfaces
- Recessing a Samsung One Connect box into the wall
- Soundbar brackets and any additional screens
Does Your Wall Type Change the Price?
Wall type moves the number more than anything else on this list, because it changes the tools, not just the time.
Drywall over wood studs is the fast case: locate the stud, drill, fix, done. Concrete — common behind a structural wall in a Toronto condo — needs a hammer drill and masonry anchors, and every hole takes several times longer to set properly. Brick takes anchors set into the brick itself rather than the mortar joint, because mortar crumbles under load. Plaster and lath, common in Toronto's older east-end and midtown housing stock, needs longer fasteners driven through into the stud behind it, since the plaster alone won't hold a TV's weight. Steel studs, increasingly common in newer condo builds, need a toggle-style anchor through the web instead of a wood screw.
Condo installs need one extra step
Most Toronto condo buildings want a liability insurance certificate on file before anyone touches a structural wall. We carry $2,000,000 commercial liability insurance and send the certificate straight to your property manager — worth building into your timeline, not just your budget, since some buildings need a few days' notice.
Is Mounting Above a Fireplace More Expensive?
Usually, and for reasons that stack rather than one big markup. The screen sits high, which calls for a tilting or pull-down mount instead of a basic fixed plate. The wall above a mantel is very often stone, brick or a marble surround rather than plain drywall. And there's frequently no power up there, which is a separate cost of its own — more on that below.
Metal mount installation above a fireplace starts at $399.99, against $179.99 for the same size TV at eye level on a flat drywall wall. The height and the mount type are doing that difference, not the screen.
Why fireplace jobs get quoted from a photo
Heat clearance and mantel depth both have to be checked against the specific fireplace before a price means anything. A mantel that's shallower than the TV is deep, or a surround that turns out to be natural stone instead of tile, changes the anchors and sometimes the mount itself.
How Much Does It Cost to Hide TV Wires in the Wall?
In-wall wire concealment starts at $99.99 on regular drywall — two small openings, cable dropped through the cavity, plates on both ends and nothing left hanging. That's the figure most jobs land on, and it's a separate job from mounting the TV itself, which is why a quote covering only the bracket can look cheaper than one that includes concealment.
Two things push it past the starting price. Brick, concrete and stone have no cavity to drop a cable through, so they get a paintable surface raceway instead — a shallow channel that disappears once it's painted to match the wall. And a TV's own power cord isn't rated to run inside a wall, so a fully invisible finish means fitting a recessed, in-wall-rated power kit rather than just tucking the cord in alongside the HDMI cable.
Does the Mount Type Affect the Price?
Yes, in labour more than in materials. A fixed plate is the simplest hardware to fit: bolt it flat, hang the screen, done. A full-motion arm needs more fixings, more clearance checked before anything is drilled, and enough cable slack built in that the TV can swing out and back without pulling anything tight. That's real extra time at the wall, which is why full-motion starts at $189.99 against $179.99 for fixed or tilt — $10 buying real extra work, not a markup for a fancier-sounding bracket.
Does TV Size Affect the Cost?
Less than most people expect, and less than wall type or height. A bigger screen needs a mount rated for more weight and, past roughly 65 inches, two people to lift and hold it steady while the bolts go in — a genuine safety call, not an upsell. But the drilling, the anchors and the levelling stay close to identical whether the panel is 43 inches or 77.
Where size does move the price directly is on a gallery-style set, a Samsung Frame or an LG G-series: up to 65 inches starts at $259.99, and 77 inches and up starts at $299.99. Those hang on a no-gap bracket, which is an unforgiving install — nothing stands off the wall, so nothing hides a bracket that's a millimetre out. Other TVs above 75 inches start at $200, and we confirm the exact number on the phone.
Where You Can Actually Save Money
A few things trim the total without cutting anything that matters.
