How to hang a TV

Those of you that have a flat panel LCD TV (or plasma) probably love it, but it can be tricky to find a good and safe location for the TV to reside permanently. We have had ours in several houses and used several configurations (most people outside of "WitPro" would not experience this...).

For this house we inherited a 2X4 frame made to fit the "media niche" the builder in the 1990s decided was all the bigger a TV would ever be... ~30"


Our mounting bracket is different than the predecessor so we had to add two more vertical boards to mount onto using the lag bolts

The mounting of the bracket was performed on the ground, once the whole unit was ready to go into the niche we used 8 screws on each side to mount - over engineered, but worth it not to be concerned about the TV falling on us or the kids.

And here it is in the final state as it is today.

The Formal

Here are some action shots of the floor going down...


hmm, that does not fit quite right... Just get in there, would ya...

This room will not be my favorite, not a simple rectangular corner in it, but atleast the remaining rooms we have plans to Erngyneer the floors are nice big rectangles!!!



Here are some close-ups of some seams and precision cutting for the air vent.


Glad all the cutting was complete before the triple digit temps hit us, 107?!? UGH!