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Do we dare install a flat sceen TV over the FP?

razorback_rn
18 years ago

In our new home we will have a flush mount fireplace on the rear wall (so there will be little floor space taken up by the FP). Above the FP there will be an alcove built (where a chimney would normally be) that will be as wide as the FP and go the entire height to the 12 foot ceiling. We are using vent free gas logs w/ an insert: these will be more for looks than for heat but we can't ignore the heat that they will put off when in use.

One of the sales people that was showing us the inserts said that there will be enough heat produced to melt candles on the mantle and/or make a taxidermy deer head's nose soft (can you tell we are building in the country? LOL)

That got me to wondering about the TV that we had planned to install in the alcove. We haven't decided which TV to buy yet but it will be either LCD or plasma.

Thoughts??

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