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Noggo · 13-03-2009, 18:53

Wouldn't touch the chimney breast itself, reasons as mentioned above. Get rid of the brick fire place and hearth, as you're going to do anyway and build or get yourself a bespoke housing for the TV and possibly your other equipment too. Thatâ€™s if the fire box opening is wide enough to take whatever you've got STB, video and DVD player etc. It will only have to be 100mm or so deep, as most TV around that deep these days. Make sure you have plenty of ventilation grills or openings to allow air through. Height wise I would put the TV about where your fire is now, unless you like looking up. At this height you could always make it so you've got a mantel at the top, so you can display stuff on. Couple of storage compartments for DVD / CDâ€™s either side of the STB and other equipment.

Rough sketch attached and I do mean a rough.

13-03-2009, 18:53	#11
Noggo Inactive Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Kidderminster Services: VM XL broadband, Sky+ TV and BT phone Posts: 670	Re: Flatscreen TV set in Fireplace (Advice) Wouldn't touch the chimney breast itself, reasons as mentioned above. Get rid of the brick fire place and hearth, as you're going to do anyway and build or get yourself a bespoke housing for the TV and possibly your other equipment too. Thatâ€™s if the fire box opening is wide enough to take whatever you've got STB, video and DVD player etc. It will only have to be 100mm or so deep, as most TV around that deep these days. Make sure you have plenty of ventilation grills or openings to allow air through. Height wise I would put the TV about where your fire is now, unless you like looking up. At this height you could always make it so you've got a mantel at the top, so you can display stuff on. Couple of storage compartments for DVD / CDâ€™s either side of the STB and other equipment. Rough sketch attached and I do mean a rough.