Media Wall Installers in Buffalo

median year homes were built

1938

median year homes were built

built in 2000 or later

4.9%

built in 2000 or later

built before 1960

79.4%

built before 1960

single-family homes

39.7%

single-family homes

in buildings with 5+ units

17.7%

in buildings with 5+ units

mobile homes

0.4%

mobile homes

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 1-year, Buffalo city (tables B25035, B25034, B25024)

Common wall types

Plaster over wood lath

Where: Victorian and Edwardian houses in Allentown, Elmwood Village and the Grant-Ferry-Forest area.

Mounting: Plaster is hard and brittle; locate studs, pre-drill slowly, and use toggle bolts off-stud. Verify with a pilot hole because lath confuses stud finders.

Wood-frame double houses and two-deckers

Where: Side-by-side doubles and upper-lower two-family houses on Buffalo's East Side and West Side.

Mounting: Lag into studs; shared party walls in doubles may have fire-rated layers, so avoid cutting in-wall runs through them.

Brick and masonry

Where: Older brick commercial and apartment buildings, lofts and converted warehouses downtown and in Allentown.

Mounting: Use a hammer drill with concrete screws or sleeve anchors; test pilot holes in old mortar.

Basement walls

Where: Stone or block basements in older houses.

Mounting: Check for moisture; mount to framed furring rather than into damp masonry.

Tips before you mount

• Allentown and Elmwood Village Victorians: plaster over lath is common, so find studs first, then 5/16" lags into them; use toggle bolts for light off-stud loads only.
• Double houses and two-deckers share walls and ceilings between units; check the wall is not a fire-rated separation before running in-wall cable.
• Brick: In brick, block or concrete, use a hammer drill with a carbide bit and 1/4" concrete screws or 3/8" sleeve or wedge anchors, placed in the brick or block face rather than the mortar joints where possible.
• Heavy lake-effect snow loads (the November 2022 storm dropped 77 inches at Orchard Park) stress roofs and attics, so avoid cutting framing in attic or top-floor walls when routing cable, and keep bonus-room walls free of added weight.
• Basements: older Buffalo houses can have stone foundations and damp walls; frame furring walls with corrosion-resistant fasteners rather than drilling directly into stone.
• Radiators and baseboard heat sit below windows in many older houses; keep a TV mounted above them with clearance, and avoid placing it over a heat source.
• Concealed wiring: NEC 400.12 does not allow a standard power cord inside the wall; use an in-wall rated power kit and CL2 or CL3 low-voltage cable, and expect plaster and masonry walls to make in-wall runs impractical.