1990s two-story family rooms on the Durango Drive side
The 1990s two-story plans toward the Durango Drive side and the Peccole Ranch edge brought the open family room to Spring Valley, and with it the question of how high a screen belongs on a 17-foot wall. The answer does not change: 42 to 48 inches to screen center wherever the hearth allows. Where a raised hearth pushes the bracket up, a pull-down arm lowers the panel roughly 18 inches for viewing and parks it back up afterward. The framing behind that tall drywall is ordinary wood stud, but the bays often carry fire blocking near the second-floor line, which will stop a fish tape at about nine feet with no warning at all. We map the cable route before the bracket goes up. Anything past 65 inches picks up four lag points spread over two studs, and a full-motion arm gets its pivots locked. A 12-foot ladder reaches most of these walls, and a panel over 70 inches at that height is a two-person lift, not a solo one. Allow 70 to 95 minutes with ladder work.