Late-1990s Seven Hills family rooms and the niche in the wall
Not every Seven Hills plan has one, but the late-1990s builds around Terracina and the older gated streets often do: an arched entertainment niche framed for a 32-inch tube set, sitting 14 to 16 inches deep in the family room wall. Two ways to go. If your panel clears the opening by an inch on each side, we mount inside it on a low-profile tilt bracket lagged into the framing that boxes the niche, and the builder's outlet in the cavity hides the cable at no extra cost. A 55-inch panel is roughly 48 inches wide and fits a fair share of them. A 65 runs about 57 wide and almost never does. Otherwise we frame the opening flush with 2x4 blocking, hang 1/2-inch drywall, float the joints, then match the texture. Knockdown and orange peel are what the builders sprayed out here, and a poor match is visible from the kitchen. We scope the fill and the repaint with you at booking. A conversion takes 2 to 3 hours plus dry time.