TV above this logburner?

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When we renovate our property and break through the wall dividing the kitchen and dining room, I want to get rid of as much of the brickwork surrounding this fireplace. I want to have a small sofa where we can watch TV. Is it ok to have the TV on the wall above the log burner?

If not we would have the TV in the corner. Does the log burner need a surrounding false wall to protect the TV from the heat it would generate when on?

Thanks in advance!

it will be too high, unless you like to watch TV standing up.

It's recommended not to put things on the wall above hearths or stoves. Mirrors are worst. In the old days women used to get badly burned standing at the hearth to do their hair or cosmetics and having their dress catch fire.

Mount it on the wall in the corner on an extending arm? Log burners kick out serious heat.

We have two wood burners, it's fine to have things on the breast or beside it, because the chimney should be insulated if the burner is installed correctly, as such it doesn't really get warm.

however what you do have is a min space requirement, it depends on the size of the burner and it's out put, you'd have to look it up as obviously I can't tell from the image, but if you said a foot above or all round ,then you'd likely be good.

So in short, yes, you can. It's plenty of space, but I'd also agree it seems your tv will be very high up making it uncomfortable to watch?

You would get neck ache! I also don't think it would look very good, and that's aside from the heat produced by the burner. Personally I would think the tv would be better in the corner beside the fireplace, nearer the windows.
I like that fireplace, but perhaps it's my age.

Thank you all. Agree it will be too high.

Do I need to have the brick surround to protect the TV from the heat even if it's in the corner? Ideally I would like to do away with the brickwork altogether and just leave the log burner

Are the bricks not holding up the chimney - chimney breast are structural don't muck about it unless you know what you are doing.

Some friends do have a tv on the chimney breast above their wood burner but I’m not keen just from an appearance point of view as it looks incongruous plus it’s too high. If you do decide to go ahead perhaps consider a Samsung frame so at least the appearance doesn’t jar too much.

Aside from the log burner issue I think a TV on that chimney breast would look terrible. Not only is it too high but the chimney breast slopes back which will make it unwatchable.

As said, you need a certain clearance from a log burner, but it's not huge.

If you wish to remove the bricks then I'd be checking with a builder or someone qualified as you don't want to damage the integrity. As it looks like some of those bricks are holding rhe chimney up.

I have two fireplaces and one with a log burner. I would never have a freestanding one. They get fearsomely hot and if this is in a fireplace, it needs to stay in a fireplace.

There are issues with removing a fireplace. It will presumably have fire bricks at the back if it was ever used as an open fireplace. This one might just be for decoration, but it needs to be checked out.

If you expose a log burner you also expose the flue. You would need a new one. So you cannot put a tv near that. I would just have a tv in the corner.

I agree that the TV would be too high above the log burner, unless you’ll only be watching it from bar stool height. When you knock down the wall will you still use that end for dining or it will just be a sofa area? I’d be inclined to put the tv on a unit in the corner by the window. Also if you’re keen to remodel the fireplace, perhaps you could get the bricks boarded and skimmed over with suitable materials and square off the sloping area to make it more streamlined.

Agree about the TV on top and the corner by the window is a better location. I was hoping to remove the brick work and to be left with something like in the picture.

So it looks like I will still need to have a brick surround to keep the heat contained?

No, and for the third time 🤣 you simply need a certain clearance. I have two. I know this for a fact. I asked the hetas installers.

What people are telling you is you may need the brick to hold up the chimney breast. You have a chimney. It will go all the way up and out the roof. Your wood burner will be insulated round it. If you start removing the brick work your chimney might collapse. The insulation material for the burner may fall out. You need a builder or structural engineer in to check. You do not need bricks round your wood burner. You may need bricks to hold. The chimney up. You can't just remove the bottom. It's like Jenga. You take the bottom bricks out at rhe side and everything may collapse, inc your blinking roof.

@Bluntness100 ok got you. I had previously thought as long as you have a sufficient flue, you don't need a chimney.

Will talk to builder and see what he says

No you don't, you can vent without. But the point is you have a chimney. You can't just knock it down. Not without checking with a builder or structural engineer to check your house won't fall down too.

You can of course have a freestanding fire but they are fires. They can get hot. I think you would have to guard it from children. The open plan type ones are style over function in my view. In the pictures, the fires have new flues. That means your chimney at ground floor has been totally demolished, made good and a new flue and fire installed. I think you could modernise your fire and fireplace without all the expense a free standing one entails.

@BubblesBuddy and everyone else. Thank you for your input. Now I have a good understanding of fireplaces/ log burners, I can plan our renovations accordingly