When mounting a LCD display on a wall that is 1/2" sheet rock over brick, how do you cover/disguise the multiple wires running down from the LCD? Thinking it may look better to cut the depth of the old 35" CRT stand with the glass front in half and just set the LCD on it. It will still have enough interior depth to hold the DVR and DVD. Looking specifically at a Sony 40" Bravia XBR3 or XBR4.

 

You could possibly run it through the walls, but it would be a pain in the ass with brick.

You can buy wire conduits that you can stick on the walls. That would be my recommendation.

 

The sheetrock is probably not laid directly on the brick. It is pretty rare that people do that. Typically it will be studded out on top of the brick, so you can hang the tv on the wall, and simply run the wires down inside the wall like normal. If you want to run the wires over to the side, you may have to cut a channel in the sheetrock and patch it afterwards. I started a job on Thursday hanging a tv over a fireplace that was sheetrock laid on top of brick, just as I said. The only problem that kept me from finishing was the swarm of bees that flew out of the wall. Both my helper and I got stung.

 

I will soon be hanging an LCD over my Fireplace, and I'm afraid I will have to do something similar to what you have mentioned above since I can't run wires up to the attic and back down.
Do you have to do installs of that nature very often?
Could you maybe take a few pics as you install it so I can get a visual of what you're doing?

Thanks!

oh, and sorry you got stung.

 

Funny you meantion that, I MAY be going back to that house tomorrow to finish that install. The exterminator said we couldn't go back till after the weekend. I'll take a couple pics of it if I go for you. It really isn't so bad. If you know how to patch sheetrock on your own, then it's definitely not a big deal. The good thing with most fireplaces is that when they put the sheetrock up, they typically with frame on top of the brick, about 2 to 3 inches off the brick. Leaves a nice channel to slide a glow rod behind and fish your wires. It's when you get to the end of the fireplace, typically around where the mantel ends on most fireplaces that you will hit a stud. This isn't always the case, but it happens this way more often then not.

 

Well this is some pictures for you from today. The first hole was already in the wall from our trip there last week. The tv was already prepped and measured:



A little closer look for no real reason:



You can barely see with the lighting, but this picture shows where I marked out on the wall where I will cut my trench:



Now after I have cut the sheetrock:



And the next and final step:



Reason being:

BEES EVERYWHERE

 

This is actually what I found when I cut the wall open:



And a closer look:



The damn bees built their nest right up against the sheetrock. It was flat on that side obviously. I moved the insulation that was stapled to the stud and it was time to put on the ole' jogging shoes. I wasn't getting stung again. Stupid bees