TV Mounting in Silver Creek & Promontory, UT: Tall Great Rooms, Stone Fireplaces, Frame TVs & Glass Walls

TV & Furniture Mounting · Silver Creek & Promontory, UT

Big rooms, big walls, big TVs

Silver Creek and Promontory sit just east of Kimball Junction along I-80 and US-40, at roughly 6,500 to 7,000 feet, where open ranch land climbs into the Uinta foothills. Silver Creek has family homes on larger lots, many built in the last twenty years. Promontory has high-end mountain homes, a lot of them second homes, with the long rooflines, timber and stone, and walls of glass that people expect in a mountain contemporary house. The rooms inside are built to impress: great rooms with fourteen- to twenty-foot ceilings, a fireplace that runs to the rafters and a TV that has to look as if it belongs there.

That's a different problem from a standard bedroom mount. A television in a tall room is usually too high, too close to a heat source or too exposed to window glare, and the wall behind it isn't a plain stud wall. We mount a lot of screens in rooms like these, and most of the work is in the planning: where the TV should sit, what the wall is made of, where the cables go and who needs to be there for the power.

Getting the height right in a tall room

The most common mistake in a great room is hanging the TV where the fireplace ends, which can put the middle of the screen eight or nine feet off the floor. You can see it, but you'll feel it in your neck by the end of a movie. A few ways around it:

Pull-down or articulating mounts. A mount that drops the screen forward and down brings it to eye level when you're watching and tucks it back up when you're not. It needs a stronger attachment than a fixed mount, and we size the backing to the arm length and the TV weight.
Tilt as a partial fix. A few degrees of downward tilt helps when the TV has to stay high, but it doesn't fix a screen that is far above eye level, and it can make glare worse.
Move the TV, not just the mount. Sometimes the best answer is a different wall: beside the fireplace, on a column or on a lower stretch of wall beside the kitchen. We'll talk it through with you before we drill anything.
Seating distance. In a long room with a sectional far from the wall, a bigger screen at the right height beats a smaller screen too high. We help match size, height and seating.

Stone and steel fireplaces

A fireplace wall is the natural focal point and the hardest wall to mount on. Each material behaves differently:

Real stone and stacked-stone veneer. Natural stone and thin veneer can be a few inches thick, or just a skin over a framed chase. We find out what's behind it first. If it's a framed wall, we can often mount into the framing through a mortar joint rather than the face of the stone, which keeps the stone intact. If it's solid masonry, we use masonry anchors with the right bit and keep the hole shallow enough that we don't hit the flue or its liner.
Steel, metal panel and plaster surrounds. Steel-clad chases usually have framing behind the metal. Drilling through steel dulls a cheap bit in seconds and can leave a burr or a dent that shows, so we use proper bits and locate the framing before we start. Plaster and smooth Venetian-style finishes are easy to chip, and we protect them with painter's tape and pre-drill carefully.
Timber and glulam framing. Exposed beams and posts are strong, but they have no studs to find. We fasten into solid timber with lag screws and keep an eye on grain direction and cracks.

Heat is the other problem. A TV above a fireplace gets warm air rising along the wall, and a gas fireplace with a big firebox can make that wall hot enough to shorten the life of the screen. Before we mount above a fireplace we run it, wait a while and check the temperature at the proposed spot with our hand and a thermometer. Check your TV's manual for its maximum operating temperature too. If the wall gets too hot, a deeper mantel, a mantel shelf that deflects heat or a different wall may be the right move. We don't recommend a TV above a wood-burning fireplace used regularly.

Frame-style TVs and above-mantel mounts

Many homeowners in these communities want the TV to look like art, or to disappear. That usually means one of three setups:

Frame-style or art TVs. These screens are slim and meant to sit almost flush. We use a low-profile or recessed wall plate, line it up level on the wall and run the thin cable to a separate connection box, so the screen can hang an inch off the surface with a trim frame on the front.
Above-mantel mounts. A fixed or tilting mount sits above a mantel with enough clearance to stay cool, and the cord runs behind the mantel or inside the wall. A pull-down mount lets you lower the screen when you want it.
Recessed niches. If the builder left a recess above the fireplace, we measure carefully, since a TV in a niche needs space behind it for cables and heat. Deep niches can call for a pull-out mount.

