On 9/11/2011 9:01 PM, AngryOldWhiteGuy wrote:
I'm OK with how to wall mount a flat screen TV - this one will be mounted on
a wall over the gas fireplace - it's a small fireplace with an insert for
the firebox and a metal flue - not a traditional all brick fireplace - what
I'm wondering about is how to hide the power and cable lines behind the
wall - the current cable line comes in through the outside wall about 5 - 6
feet over from where I wanna mount the new TV - that's where the current
wall socket power outlet is, too. I can't see getting over horizontally
from the current locations to the new TV - I'd have to cross through the
vertical studs behind the sheetrock.

Any ideas, besides calling a professional?

Thanks!





I'd think hard before I did that. Still a whole lot of hot air that
rises up in front of a gas fireplace. Probably kind of hard on a TV
basically made of plastic, and the electronics it contains. Look in you
owner's manual, and see what temp range it likes, and hang a thermometer
where you plan to hang the TV, and see how close the numbers are with
the fireplace running for an hour or so.

As to how to hide the cables- there is no painless way. You can fish
lines down from attic, and tap into the cable and mains power from
elsewhere. If your cable comes through the wall, it sounds like you had
the 'free' install service, which is worth what you paid for it. You
could always go up into the attic on the outside, through the soffit, if
there is no 2nd story above. But if you back-feed the set, and your
cable company suddenly makes you start using a box, or you want to add a
DVR, how will you route the cables to that?

Dunno why people get so hung up on hiding TV cords. Every appliance,
lamp, computer, and real power tool has one.

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