Stone, fire, and the ski-house wall
Ask where the TV goes in a Park City ski house and everyone points at the same place: above the fireplace, on the stone. Stone veneer over a framed chase is the common build in mountain contemporary homes, and the veneer is cosmetic, so we drill through it and seat anchors in the structure behind, with anchor length sized to the full build-up. Full-thickness masonry chimneys in older Park City homes take Tapcon anchors drilled at low speed instead. The bigger question is heat, because a fireplace here does not burn a few evenings a year; it runs daily through a five-month ski season. We measure surface temperature above the firebox at full burn, check mantel depth, and compare both against the panel maker's limit. Gas units usually pass. Hot-running installations get a MantelMount pull-down so the screen lives above the heat and drops to eye level for viewing. Stone and masonry fireplace installs carry the +$99 surcharge and take 90-130 minutes.