In every case the cable is the hard part. Hiding it in the wall with a code-compliant in-wall power and cable kit is something we can do for a TV that uses an existing outlet. New outlets, new circuits and conduit are electrician work, and complete home audio-visual systems, including the media closet, network and control systems, are for an AV integrator. If you tell us the plan up front, we'll set the mount height and cable path so the next trade can finish without moving anything.

Glass walls and glare

Floor-to-ceiling windows are part of why people build up here, and they're brutal on a TV. A screen facing a wall of glass reflects the sky all day, and no tilt will fix a reflection that comes from the whole room. When we choose a wall we stand in the room at different times of day, since a TV that looks fine at ten in the morning can be unwatchable at four in the afternoon. A few things help:

Put the TV on a wall at a right angle to the glass rather than directly opposite it
Choose a screen with a good anti-glare coating and enough brightness for a sunny room
Use motorized or manual shades for the hours that matter. Shade installation and automation go to the shade company or an AV integrator, and we can coordinate around them.
Avoid mounting at a spot where the sun can shine onto the screen for hours, which can also cause heat buildup

Second homes, HOAs and gated communities

Many homes here are second homes, which changes how the visit works. Plan the mount for a day when the house is open, or arrange access with your property manager. Gated communities and HOAs often have rules about contractor access, working hours and vendor registration, so tell us early and we'll work within them. Before we leave, we take photos of the finished mount, leave the remote and any small parts in a labeled bag and send you a short list of how it's wired. If a house has been sitting cold, let it warm up before you power on a new TV, since moving a screen from a freezing garage into a warm room can cause condensation. We also anchor tall furniture and the TV console at the same visit. See our guide to anchoring furniture and TVs.

Nearby pages

Other TV mounting pages near here: Jeremy Ranch and Kimball Junction, Park City and Hideout. For other work in this area, see handyman services in Silver Creek and Promontory.

Book in Silver Creek & Promontory

Call or text (435) 321-2591 with your neighborhood, a short description and a photo or two. You can also message us on Instagram at @kamasvalleyhandyman. Got other small jobs around the house? Send the whole list so we can plan one visit.

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TV mounting in Silver Creek and Promontory: FAQ

Can you mount a TV above a stone fireplace?

Often, yes. We find out whether the stone is veneer over a framed chase or solid masonry, mount through framing or with masonry anchors, and check how hot the wall gets with the fireplace running. If it gets too hot, we suggest another wall or a mantel that deflects heat.

Can you install a frame-style or art TV flush against the wall?

Yes. We use a low-profile wall plate, level it carefully and run the slim cable to the connection box. A new outlet or in-wall conduit is electrician work, and we plan the layout so one visit finishes it.

My TV is too high in a tall great room. What can we do?

A pull-down or articulating mount lowers the screen to eye level when you watch. Sometimes a different wall works better. We'll review the options with a photo of the room before we mount.

How do you deal with glare from big windows?

We choose the wall by checking the room at different times of day. A wall at a right angle to the glass is usually better than one facing it, and shades help during the worst hours. A tilt mount alone can't fix a room-wide reflection.

Can you work around my second home's HOA and my travel schedule?

Yes. Tell us about gate access, contractor hours and vendor rules, and we'll schedule around them. We send photos of the finished work so you can check it from wherever you are.

How do I book TV mounting in Silver Creek or Promontory?

Call or text (435) 321-2591, or message @kamasvalleyhandyman on Instagram, with the TV size, a photo of the wall and a note about the fireplace, ceiling height and any glass.

We focus on general handyman work and are not a licensed electrical, plumbing or general contracting company. For jobs that need a licensed trade, we'll tell you upfront and point you in the right direction.

TV mounting in Silver Creek and Promontory