Porch TV on a wood-plank chimney breast above a tile fireplace

A porch fireplace with a gray tile surround and a wood-plank chimney breast. The bracket bolts through the planks into the framing, and the screen is tilted toward the porch seating.

The planks are not the structure, so the lag bolts go through them into the framing behind. The plate was shimmed where the boards stepped, levelled, and the holes through the exterior skin were sealed against weather.

Tilt is the answer when the wall puts the TV above the viewer: the picture is angled down to the seat, glare from windows and lights is reduced, and the bracket still sits close to the wall.

Outdoor and porch installs use weather-rated anchors and hardware, every hole through an exterior skin is sealed, and the screen is placed under cover and angled away from direct sun where the room allows.

Above a working fireplace we check the heat first: the unit is burned for 20 minutes and an infrared reading is taken at bracket height, because a surround that climbs past 100 degrees will cook a panel. Electric and gas-insert fireplaces run cooler; a wood-burner that reads hot gets a pull-down mount instead.

TV mounting is a flat rate by screen size: $129 up to 54", $159 for 55-69", $209 for 70-79", $299 for 80-94" and $399 from 95" (2 technicians). The bracket is yours or ours from $49, and there is no travel fee.