Stone Fireplaces and Flat Screen TV's

Designing a Stone Fireplace with TV?

Installing a flat screen TV over your fireplace may give your room extra space and have the benefits of a beautiful fireplace and watch TV. In our five years of helping customer’s with refacing existing fireplaces with our stone veneers and a TV, we have no problems with heat damaging a TV. TV & Stone Fireplace Pictures

Planning for the TV is key before the stone and TV are installed. We hire a contractor that can assist us in preparing the wall for the electric, cables and support for the bracket before we install our stone. There are many different solutions depending on the type of the fireplace and where the power and cable boxes are located. Fireplace Design Ideas

For existing brick fireplaces, a channel in the brick is created and PVC piping is installed in the channel to run the power and cables. For drywall types of fireplaces the drywall needs to be opened to get the power and cables behind the wall. This is also the time to add additional support to the studs for the mounting brackets. Minor patching of the walls is usually required.

Mantel or no mantel when installing a TV? Our experience is that installing a mantel and a TV, forces the TV to be mounted higher than most customers want. We suggest no mantel. Wood Mantel Options



Size of the TV is a personal choice. I suggest that you start by taking measurements with the first measurement being the distance between the top of the firebox and the bottom of the TV. We try to make sure there is 18” or more distance from the TV and the firebox. From there it is a spacing issue. You don’t want your entire TV to cover your beautiful new stone fireplace. Another great tip is to get the outside measurements of the TV you are considering and then use the blue paint tape to outline the size of the TV over the fireplace. This visualization will assist you in selecting the correct size TV.

Determining the correct size TV for your
stone fireplace. This visual aide will help you
select the perfect TV over your fireplace.

For More Information about stone fireplaces, stone veneer, interior stone walls, stone wine cellars or stone fireplace design ideas contact us and we will be glad to answer your questions.

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North Star Stone, Inc.

1921 Industrial Dr.

Libertyville, IL 60048

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847-996-6850