Only if there is something behind the board to fix into, and finding out what is there is the first job — before the mount is chosen, not after.
What is usually behind it
Timber studs at a regular spacing, metal studs, or a solid wall with the board fixed to battens or dabs of adhesive. Each of those is a different fixing problem, and the last one — dot-and-dab — leaves a void that catches people out.
How to find out
A stud detector, or a careful look inside an existing socket or switch box, or tapping and listening for the change in sound. The spacing is regular once you find the first one.
Why this decides the mount
A fixed mount spreads its load across a wider plate and can often span two studs. A full-motion arm concentrates a much larger moment on fewer fixings, and it is the one that most often exceeds what a partition can offer.
The honest alternative
A floor stand. No fixing, no wall material question, height adjustable, and it moves. In a rented flat or against a partition of unknown construction it is not a compromise — it is the correct answer.
Where this page stops
At the anchor. Which fixing, at what spacing, in what board thickness, for what load is answered by the mount’s instructions and the anchor manufacturer’s ratings. Nothing here replaces either.
This does not replace the manufacturer's own instructions. Every brightness figure, contrast ratio, power rating and load capacity on this page is reported from the manufacturer's own documentation, with its unit written as published, and named as such — none of it is measured here. A brightness figure that is not expressed in ANSI or ISO lumens is reported as the manufacturer expressed it and is never converted, because no conversion exists. And the one statement repeated rather than assumed: the load a mount states describes the mount, not the wall it is fixed to. Which anchor suits your wall is answered by the mount's own instructions for that material, and nothing here replaces them.
Questions people actually ask
Are plasterboard anchors enough on their own?
That is not a question this page will answer for your wall. Anchor manufacturers publish ratings for specific board thicknesses and specific loads, and mount manufacturers state what their product requires. Those two documents govern, and they are the ones to read.
What is the alternative if the wall will not take it?
A floor stand. It puts the load on the floor, needs no fixing at all, and is the standard answer for rented flats, glass walls and partitions that cannot be trusted. Several are height-adjustable, which a wall mount is not.
Last reviewed 4 September 2026