[nburcombe]

Phase 1 - Preapring the Chimney Breast

1. Old 28" JVC and fireplace removed. Poor quality due to camera phone.

2. Removal of Fire place brick revealed quite weak structure so a new front and rear lintel were added for strength.

3. Sky+ wires plumbed in new location and new mains loop added under the floorboards.

4. Front Lintel added.

5. My mate bricking the remaining space from the fireplace up. Top chap - very handy.

Phase 2 - Building the MDF Box to house components and prepping central wiring hole


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[mason]

I will look forward to the progression of this.

I was going to do the same when I had my flat- but I was always a bit scared incase the thing fell in. It was an old victorian style flat so it had been there long enough.

I bet the dust just now is terrible!

G

[nburcombe]

Phase 3 - Flooring, wiring, chased speaker wires new skirtings

Phase 4 - Final fitting of the bracket and then the TV

[spuddy01]

WOW thats a pretty nice job you've done there

[nburcombe]

Thanks very much. It need a bit of tiding, but overall it does exactly what I wanted it to do - which was free up some space in the front room.



Nick

Excellent job mate - bet you're chuffed?

[Johnny Thunder]

I did the same thing mate. Free's up lots of space putting the kit in the
fireplace. Top job.

[GasDad]

Thats fantastic - and an option I'm considering doing.

What about ventilation to the chimney stack?

James

[Johnny Thunder]

I left the stack open, but fitted a cowl on top to stop water falling in.
Natural cooling for the equipment.

[shahedz]

real nice install you done there mate, and great photos from beginning to end, just got me wondering though , do you have a centre speaker?

[ash]

All that hard work is great, as you spent that much you could have gone for 42PV500

[nburcombe]

Kind comments guys....

Ventalation - there is an inch gap between the bottom of the drain pipe and the top of the MDF cabinet - this has some gauze around it to stop dust but allow air. Works a treat. Amps a bit tight, but there is about 2" inside the lip of the shelf so not too bad.

Centre Speaker - Yip, the two wire sticking out above the TV on the very last shot now go into a Tannoy EFX centre. Not wonderful kit but good enough for now. New Picture attached to show centre channel...

TH42PV500 - I'm more than happy with the 37" - it's not a very big room. Most of the viewing seats are a maxmimum of 8 feet away - I think 37" is just right for the room size. Besides the 37" was £1685 and the 42" was £1999. Quite a difference.

[Jon Boy]

Very nice NB , well done for taking the pics , top job

Jon

[TiSwAs]

Top job... nice photos.
Looks plane and simple no messy wires (bet the missus is happy!) mine is.

[scharf_10]

Thats really good, which i had shown some installation pictures on my bedroom. Being 16 i dont have control over what happens in the livingroom, but this makes me want to try and persuade the parents to do it

[Jeffers01]

Nice job

[mason]

top quality finish

[Daipac]

I gotta say, that is superb ! TOP TOP JOB and how I want mine to look when I finally get around to doing it !

What was in the chimney breast beforehand ? Did you have a fire ?

[Kenny Glasgow]

Very nice job

[nburcombe]

DAIPAC - I did have a fireplace in there, ripped the whole lot out, got rid of everything and capped off the gas and stuck it below the floor boards as we never used the fire because the radiators are tip top in that room.

Thanks again guys for the comments.