Book the mount and the wire concealment in the same visit. Cutting the openings and routing the cable is faster to do once, while the wall's already open, than to schedule as a second appointment later. Already own a shelf for the console? We'll hang it from $60 instead of pricing a shelf and the install together. And skip the recessed power kit if you don't need a completely invisible finish — a slim painted raceway hides the cord almost as well for a fraction of the work, and it's the standard answer on brick or concrete anyway, where there's no cavity to recess into.
Is DIY Worth It, or Should You Call Someone?
On straightforward drywall, with studs you can find and no cable concealment planned, plenty of people mount their own TV successfully with a stud finder, a level and an afternoon. That's a genuine option, not a sales pitch talking you out of it.
Call someone once any of these apply: the wall is concrete, brick, stone or plaster; the TV is going above a fireplace; you want cables genuinely inside the wall instead of in a raceway; or the screen is big enough that lifting it alone is a bad idea. None of those are places where a mistake is cheap to undo — a stripped anchor in concrete, or a TV that comes off the wall, costs far more than the labour would have.
GTA TV Wall Mounting has quoted and mounted TVs across Toronto and the surrounding GTA service areas for years, on everything from drywall to condo concrete. We carry $2,000,000 liability insurance, a one year material and workmanship warranty on every job, and we're up to 50% less than comparable big-box store installation services. Send a photo of the TV and the wall and we'll come back with a straight number before we show up.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does TV wall mounting cost?
With us, a fixed or tilt mount on regular drywall starts at $179.99 and a full-motion mount at $189.99, for a TV up to 65 inches. Those are labour prices; the bracket is extra.
The wall drives the number more than the screen does. Straightforward drywall over wood studs is the quick, predictable case; concrete, brick, stone and plaster-and-lath all take specialist bits, longer drilling and more care.
After the wall it's the height and position, then whether cables are being concealed. Send us the TV model, the wall type and a photo and we'll come back with a straight price.
How much does TV installation cost compared with just mounting?
Mounting is getting the screen safely on the wall. Installation usually means the whole job — bracket, screen, cable routing, connecting your sources and confirming every input works at the resolution you actually use.
The gap between the two is mostly cable concealment and device setup, which is why it's worth asking exactly what a quote covers.
What is included in a TV mounting service?
At minimum: locating the structure, fixing the bracket, hanging the screen, levelling it and tidying the visible cable. Ask whether wall repair, in-wall concealment, a recessed power outlet, soundbar mounting and device setup are inside the price or extra.
Ours covers the stud check, the height, levelling and connecting your devices; the bracket, wire concealment and electrical work are quoted separately. Every job we do includes a one year material and workmanship warranty.
Does TV mounting include the bracket?
Not always — plenty of quotes assume you're supplying it, and ours are labour only unless you take the combo deal. Check before booking, because a bracket that turns out to be wrong for your VESA pattern or weight on the day means a second visit.
If you're supplying your own, send the model number ahead and we'll confirm it suits your set.
How long does TV mounting take?
A straightforward drywall install with no concealment is usually well under an hour once the position is agreed. Add time for masonry, for in-wall cable routing, and for fitting a recessed power kit.
Fireplace and stone walls are the ones that take longest, because the drilling is slower and the layout needs more care.
Who should I hire to mount a TV?
Someone insured, who will tell you what's behind your wall before drilling into it, and who warranties the work. Ask what happens if the bracket or the wall fails afterward — the answer tells you a lot.
We carry $2,000,000 liability insurance and a one year material and workmanship warranty on every install across the GTA.
Why does hiding the cables cost extra?
Because it's a separate piece of work. It can mean cutting openings, fitting old-work brackets, pulling in-wall rated cable and installing a recessed power kit so the TV's cord isn't run inside the wall, which wouldn't be compliant.
Is mounting above a fireplace more expensive?
Usually. The screen sits high, so it needs a tilting or pull-down mount, the wall is often masonry or stone, and there's frequently no power up there. Each of those adds time and hardware.
Is DIY worth it?
On straightforward drywall with accessible studs and no cable concealment, plenty of people do it successfully. Concrete, brick, plaster, steel studs, fireplace walls and in-wall cabling are where the risk of an expensive mistake climbs sharply.