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Have you watched a TV at that height before?
I know lots of people do fit them there but IMHO they are way too high for
comfortable viewing, unless you sit a *long* way back.
I would also suggest you don't run them down the inside of the chimney.
If you still want the TV on the chimney breast I'd route the cables to the
floor void of the room upstairs then chase out the wall from ceiling to
behind the TV and fit some large x-section trunking. 1x for power and 1x
for AV cabling.
I'd also make sure you can switch off the power to the TV without having to
reach behind it, just in case.
Finally, a 4" core drill will make a *huge* hole compared to the
cables you
need to run - you can get away with much smaller access holes. It's amazing
how small a hole vermin can get through - no point in making it easy for
them either.
I did something similar with a TV (without the chimney) so will dig out the
photos.
HTH,
Tim.
On 6 October 2014 21:27, Tom Dubourg tom@xxxxxxx [ukha_d] <
ukha_d@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Hi everyone
>
> I would like to mount the TV on the chimney breast in the lounge.
First
> challenge is routing power & AV cables so everything is hidden!
>
> The chimney is no longer used with an electric decorative fire
installed
> in the fireplace and the chimney pot is capped off on the roof. The
house
> has plentiful central heating and it's a modern build house so doesn't
> demand the real fire effect.
>
> My proposal is to route power and AV cables from the loft to the
lounge
> via the chimney. I thought a core drill would be suitable to create
the
> openings at each end to a similar size as a tumble drier vent.
>
> Has anyone done this before or can you talk me out of it as a very bad
> idea before I do something I may regret?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div>Have you watched a TV
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back.</div><div><br>=
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chimney breast =
I'd route the cables to the floor void of the room upstairs then
chase =
out the wall from ceiling to behind the TV and fit some large x-section
tru=
nking. 1x for power and 1x for AV
cabling.</div><div>I'd also make sure=
you can switch off the power to the TV without having to reach behind it, =
just in
case.</div><div><br></div><div>Finally, a
4" core drill will m=
ake a *huge* hole compared to the cables you need to run - you can get
away=
with much smaller access holes. It's amazing how small a hole
vermin c=
an get through - no point in making it easy for them
either.</div><div><br>=
</div><div>I did something similar with a TV (without the
chimney) so will =
dig out the
photos.</div><div><br></div><div>HTH,</div><div>Tim.</div></div=
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi
everyone<div><br></div><div>I would like to mount
the T=
V on the chimney breast in the lounge. First challenge is routing power
&am=
p; AV cables so everything is
hidden!</div><div><br></div><div>The chimney
=
is no longer used with an electric decorative fire installed in the
firepla=
ce and the chimney pot is capped off on the roof. The house has plentiful
c=
entral heating and it's a modern build house so doesn't
demand the =
real fire effect.</div><div><br></div><div>My
proposal is to route power an=
d AV cables from the loft to the lounge via the chimney. I thought a core
d=
rill would be suitable to create the openings at each end to a similar
size=
as a tumble drier
vent.</div><div><br></div><div>Has anyone
done this befo=
re or can you talk me out of it as a very bad idea before I do something I
=
may regret?</div><div><br></div><div>Many
thanks</div><div><br></div><div>T=
om</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b=
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