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Speaking of. I am hoping to get a big honking flat screen for my basement and want to wall mount it as it will be a play room. My walls are a very old hard concrete (about 100 years old). I was thinking of drilling big holes, then cementing in anchors. Anyone see a problem with this approach? Is it overkill?
Don't cement in anchors, if you drill the holes too big, there is epoxy for anchoring to concrete.

However, I would use Tapcon screws. 1/4" Tapcons embedded in the concrete 1.5" are rated over 1000# each for pullout and sheer.
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