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I built a hole in my bedroom wall so the tv is in the closet and we can see it in the bedroom about 5 feet up.
Sony Wega 32" Flat screen weighs over 200 and I thought about it forever how to get it in the hole without putting it through the floor.
I rented a lift. If that gets away at the top it could do serious damage to the house and your friend....lefty.
You or your friend slip and it'll be ugly.
Go to a tool rental store and tell them the details and see what them have. Some will rent it for a few hours which is way more than you need
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I helped a buddy of mine move a 57" RPTV down 1 flight and out of his house. Later we pulled put it into his new house which involved unloading from it from a truck and taking it up a small porch. I was 27 at the time and am in pretty good shape. We got the job done but it was extremely difficult. The hard part was not dealing with the weight but trying to be very delicate with it while dealing with the weight. It is one thing to push 200 pounds up into the back of a pickup truck. It is a completely different thing to try and do it softly. I thing we were both a nervous wreck the whole time worry that we were going to break something.
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I helped move a 200+ pound 36" direct-view CRT Sony TV down several sets of stairs (including 20 cement steps outside) back in January and I think I'm still sore from it. It was me and another big guy, and we used a wheeled dolly--the wheels sunk into his front yard from the weight. After we moved it into his girlfriend's father's house, we swore we would NEVER move the thing again.
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Wow, I went back and read my last post and I should have read over it a little better before I submitted it. Sorry guys/ gals.
Rob, I think if I did it again I would be better prepared. Andrew stated getting some lifting straps and that sounds like a good idea. We didn't have anything and the TV was out of the box. It was a very stressful and time consuming project and we did it right in the middle of his move. Another thing I would attempt to do would be to get some more help. If not for the strength then for the eyes and hands so we didn't have to worry about beating and scratching the TV up so much.
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Many heavy items can be moved without ever actually lifting them.
If you're concerned about doing it safely, hire a pro.
Some years ago when my 35" Mitsubishi direct view arrived in a nearby city I said I'd come and get it. It was in a huge carton of course. I got it into my truck and into my home theater without any stress. By myself. Well, me and my trusty 2 wheel dollie. Of couse I was only in my early fifties then. 
After I unboxed it I called a neighbor and he helped me put it on a table. I can't pick up a 210 lb. TV by myself.
A couple of months ago me and 2 strong young men in their 20s moved a piano from a U-Haul into my house. There were stairsteps involved just to keep it interesting. I rented a couple of those carpet covered rolling platforms and checked online for advice.
The advice was, "Don't do it! Hire a pro!"
We decided a pro would not be available at a reasonable price on a Sunday morning. The piano and the 3 of us did just fine.
Use your big brain and think it through.
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A friend and I moved a 53" Sony RPTV up and down a stairway with two switchbacks. Very hard, but we did it.
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Pros have cool toys like stair crawlers. They're platforms with a wheel & tread combination on the bottom. They'll keep whatever is on the platform level while climbing up and down stairs. Having seen these in action at work, I highly recommend them.
Luckily, right at that moment, an unconscious Argentinean fell through my roof.
He was quickly joined by a dwarf dressed as a nun.
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| Well within minutes that sucker got away from me and I found myself riding it down the stairs like Slim Pickens on an A-bomb. |
LOL! (but glad you weren't hurt in the process).
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