Any recommendations for good quality furniture glides?

[Mike Halmarack]

Downsizing to a small apartment, I'm trying to accommodate my large TV. I'd like to leave it standing on top of a low wide sideboard, but for viewing purposes the sideboard will need to be pulled out at an angle, then pushed back in place after use.

The sideboard is quite lightweight but the TV increases this quite a bit. I've seen mixed reviews about the quality and prices of furniture glides that are suitable for use on short pile carpet and hope someone with experience can recommend suitable ones. My experience with castors for this kind of job has shown them to be a bit juddery at times.

[Richard]

TV too large for placing on a Lazy Susan?

[Harry Bloomfield]

Mike Halmarack explained on 03/07/2019 :

Have you thought of wall mounting the TV - my 50" is on a bracket, fixed to the wall. The folding bracket allows the TV to be pushed tight against the wall, or pulled out around 18" at full extension.

[newshound]

I've been pleased with my brackets too.

[Mike Halmarack]

It might reduce friction but the TV would hit the wall before it could come to the required angle.

[Mike Halmarack]

I had my previous TV on a similar heavy duty bracket. This method wouldn't let me get enough rotation. I'm also a bit concerned about the suitability of the wall for such purposes. If the bracket would extend far enough to allow the TV to rotate to where it's required, there would be a lot of leverage on the wall fixings.

[Mike Halmarack]

I really enjoyed having my last TV on a bracket.

[harry]

If it's a concrete block/brick wall then the brackets come with fixings that do the job. If it's timber/studwall /insulating blocks then modifications have to be made but still possible.

[Brian Gaff]

Whatever you do though you end up with tram lines in the carpet pile or excessive wear. I tried this with a speaker and soon stopped doing it, you are right castors, even the double width ones are juddery and often make it impossible to get back to exactly the same spot as well. What you need is a hovercraft!!

Brian

[Brian Gaff]

Is this some kind of modified rabbit hutch?

I guess the ceilings ar too low to use pulleys to raise it up or bring the bottom up to tilt it? I have seen that done, but it does cause issues for the wiring! Brian

[Mike Halmarack]

The TV is 55" measured diagonally. It will need to be pulled out almost at right angles to the wall. The bracket would have to extend a long way to provide the rotation needed, without the inner side of the TV jamming on the wall.

[Mike Halmarack]

Fortunately I'm on the Isle of Wight so that shouldn't be too much of a problem.

[Mike Halmarack]

It hasn't been significantly modified yet.

Yes, I did think about pivoting it from the ceiling but I have a wife who's a little more of a traditionalist than I am.

[Tricky Dicky]

Have you not considered making your own bracket. Two metal frames with a vertical hinge at one end, the front frame designed to match the fixing holes on the TV the rear frame fastened to the wall swing it out like a door. Easily available MS tubing would do the job and if you cannot weld the brackets then pop rivets can be used to join up the steel sections. A lot of brackets on the market are frankly over engineered more to assure the user of their safety than function. Most TVs are quite light our 55" is a fraction of the weight of the 40" it replaced yet the bracket holding it to the wall had eight substantial bolts yet the whole thing combined probably weighs the same as a kitchen wall cupboard filled with can goods secured by only two fixings.

Richard

[Harry Bloomfield]

Tricky Dicky has brought this to us :

It hardly seems worth the effort of DIYing a bracket, for the sake of sub £18 ready made. This is the one I bought and suggests it is good for up to 60" and 45Kg. Though in part of the description, it suggests up to 70" screen.

It does need good solid fixings onto a suitable wall. I used 6mm expanding bolts (Rawlbolts) for the top three fixings, taking the weight, then large plugs and screws for the lower fixings.

[Mike Halmarack]

I really appreciate all the inspired ideas but has anyone got any recommendations for good quality furniture glides?

[Richard]

Can't recommend, but I would try these if I were trying to do what you are:

[Mike Halmarack]

Thanks Richard, I've seen these and similar on Amazon but I'm getting a bit wary of Amazon reviews, so was hoping for some first hand experiences. Still, they're inexpensive, so I'll do a trial run.

[Andrew]

On a recent episode of the C5 gadget show, they were at a consumer electronics expo and looked at a TV that unrolled and rose up vertically, a bit like and old fashioned portable screen for film projection.

Perhaps the OP actually needs a smaller tv ???

[Andrew]

You can buy adhesive felt pads in lots of DIY stores. Ditto those castor wheel cups that also have a felt pad in contact with the floor.