TV Mounting in Pittsboro, NC

Gas chases and 24-inch studs in Pittsboro's newer houses

Most of our Pittsboro calls come from houses built in the last twenty-five years, and more and more from Chatham Park, where the NoVi phase alone is planned for 600+ homes from builders such as David Weekley. These open plans usually put a gas fireplace in a drywall-faced chase with tile around the firebox. Tymofii starts every one with a 20-minute burn at full output and reads the surface where the bottom of the TV will sit; when it reads too hot, the screen goes higher on a tilt or beside the chase. Next he checks stud spacing, because 24-inch framing changes which plate spans two studs. The TV's power cord never runs inside the wall: a hidden run uses a listed in-wall power kit fed from the existing outlet. Settle the viewing height first with our height tool.

Wood fires toward Bynum and Moncure, old paint near the courthouse

Pittsboro is one of the few places in our circle where we still mount over wood-burning fireplaces, mostly in farmhouses on the county roads toward Bynum, Moncure and the Rocky River. A wood fire burns hotter and less evenly than gas logs, so Tymofii asks for a real fire rather than a quick reading and mentions that ash can settle in a TV's vents. Brick faces take sleeve anchors, never the mortar joints; a stone face is checked for veneer, which is not structure, so the plate reaches solid masonry or framing behind it. Near the courthouse, houses built before 1978 may carry lead paint, so we drill only anchor and cable holes with a dust shroud and never sand. Mounting a 61- to 85-inch screen is a flat $129. See our fireplace TV service.