How did you decide how high to mount your TV on the wall?
Brian Hendricks
4 years ago
Hi. Driving myself crazy trying to figure this out. Don’t own our couch yet and my tv is in storage because our apartment is being renovated. Electrician needs to know where to place all the wires and contractor needs to know where to reinforce our studs for the mount.
How did you decide what height to mount TV? I have a 65” tv, might upgrade to 75” in near future. Viewing distance from wall to couch cushions is about 10.5ft. Couch seat height is 17” and my wife and I are short (5’2 and 5’6). Will have a credenza/media console under it between 18-24” tall. Ceiling height is 94”. Will be mounting soundbar under the tv so it swivels with it, soundbar is 3” y’all.
Putting the center at eye level of about 42” seems way too low. Other recommended heights in the 60 inches plus seem way too high and awkward given our ceiling height. Attached a picture of a mock-up I made with tv at 48” center and a 24” credenza.
Asks:
- what do you think of how it looks visually?
- if you mounted TV, how did you decide what height?
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mmilos
4 years ago
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Comments (10)The load capacity of a single 2x4 is about 400 - 500 pounds. Metal should be about the same . Your TV is only 85. Distributed to two sides it's 50 pounds each. I believe you are over engineering the problem. Couple tapicon bolts and decent lags is all you need....See Moresmileythecat
4 years agohollybar
4 years agommilos
4 years ago
My House
4 years ago
chloebud
4 years agolast modified: 4 years ago
frodaddi
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agommilos
4 years agodurango118
4 years agoWe just finished this niche last month. The TV is mounted just a bit above eye level. Seems to be working out perfectly.
Brian Hendricks
4 years agoThanks all for this input. Very helpful. Today I built a fake tv out of Fedex boxes I had at the office and placed it at various heights from 46-54 inches and sitting at the same height and distance as my living room would be.
Personally, while my eye level was between 40-43” depending on the seat and my slouch position, I found my eye naturally resting at at between 46-50 inches. My couch, dining chairs and comfy sitting chairs all have a little natural recline to them.
I decided to install my electrical outlets and wiring at a position that gives me a range to decide between 46-52 center once I’m ready to mount.
This decision seems to vary for a lot of people so I’ll summary why I am doing a mount (even if it’s only a few inches above console) and why that height:
- I have a few different places to sit/see TV: comfy lounging chairs, my couch, dining table and my open kitchen. Mounting with an arm gives me an opportunity to adjust depending on what’s being used
- I am using a soundbar and want to make sure the sound field is adjusted as the tv moves so sound travels in the right direction based on which way tv is pointing.
- My placement allows me to upgrade tv to a bigger size while keeping center the same
- My soundbar adds an extra 3.5” to bottom of tv so I can mount a little higher if needed while preserving the right space between console and tv
- I have my eye on a 27” high console I really like. To do that, I need my center of tv to be at 47”ish so that the soundbar can clear the console and float
- Would like to get sound of the bar closer to ear level versus really low to the ground.
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Cheryl Smith
4 years ago
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