I am looking to build a surround for my new LCD TV. I am going to be building it, effectivly extending my chimney breast and also extending it on one size to centralise it. A couple of pictures of what someone else has done which is exactly what I am looking to do can be found below;
Doh - finishing the heading would have been a good idea
That would surely depend on how deep the TV is? As the studs will be screwed into the wall, there is no size requirement for strength reasons. You probably want them about 50mm wide, as this makes screwing the plasterboard on easier, as you don't have to be particularly accurate with the screwing...
Christian.
If you need the structure to be, say, 6" deep then use a some 6X2" timbers for the sides of the opening to give some rigidity and frame out the rest in CLS stud work. As you say, you're effectively building a stud partition.
Dave
p.s.
Same as stud walls should be fine, but you need to make sure the chimney breast is adequately ventilated. If you were careful, you could get the ventilation 'round to the side if you are extending the side anyway. I would also try and build some storage into the side of the 'extended' bit, maybe for DVDs or whatever. Otherwise you are just throwing away space.
Al
Remember that you need a good sized gap top and bottom to let the heat out.
Probably about 100mm wide and the width of the TV unless you are using fans.
Cheers for the help - CLS =?
PS Nope thats not me.
He has left the recommended 100mm wide round the screen which is what the recommend. I will probably put 120mm just for safety
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Cunning idea on the storage front. If Its deep enough to hide them then I like it alot. I will also be sinking in the centre speaker and also having an alcove below it for some arty farty stuff like candle + flowers etc
Would have been quite a coincidence!
CLS = Canadian Lumber Standard (I think) - it's the timber you get that's rounded on the edges, used extensively for stud work.
Dave
I assumed that came from somewhere much hotter, or at least somewhere with woodworm some 10 times the size of ours, based on the holes in one batch of it I saw in the sheds.
It might be the Canadian's standard, but that doesn't mean that's where it was grown! Loads of it comes from the Scandanavian region.
Dave
In message , Rob Convery wrote
screen should be at eye level when seated.
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