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| Hi All,
We purchased a 55 inch Samsung(6000). I wanted to have it mounted above the fireplace. The reason I choose that spot is because our living room furniture has not been moved around since we moved in (6 years ago). The room is chopped up with the fireplace taking up a wall. The TV over the fireplace will be an ideal solution for us. I read the pros and cons, such as looking up to view, not using both together, etc... My problem is, the Sears installer (who cost $400 lol) says the wires have to be put in a plastic track cover from the TV across the fireplace. IMO that will look tacky. The reason they say it can't be hidden (they actually call that hidden yuck) is because our fireplace is wood burning and because we live in Florida the wall is block. There are no studs, just concrete block then granite bricks. They can hang the TV by drilling into the mortar joints. But then they have no where to conceal the wires. I have the TV and wall mount here but I'm extremely apprehensive about a plastic sleeve running from the TV across half of the fireplace. Any suggestions? |
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| We are planning a similar project with our fireplace. Ours is painted brick and is a bit of an eyesore. What I am going to do is remove the brick from above the mantle, open up the wall behind the brick, and then run the wires and outlets in the wall and re-drywall. In your case, if you can't remove the granite bricks, or do not want to because you like them, you have a couple of options. Option #1 is to build a frame over the bricks above the mantle using 1x2 or 2x2 lumber. Attach the wood directly to the bricks by drilling and using lag bolts and anchors. You can then run the wires behind this "false" wall and conceal everything with new drywall. You will probably have to remove some bricks to have enough room to place wall outlets for power and cable jacks, but that should be able to be done fairly easy. You will also use the same framing technique if you choose to remove the bricks. Just mount the frame to the concrete blocks. Option #2 is to try to rework the mantle area so you can conceal the wires. I am assuming you have a mantle. This can get tricky because of electrical code issues so you need to provide some more information about your situation to determine what could be done there. Option #3 is what the installers recommended, which is a plastic channel to hide the wires, which I agree, doesn't look good. |
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- Posted by naturalstuff (My Page) on Tue, Jul 28, 09 at 7:19
| I do those installations all the time. Would like a picture to help better give you an answer. If I'm reading correctly that the bricks go all the way up to the ceiling then you can chop some grout out between the bricks and put your wires in there and re-grout with cement over that. Most of the homes we do they frame out that part of the wall. Just do 2x3's and then sheetrock...you'll like the looks ofit when watching tv as opposed to looking at brick behind the screen. but by now you probably already did something since I'm 1 month late replying to this. lol |
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