Should you mount a flatscreen LED television above a wood burning fireplace?
We bought a new house and the guy who owned it before us is a homebuilder. He said do not mount a television over the fireplace because of the heat inside the chimney an also it would be impossible getting the cords through the studs in the wall and brick. We had our hearts set on putting it there and don’t think it would really hurt the tv. Thoughts?
First, will the height cause you to sit looking up all the time when seated where you will be watching? Do you watch TV laying down? High mounts and watching TV laying down usually do not work. And looking up all the time is sure to give you a sore neck after awhile. Examine your viewing positions and see how high the angle is going to be. I know several people who put their flat screen up too high and had to move them. Yeah, they look nice up there but who wants a sore neck all the time.
If the temperature gets above 80 degrees F when the fireplace is in use, don’t do it. Plasma TVs don’t like anything above 84 degrees F and LCD/LED are even pickier. Also, does the fireplace have glass doors over it? The soot, smoke and dust that comes with a fireplace is not good for expensive electronics.
And where you’re going to put your components like cable or satellite box, Blu-ray or DVD player, gaming systems, home theater speaker system all become really problematic with this type on installation. If you have to have a cabinet or stand for those items anyhow, why put the TV up there and have to run a ton of wires?
And should you decide to rearrange the room, your options are really limited. Take into account the number and size of any windows and how you will be covering them because you can get glare even on LCD & LED screens. And usually the higher the unit is mounted, the more glare issues you have.
And your builder has a point; drilling holes through brick is not an easy thing and rarely looks finished and neat. Depending on the size of the unit, you might need more structural support than is in the wall at this time. I don’t think you want to open the wall up and beef up the structure and close it back up. That would be really expensive and messy to say the least.
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