New Trends In Custom Design

bruno002

what are some of the new trends you guys are seeing in home desings.
lately we are building lots of stone fireplaces with resesses for flatscreen TVs. every time we do one and someone sees it they say that is so cool i want one like it. i will post a picture so you can see what i am talking about. sorry the pictures are kind of big i dont know how to make the m smaller.

ruskent

Any pics with the tv in?

bruno002

no i did go back and see the tv in the first picture but i didnt bring my camera, the area was space out so there would be a 1 1/2 in space around between the tv and stone, we usualy know the size of the tv and fit it right, i you where to put a small tv in that space i think it would look stupid.

lawndart

Thats very nice work Bruno. I would market that if I were you. Big screen TV's are becoming very affordable these days, I would imagine you could make a good deal of coin promoting this.

williefb

very nicely done! I want one!

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dirt diggler

what's goin on with those joints inside the fireplace

Teetorbilt

Never see fire brick? Soon it will all be black and nobody will notice.

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dirt diggler

the joints are uneven ... fire or no fire ...

is that the way it's supposed to be??




.... "nobody will notice ..."

not what i'd want to hear from my contractor teetor ...

Teetorbilt

Who cares once that it's blackened? This isn't fine furniture.

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dirt diggler

are you serious?

Second Look

The great part is that in a year or two they'll be calling you back to bump out the recess for a bigger TV. Keep them on your mailing list.

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Boogga

You're a fussy bloke aren't you, DIRT.

I've never seen this in Australia, seems like a good idea, BUT...........When the bricks get hot due to the fires heat, doesn't the TV faulter so to speak?? How would it affect the TV? Also what about the fumes?? I see a problem here.

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bruno002

in which picture, the picture with the black fireplace is black because its a old fireplace, it used to be just a mantle high brick face.

bruno002

the joint in the back look like they are spreading out because half way up the back way the back wall starts to lean forward. it has a arch to it. its the way the owner wanted it.

bruno002

if you can afford the fireplaces and these TVs when they break they can buy a new one.

but we make the mantel stick out just a bit more to deflect the heat. the brick around the fireplace will never get hot enought to danage the tv. th heat you have to worry about is the heat coming dirrectly from the fire.

Boogga

Are you sure?

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rino1494

That is awesome. The only problem I see is that the next tv you buy has to be the same size.

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WNYcarpenter

We've done this on almost every job in the last few years...Not in stone, but with a wood burning insert surrounded by wood mantles. It looks good, but I've never understood why someone would want their TV so high and distracted by the fire. I prefer to watch the tube at eye level. Has anyone actually spent much time watching movies with a TV 4 feet+ off the floor, with a fire going on below?

Boogga

That's right, easier watching the box at eye level.

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bruno002

hey some people want things certain ways, they might like it that way
. all that matters is that they like it and they pay for it