Trusted Handyman

Mounting & installation

Things that must not fall off the wall. We locate studs or use the correct fixing for brick, plasterboard or masonry, and tell you when a wall or bracket is not suitable for what you have bought.

Labour from From $75.90+ depending on the item incl. GST

What the job usually includes

  • TV wall mounting with cable tidying where practical
  • Shelving, floating shelves and wall brackets
  • Mirrors, artwork and heavy picture hanging
  • Blinds, curtain rods and tracks
  • Flat-pack furniture assembly and securing to walls
  • Handrails and grab rails fixed into suitable structure

Not included

  • • New electrical outlets, in-wall power or data cabling
  • • Certification of grab rails for clinical or regulated care requirements
  • • Fixing into walls where no safe load-bearing structure exists
  • • Supply of brackets, fixings or the item itself unless quoted

What affects the price

  • Wall type: plasterboard, timber stud, brick or concrete
  • Weight and size of the item, and whether two people are needed
  • Number of items on the same visit
  • Whether cable concealment or extra fixings are required

Photos help. Helpful photos: the wall and the space around it, plus a photo of the bracket or product box so we can check the fixings.

When more information is needed. Most mounting work is quotable from photos. An assessment is useful for very heavy items, unusual walls or several rooms at once.

Photos from this kind of job

Photos from our own jobs. Where work needs a licence or council approval, a licensed trade handles that part and we take care of the rest on site.

  • Flat screen television mounted level on a plasterboard wall
    Wall-mounted TV, levelled and fixed
  • White kitchen cabinets being measured during installation
    Cabinet making and installing
  • Flat-pack cabinet panels and timber laid out ready for assembly
    IKEA flat-pack assembly
  • Steel posts and wires forming a climbing plant support along a balcony
    Building a climbing plant support rack on a balcony
  • Custom timber handrail on posts running alongside a sloped driveway
    Custom timber handrail made and fitted to a driveway
  • Steel-framed garden arbor with climbing gourd vines and fruit hanging above a vegetable bed
    Building a garden arbor and plant trellis
  • Loose pantry shelving, a pulled-out drawer, a torn-out hinge plate and a sagging drawer front
    Refixing loose cabinet doors, hinges, drawers and shelving
  • Handyman beside a newly installed large fixed window in a weatherboard wall
    Installing a large fixed window
  • Rangehood being fitted into an overhead kitchen cabinet during a renovation
    Fitting a kitchen rangehood into overhead cabinetry

Questions about this job

Can you mount a TV on a brick or concrete wall?

Yes, with the correct masonry fixings. Tell us the wall type if you know it, or send a photo, so we bring the right anchors.

Can I supply my own bracket?

Yes. We are responsible for our installation workmanship, not for a supplied product's inherent suitability or defects.

Working across Bayswater, Blackburn, Blackburn North, Blackburn South, Boronia, Box Hill and the surrounding eastern suburbs — see the full service area.

Ask about mounting & installation

Call John and tell us what needs fixing. For straightforward small jobs we can often give an initial phone estimate at no charge.

Call John · 0401 956 680

John@TrustedHandyman.com.au or message on WhatsApp.

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