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.
Hanging tv on brick fireplace.
Here s where the television was before i moved it over the fireplace.
The small cable comes out of the tv and there s a box that you connect everything else too.
Thinking about mounting your tv on a brick fireplace.
How to mount a tv above a fireplace and hide wires for wall mounted tv.
Pointing the tv toward the sofa is the only way to ensure picture quality with lcds.
Full tutorial including wall mount electrical box and hiding wires thank you to lg.
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.
Mount tv to wall mount.
I will show you exactly what hardware you need and how to hang or mount a tv or anything else to a block or brick wall mounting on drywall not studs.
Luckily we already had an electrical outlet on a wall directly next to our fireplace on the right lower side of the brick fireplace.
You can see the evolution of the built ins here the only problem with hanging the tv over the mantel was the cord situation.
Mount tv over the fireplace or not.
How to hide cables and wires.
We then had a cable company install a cable receptacle on the wall directly to the left of the brick fireplace.
Nevertheless that empty stretch above the fireplace seems to be one of the most popular spots to stick a television these days.
There s no way around it most experts say that mounting a tv on brick fireplaces can be tricky.
I m a freak when it comes to seeing cords i hate them.
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.
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.