As gentlemen who appreciate the finer things in life, I have a question about mounting an LCD over a working wood burning fireplace.
I just bought a house in Enid OK, not my first choice of places to live but it is where Uncle Sam sends me. I'm quite removed from my usual outdoors travel around Northern California where I spent the last 4 years touring Napa, San Fran and Tahoe... I'm now relegated to the indoors more than I'd like, so I bought a sweet AV set up to enjoy Sinatra, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, wine, scotch, the latest Blue Ray DVD, and some good college football with my buddies.
So I bought a nice Samsung 52in LCD. The only logical place to mount it to keep the living room open and free flowing is to mount the LCD over the fireplace.
Does anyone have any experience and recommendations for mounting the LCD over the fireplace? I'd like to still be able to use the fireplace with a real wood fire while drinking a nice scotch or wine.
How far above the opening does it have to be? Will it get a lot of soot on it? I plan on getting a new metal front and a hood. There will be a hearth too below the TV so I can put my center channel speaker there.
Cheers,
Steve
I just bought a house in Enid OK, not my first choice of places to live but it is where Uncle Sam sends me. I'm quite removed from my usual outdoors travel around Northern California where I spent the last 4 years touring Napa, San Fran and Tahoe... I'm now relegated to the indoors more than I'd like, so I bought a sweet AV set up to enjoy Sinatra, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, wine, scotch, the latest Blue Ray DVD, and some good college football with my buddies.
So I bought a nice Samsung 52in LCD. The only logical place to mount it to keep the living room open and free flowing is to mount the LCD over the fireplace.
Does anyone have any experience and recommendations for mounting the LCD over the fireplace? I'd like to still be able to use the fireplace with a real wood fire while drinking a nice scotch or wine.
How far above the opening does it have to be? Will it get a lot of soot on it? I plan on getting a new metal front and a hood. There will be a hearth too below the TV so I can put my center channel speaker there.
Cheers,
Steve