Like a tv aerial satellite cable hdmi s for any equipment optical lead for your soundbar and so on.
Tv above fireplace cables.
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For over a year now it has driven me nuts.
If you live in a newer house or townhouse and plan to mount your tv over gas fireplace on the main floor and if your basement is unfinished then wires can be fished from the wall above the fireplace down to the basement and then fish the wires back up to the main floor through a wall and come out where your components.
We then had a cable company install a cable receptacle on the wall directly to the left of the brick fireplace.
When we got a new loveseat the shelf made it impossible for someone to walk behind the loveseat.
At the very least you re going to need get the power up there.
Hide wires mounted tv above fireplace.
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.
Only mount a tv above a fireplace if temperatures in that spot do not surpass 100 degrees fahrenheit.
The fireplace mantle is not deep enough to put a cable box on it plus i don t think it would look so nice being front and center like that.
When mounting a tv over a fireplace is acceptable cables and jacks are located there.
Obviously with the mounted above the fireplace you re going to need some cables up there for the thing to work.
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A flat panel tv above your fireplace is very cool until you try and hide the cables.
How to hide cables and wires.
If you have a flat screen tv you want to wall mount tv over fireplace hiding wires perhaps you have thought of some type of an elegant in wall power and cable management solution.
Fishing cables in the wall over fireplace through unfinished basement.
These niches also have an electrical outlet ethernet cable and cable tv jack.
Mount tv to wall mount.
You may have luck with a fireplace that produces less heat features a deep mantel and strong.
Houses and apartments are often built with recessed niches intended for tv placement.
The fireplace prevents running the cables straight down the wall and the stud framing prevents running the cables laterally inside the wall.