If you need a more stylish solution you may want to go for this cable management box.
Hiding cable box for wall mounted tv over fireplace.
There are few ways of hiding cables for a tv wall mounted over fireplace.
For over a year now it has driven me nuts.
How to mount a tv above a fireplace and hide wires for wall mounted tv.
Full tutorial including wall mount electrical box and hiding wires thank you to lg.
You can use the combination of a cable raceway and a standard cardboard box and cut holes in it for the cords.
Short video showing how to install the innovative americans new hdmediapackg3 cable box tv wall mount as a fireplace tv wall mount.
A flat panel tv above your fireplace is very cool until you try and hide the cables.
Some cable boxes have an ir sensor that will transfer the remote through a wire and back to the eye on the cable box.
How to hide cables and wires.
It can be a great solution when you want to hide tv wires over a fireplace.
Concealing wires in the wall over fireplace is far different than in wall vertical wire concealment.
It was time to move the cable box.
We then had a cable company install a cable receptacle on the wall directly to the left of the brick fireplace.
The fireplace prevents running the cables straight down the wall and the stud framing prevents running the cables laterally inside the wall.
It requires careful planning precise measurements certain tools that average joe wouldn t.
The space was too crammed.
Oct 31 2017 for over a year now we have had our cable box dvd player and appletv sitting on a shelf to the right of our fireplace.
Luckily we already had an electrical outlet on a wall directly next to our fireplace on the right lower side of the brick fireplace.
Depending on how big your cable box is i sometimes install them behind the tv.
When we got a new loveseat the shelf made it impossible for someone to walk behind the loveseat.
Hiding cables in the wall over fireplace can be a tough task even for someone who considers himself to be a handy person.
For over a year now we have had our cable box dvd player and appletv sitting on a shelf to the right of our fireplace.
Mount tv to wall mount.
I space the tv slightly off the wall with a tilt bracket and put the cable box behind the top of the tv.
If your fireplace is on an interior wall you may be able to go up the wall however that doesn t work on exterior walls.
For over a year now it has driven me nuts.