Mounting a television is a ten-minute job on paper and a wall-specific one in practice, and Genesee County has every wall there is. Prewar plaster over lath wants anchors that spread load and a stud-finder operator who does not trust the first beep; postwar drywall wants clean stud hits; the brick of a Carriage Town chimney breast wants masonry anchors and a drill that means it.
Mounting, done like it has to stay up
Fixed, tilt, and full-motion mounts sized to the set; anchoring matched to the wall's actual construction; cords managed with raceway covers where in-wall routing is off the menu — running new cable inside a wall is electrical-trade territory in Michigan, so surface solutions are the honest offer here. Soundbars, shelves, mirrors, and the gallery wall that has leaned against the baseboard since the move all ride the same visit.
Assembly without the missing-washer evening
Flat-pack bookcases, bed frames, desks, office chairs, storage systems, grills, and the trampoline whose instruction sheet defeated three adults: brought to square, bolted tight, and hauled-off boxes included. Anchoring tall furniture to the wall is part of the standard finish wherever children share the house — on plaster and drywall alike, tip-over anchoring is cheap and permanent.
A small job, priced like one
This is exactly the scale Michigan's small-job law was written for: well under the $600 aggregate line, no permits, one visit. Batching is the local wisdom — a mount, two assemblies, and a curtain-rod set in the same appointment makes the trip cost vanish into the list.