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just addding my 2 cents I know of a friend who pooched his plasma above a fire place. Cold at night and lots of late night xbox sessions LOL.

later
Phil

How do you "pooch" a plasma?

Well the official report was that the fireplace gave off too much heat in combination with the plasma heating up the pannel too much and it started leaking. = pooched in my books.

Later
Phil

Yeah. I was wondering about the heat factor. It probably depends a lot on the fireplace setup. I think I would want to measure the amount of heat before installing a TV in that spot. For me I have brick there, but this one in particular it looks like the TV will be mounted on sheetrock. And a little too high for my taste. I like the TV at about eye level.

Ok, how about this. Put the plasma IN FRONT of the fireplace without using a real fire. That way you can just play "the fire scene" on the plasma but have real heat coming out for realism!
Oh! Wait! then you could get another plasma to put above the "fireplace plasma" to watch movies on....problem solved!

Or you could get two mirrors mount one at 180 degrees and one at 45 degrees and then the reflection from the one playing would be the fire place and the other one would be .........................Oh look a buterfly isn't it purdy.

Heat will def not be an issue. As I said I measured the brick while I had a fire going for a few hours, it didn't even get warm to the touch. There is now a layer of 4" insulation and a row of 2x6's over it. It will be fine.



Yeah I usually do to, but there really is nowhere else to put it. The room is kind of narrow to put the sofa under the window and TV on the opposite wall. I'll just make sure I get a sofa that reclines...lol. Oh and the speakers will be at least at ear level :).

Quick update. Walls are all primed, ceilings painted, trim installed, and hardwood floors refinished. Besides the living room, kitchen cabinets are in, first floor bathroom is just about done, and they just started on adding the dormer on the second floor.

Also pre-ordered my Panasonic 65VT25 for the family room in addition to a Samsung 40C6500 LED for the kitchen. Rough project completion is looking like late July. However all the fun stuff like AV gear, computers, networking should be finished by mid June. I hope...lol.

Keep watching the thread :)!

Looking good, I like the color of your floor! That poor lamp looks lonely though

Haha, I know. I am reall happy with the floors though, they came out great. Was going to start painting the walls this weekend, but might hold off until they are done with the upstairs. They still need to rip the roof off, sheetrock, and refinish the floors upstairs, plus the stairs themsevles. That is ALOT of dust to clean, and I like my walls freshly painted, not painted and washed off...lol.