Creating Your Media Wall In Your Home

 Bringing warmth and entertainment to your home, media walls are just perfect place to add an extra dimension to your space.

So What's the Media Wall?

Media walls are one of the largest growing interior design trends of recent years. Trend has gain traction over the latter half of the 2010's, as wide-screen, flat TV's became readily available. Positioning flat screen TV's above already existing fireplaces quickly grew in popularity, with the trend further accelerating to adding extras such as sound systems, lighting and gaming systems and equipment.

There are endless design possibilities when it comes to creating your dream Media Wall. One of the huge advantages of TV and fire media walls, is the ability to hide away all the cables and ensure the room's aesthetic is clean and smooth.

How Do You Make a False TV Wall?

Prior to any construction or reconstruction, it's vital that you are clear on the design of your media wall and have also selected your electric fire, along with any cost estimations and time scales.

The Fireplace Warehouse strongly recommends hiring professionals to erect your media wall, especially when it comes to installing an electric fire, as well as any other electrical media features.

Key elements that should be considered when creating your media wall with fire, include:

The Wall

As the base of the entire project, the wall is a crucial factor. Commonly, a stud wall is built as the skeleton, to create a wooden frame which is then covered in plasterboard. Typically, the stud wall will protrude into the room, similar to traditional fireplaces and chimney breasts. However, full width media walls are also incredibly popular, meaning that you don;t have to emulate the traditional chimney designs.

To avoid ending up with explosive adjustments further down the line, it's essential to have designated compartments for both the fireplace and television when constructing a stud wall. Consequently, before you start building the stud wall, you'll need to know dimensions of each of side.

How Deep is a Media Wall?

Typically, a media wall should have a depth of 20 to 24 inches. Because of the characteristics of the media wall, it must be depend enough to accommodate the various cables, wiring, entertainment system, and fireplace. 

TV and Other Electrical Equipment

When it comes to your chosen TV and other media, as previously mentioned, dimensions matter! Ensure you are aware of any TV installation as stud wall are not load bearing, along with looking out for any potential heat damage warnings, with regards to your electronic devices. Factor your TV's dimensions into the stud wall build, as well as appropriate fixtures and fittings, to make sure that the television you want to install in your media wall is of the appropriate dimensions. 

Choose your Electric Fire

From slick and sleek designs, with advanced technology the final piece of the media wall jigsaw is the fireplace. Depending on your design of the media wall, the ideal fireplace for you will vary.

There are many different kind of electric fireplaces available like wall mounted electric fireplaces or 2-sided electric fireplace. Electric fireplace is an electric heater that mimics a traditional wood or gas burning fireplace. What things said earlier, are all necessary things to do whenever you plan construction or reconstruction of Media Wall in your house. Still not sure what to do and how to do it contact us GETRENOVATE, we provide all construction services including Fireplace Wall. Our vision is to provide complete satisfaction and peace of mind to our customers who choose our renovation services for their residential and commercial properties. We take great pride in our unmatched expertise and prifesssionalism, that is visible throughout our work.

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