Full tutorial including wall mount electrical box and hiding wires thank you to lg for sponsoring this video. How to install a tv above a fireplace and hide the wires step 1.
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How to wire tv above fireplace. Hold the base of your tv mount up against the wall and using your stud markings as a reference determine. Find the studs on your wall. The hinge on the old barn wood. Run tv cables above a fireplace step 1. Install a tv over your fireplace nothing has come up in local conversations with friends and family as much as what it takes to mount a flat panel television over a fireplace. We just bought a new 55 inch flat screen tv and id like to hang it over the fireplace in our family room.
Slide a stud finder horizontally across the wall above your fireplace and mark stud. A tv can be mounted flush with the wall retaining ample space for ventilation. This picture shows how the cables are hidden in the mantel piece. Be it plasma or lcd tv the big contention is that having a room with a centrally focused fireplace results in a dilemma. Lg oled tv. How to mount a tv above a fireplace and hide wires for wall mounted tv.
The first step is to find a big chunk of barn wood chunk size may vary or whatever wood. Where do you put your flat panel tv if not above. This method works especially well above fireplaces because it shields the tv from the heat of an active fire. But my husbands afraid that heat from the fireplace will mess with it. To create such a niche cut into the drywall then re frame it with 2x4 boards to create a 6x8 inch recessed area.
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