Install Flat Screen Tv Over Fireplace

Mounting a flat screen above your fireplace.

Install flat screen tv over fireplace.

How to hide cables and wires. Hanging a flat screen above a mantel or on a brick fireplace s face results in a dual purpose entertainment center that becomes a room s visual centerpiece. The storage temperature of a flat screen tv is usually from 15 to 120 degrees f 10 to 50 degrees c. We would have had to cut an additional opening through the stone drywall right above the mantel to install a special face plate just for those wires.

We just bought a new 55 inch flat screen tv and i d like to hang it over the fireplace in our family room. Luckily we already had an electrical outlet on a wall directly next to our fireplace on the right lower side of the brick fireplace. If the tv is placed too low the mantel will appear cluttered and the fireplace will seem off balance. The issues with mounting the tv over the fireplace center more around the quality of the viewing experience and with user comfort than with damage to the electronics.

Mount tv over the fireplace or not. I actually even was in bed taking a nap while he was installing the tv. How to mount a flat screen tv on a stone fireplace. The height will depend on the height of your fireplace mantel.

He s awesome btw here is how we did it. But my husband s afraid that heat from the fireplace will mess with it. How to mount a tv above a fireplace and hide wires for wall mounted tv. Generally while you can mount a tv over a fireplace you should try to place the tv in another location if at all possible due to viewing and safety limitations.

If the mantel is less than four feet from the floor or your fireplace does not have a mantel mount the screen around 12 inches above the mantel or fireplace itself. To avoid this problem allow 7 inches of clearance between the top of the mantel and the bottom of the flat panel tv. Some bricks radiate more heat than others and for longer. Beyond functional concerns the height of a flat panel tv can affect the overall aesthetics of your room.

Placing a tv above a fireplace moves the image you re trying to watch well above eye level. Think back to the last time you went to the movie theater and had to sit in one of the front three rows. Mount tv to wall mount. The tv hearth partnership frees up valuable floor space allows you to focus furniture arrangements on a single wall and generates pleasing views for channel surfers and fire watchers alike.