Media Wall Installers in Albany

median year homes were built

1949

median year homes were built

built in 2000 or later

9.5%

built in 2000 or later

built before 1960

62.1%

built before 1960

single-family homes

33.2%

single-family homes

in buildings with 5+ units

26.5%

in buildings with 5+ units

mobile homes

0.1%

mobile homes

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year, Albany city (tables B25035, B25034, B25024)

Common wall types

Plaster in brick rowhouses

Where: Center Square-Hudson Park Historic District, where most buildings are two- to four-story brick rowhouses built from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s, and Arbor Hill.

Mounting: Plaster is hard and can crumble. Expect plaster applied to brick or lath on furring; use masonry anchors where plaster is directly on brick and toggle bolts or studs elsewhere.

Patterned-brick apartment buildings and rowhouses

Where: Pine Hills, including S. Allen Street and Hudson Avenue, and nearby streets around the College of Saint Rose.

Mounting: Solid brick takes 1/4 in concrete screws or sleeve anchors set in the brick face. Avoid mortar joints and test a pilot hole, since old mortar can be soft.

Wood-frame Victorian and Colonial Revival houses

Where: Streets in Pine Hills, the Mansion neighborhood and Albany's outer residential areas.

Mounting: Studs may be unevenly spaced in older houses. Lag into at least two studs after confirming with a pilot hole.

Concrete and metal-stud apartment interiors

Where: Newer and renovated apartment and condo buildings around downtown.

Mounting: Concrete needs a hammer drill and concrete anchors; metal studs need snap toggles or blocking.

Tips before you mount

• In Center Square and Hudson/Park rowhouses, plaster is often applied directly to the brick of party and exterior walls. A masonry bit and anchors suited to solid brick are needed, and a pilot hole will tell you quickly whether the wall is brick or lath.
• Albany's old brick and mortar can be soft or sandy; anchor into the brick face, not the joint, and keep a TV mount at least a few inches from corners or window openings where masonry is weaker.
• Winters here are long and cold, so exterior brick walls can be cold and damp inside. Avoid mounting a TV on an uninsulated exterior brick wall without sealing the cable path, and watch for efflorescence before drilling.
• Historic-district exteriors need approval from the city for visible changes; keep satellite and outdoor-TV hardware off street-facing facades in designated districts unless it is cleared first.
• Rowhouses commonly have narrow parlor floors with tall ceilings; for a media wall, plan wire paths before building, since plaster rarely allows fishing cable cleanly between floors.
• For concealed cabling, use CL2 or CL3 rated low-voltage cable and an in-wall rated power kit, as NEC 400.12 prohibits a standard TV cord inside a wall; in plaster-on-brick, surface raceways are often the only clean option.