Hanging Tv On Fireplace

First you should place a mantel over or around your fireplace.

Hanging tv on fireplace.

Consult the instructions included with your tv for the correct height angle and distance you should maintain from the screen. If you do plan on hanging or mounting a tv over your fireplace there are three things you should do. If the heat is below a certain point it s safe to hang a tv. Tape a thermometer to the wall in the approximate center of where your flat screen tv might hang.

There is a little thermostat you can buy that measures the heat going up your chimney. Then start the fireplace and let it run for several hours. The small cable comes out of the tv and there s a box that you connect everything else too. Someone asked if the tv could be damaged if we lit a fire in the fireplace.

I m a freak when it comes to seeing cords i hate them. Mount tv wall mount kit according to directions. How to hide cables and wires. Typically the center of the screen should be at eye height when you are sitting and facing the screen.

Mount tv to wall mount. Mount brackets on back of tv to attach the wall mount according to instructions. A fireplace mantel will block some of the heat rising up from your fireplace and help to keep your tv cooler. Mounting a tv above your fireplace is popular and it might even seem appealing but we have some concerns about what it might mean for the health of your tv.

I googled that very thing before we even bought the tv. Here s where the television was before i moved it over the fireplace. Check the thermometer and if the. Luckily we already had an electrical outlet on a wall directly next to our fireplace on the right lower side of the brick fireplace.