I am frameing a gas fireplace im a masterbedroom which will have a
flatscreen over it with a small mantle. I am going to use cultured stone to
finish the face of the wall. the wall is about 6 feet wide and is 8' tall.

How do I go about figuring what would look good in proportions? ie how do I
determine the height of the fireplace and placing of mantle and tv to look
good? Are there any standard guidelines that builders use?

TIA

Gary wrote:

How do I go about figuring what would look good in proportions? ie
how do I determine the height of the fireplace and placing of mantle
and tv to look good? Are there any standard guidelines that builders
use?

The first thing I would be concerned with is: at what height will the tv be
comfortable for watching? Function over form is what matters in that regard.

Oh, and the fireplace is 36" wide and 31" high.


"Gary" wrote in message
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I am frameing a gas fireplace im a masterbedroom which will have a
flatscreen over it with a small mantle. I am going to use cultured stone
to finish the face of the wall. the wall is about 6 feet wide and is 8'
tall.

How do I go about figuring what would look good in proportions? ie how do
I determine the height of the fireplace and placing of mantle and tv to
look good? Are there any standard guidelines that builders use?

TIA

I pretended I was in the "bed" and was watching TV. It is directly across
from the bed and because the fireplace/TV will be so far from the foot of
the bed ~ 6', any height on the TV will be comfortable.

Which is in contrast to what I have now, a 21" TV on a 5' bureau 1' away
from the foot of the bed. That hurts the neck muscles!! LOL

G


"Dave Bugg" wrote in message
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Gary wrote:

How do I go about figuring what would look good in proportions? ie
how do I determine the height of the fireplace and placing of mantle
and tv to look good? Are there any standard guidelines that builders
use?

The first thing I would be concerned with is: at what height will the tv
be comfortable for watching? Function over form is what matters in that
regard.

Gary wrote:

I pretended I was in the "bed" and was watching TV. It is directly
across from the bed and because the fireplace/TV will be so far from
the foot of the bed ~ 6', any height on the TV will be comfortable.

There ya go; you know it'll work.

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Dave
www.davebbq.com

beware the LCD flatscreen may not like thew excess heat above the
fireplace...........

On Jan 24, 4:46 pm, " wrote:
beware the LCD flatscreen may not like thew excess heat above the
fireplace...........

A plasma wouldn't like it either. We took this into account when we
did our MBR addition.

JK

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:46:56 -0800 (PST), "
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beware the LCD flatscreen may not like thew excess heat above the
fireplace...........

Dead ON! No reason to place a fancy HDTV above a fire place. The OP
should google this.

Good point.
Oren
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beware the LCD flatscreen may not like thew excess heat above the
fireplace...........


I get asked this one a lot. There is no industry study for placing a TV
over a fireplace. A vented fireplace will put out less heat over the mantle
(vent free not allowed in bedroom anyway, unless under 10,000 BTU). I have
never hear of a failure and I know of a lot done that way. If possible, I
suggest recessing the TV so the front is even with the wall, it will receive
less heat than if in front of the wall.
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John Galbreath Jr.
www.FireLogs.com
Irondale, Alabama
888.321.Logs

On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:25:40 -0600, "John Galbreath Jr."
wrote:

wrote in message
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beware the LCD flatscreen may not like thew excess heat above the
fireplace...........


I get asked this one a lot. There is no industry study for placing a TV
over a fireplace. A vented fireplace will put out less heat over the mantle
(vent free not allowed in bedroom anyway, unless under 10,000 BTU). I have
never hear of a failure and I know of a lot done that way. If possible, I
suggest recessing the TV so the front is even with the wall, it will receive
less heat than if in front of the wall.

Ask a certified person....!

Visit a home theater group and the answers will be NO, not above a
fire place.

Oren
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