- Mar 20, 2001
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I am wondering if a custom lumber frame made from vertical 2x2s with either 2x4 or 2x6 cross pieces laid flat would be strong enough to hold up a 50" plasma. This is to be able to mount the TV in front of my brick fireplace.
The fireplace has its hearth 12" off the ground (18" deep), and then the mantle is 4 feet above that, with a 4" overhang. I want to fit the wood frame on top of the hearth, underneath that mantle overhang, but I want to keep it as flush to the brick as possible. The 2x2s would run vertical against the brick on each side of the opening, and then one of the cross-pieces would be clamped to the brick up at the top of the opening (the lintel) and the other cross piece would be even further up flush against the brick, tucked right under the mantle. Then the TV wall mount would screw to those cross pieces.
I am just wondering if the 2x2s as vertical strengtheners would be strong enough. I am thinking so, but just wanting a sanity check from anyone that can make sense of my description above. Here's a general picture of a fireplace. I want my frame to fit where the arrow for lintel is in that picture, essentially. Except that it will extend all the way from the hearth at the bottom up to the bottom of the mantle flush against the outer face of the brick above the lintel.
The fireplace has its hearth 12" off the ground (18" deep), and then the mantle is 4 feet above that, with a 4" overhang. I want to fit the wood frame on top of the hearth, underneath that mantle overhang, but I want to keep it as flush to the brick as possible. The 2x2s would run vertical against the brick on each side of the opening, and then one of the cross-pieces would be clamped to the brick up at the top of the opening (the lintel) and the other cross piece would be even further up flush against the brick, tucked right under the mantle. Then the TV wall mount would screw to those cross pieces.
I am just wondering if the 2x2s as vertical strengtheners would be strong enough. I am thinking so, but just wanting a sanity check from anyone that can make sense of my description above. Here's a general picture of a fireplace. I want my frame to fit where the arrow for lintel is in that picture, essentially. Except that it will extend all the way from the hearth at the bottom up to the bottom of the mantle flush against the outer face of the brick above the lintel.
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