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how to place fireplace in bedroom?
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 |
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how to place fireplace in bedroom?
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. |
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how to place fireplace in bedroom?
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 news:yZ7mj.10281$4b6.5241@trndny08... 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. |
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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. -- Dave www.davebbq.com |
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how to place fireplace in bedroom?
beware the LCD flatscreen may not like thew excess heat above the
fireplace........... |
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how to place fireplace in bedroom?
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 |
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On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:46:56 -0800 (PST), "
wrote: 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. -- John Galbreath Jr. www.FireLogs.com Irondale, Alabama 888.321.Logs |
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Oh, and the fireplace is 36" wide and 31" high.
"Gary" wrote in message news:qS7mj.2837$ow.911@pd7urf1no... 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 |
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