Nothing creates a contemporary, stylish look than a television above a fireplace.
It saves valuable space on your home and allows both the fireplace and TV to become the major focal point.
A large number of people are looking for new gas fires or fireplaces especially to mount a television above but are unsure of their options.
Gas Fires Basic rule for which fireplaces are suitable are fires which offer a low heat output.
Wall mounted gas fireplaces which are not glass-fronted tend to offer decorative heat output only and are popular choices for installing a TV above.
The open fronted design require the gasses produced (hottest part of the fire) to quickly exit up the chimney or flue.
Glass fronted gas fires allow the products of combustion to linger around the fire bed longer resulting in a far higher heat output and this kind of fires would be too hot and may cause damage to the television.
Electric Fires Most electric fires offer a maximum heat output of 2kW.
The heat is usually convected and is ideal to take the initial chill off the room but as it's quite a dry heat, it is unlikely that you would use the heat function for long periods of time.
Most electric fires offer an option to have the flame effect on without the heat function and this is a great way of providing a effective focal point whatever the whether outside.
Popular choices of electric fires are wall mounted models which can simply hang on the wall without the need to inset.
New styles are being introduced where the heat is produced from underneath the fire which helps when combining with a television.
Solid Fuel Fires (Real coal fires)