Then start the fireplace and let it run for several hours. This last connection was a choice i made based on the complexity of getting an hdmi cable from the televisions location above the fireplace to my corner located in room av equipment.
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Install Tv Above Fireplace Pt 7 Install Cables
How to run tv wires above fireplace. Luckily we already had an electrical outlet on a wall directly next to our fireplace on the right lower side of the brick fireplace. How to hide cables and wires. Slide a stud finder horizontally across the wall above your fireplace and mark stud. Run tv cables a fireplace 6 steps with a flat panel tv above your fireplace is very cool until you try and hide the cables the fireplace prevents running the cables straight down the wall and the stud framing prevents running the cables laterally inside the wall if your fireplace is on an interior wall you may be able to go up the wall however that doesn t work on exterior walls the top plate. This picture shows how the cables are hidden in the mantel piece. Hold the base of your tv mount up against the wall and using your stud markings as a reference determine.
The first step is to find a big chunk of barn wood chunk size may vary or whatever wood. The hinge on the old barn wood. How to install a tv above a fireplace and hide the wires step 1. Due to windows and the particular nature of the framing of that corner it really made a lot of sense to simply utilize a wireless hdmi system. Mount tv to wall mount. Run tv cables above a fireplace step 1.
Check the thermometer and if the. Tape a thermometer to the wall in the approximate center of where your flat screen tv might hang. Find the studs on your wall. We then had a cable company install a cable receptacle on the wall directly to the left of the brick fireplace.