Anybody Mount a Large Flat Panel on a Dormer Wall?
 

The wall inclines in at a 45 degree angle. You would have to look
upwards a bit as you slouch on a couch on the other side of the room,
about 12 feet away. I asked one manufacturer and they said they never
tested their brackets for that. Anybody have an opinion on whether
this is a good or bad idea?

Anybody Mount a Large Flat Panel on a Dormer Wall?
 

"Sam" wrote in message
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The wall inclines in at a 45 degree angle. You would have to look
upwards a bit as you slouch on a couch on the other side of the room,
about 12 feet away. I asked one manufacturer and they said they never
tested their brackets for that. Anybody have an opinion on whether
this is a good or bad idea?


If you want to do that, it would be best to build a wall extension out of
2x4's aligned with the studs/rafters to bring it back to vertical. Vertical
adjustments on most mounts are ~15 deg. (usually more down than up - the
opposite of what you want).

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Anybody Mount a Large Flat Panel on a Dormer Wall?
 

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:46:13 -0800, "SoCalCommie"
wrote:

"Sam" wrote in message
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The wall inclines in at a 45 degree angle. You would have to look
upwards a bit as you slouch on a couch on the other side of the room,
about 12 feet away. I asked one manufacturer and they said they never
tested their brackets for that. Anybody have an opinion on whether
this is a good or bad idea?


If you want to do that, it would be best to build a wall extension out of
2x4's aligned with the studs/rafters to bring it back to vertical. Vertical
adjustments on most mounts are ~15 deg. (usually more down than up - the
opposite of what you want).

Are you saying that the TV would not work properly if it were parallel
with the wall and at an angle to the floor? Or are you saying the
brackets wouldn't work?

Anybody Mount a Large Flat Panel on a Dormer Wall?
 

"Sam" wrote in message
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On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:46:13 -0800, "SoCalCommie"
wrote:

"Sam" wrote in message
. ..
The wall inclines in at a 45 degree angle. You would have to look
upwards a bit as you slouch on a couch on the other side of the room,
about 12 feet away. I asked one manufacturer and they said they never
tested their brackets for that. Anybody have an opinion on whether
this is a good or bad idea?


If you want to do that, it would be best to build a wall extension out of
2x4's aligned with the studs/rafters to bring it back to vertical.
Vertical
adjustments on most mounts are ~15 deg. (usually more down than up - the
opposite of what you want).

Are you saying that the TV would not work properly if it were parallel
with the wall and at an angle to the floor? Or are you saying the
brackets wouldn't work?


The bracket would not be stable. They're designed with one part attached to
the display and one part attached to the wall. They join together by
lowering one into the other and 'lock' using gravity. By mounting at -45
deg. you're defeating the 'lock'. There also might be heating issues due to
the manufacturer's assumption that the display is normally vertical (or
close) - although I've seen flatscreens mounted to the ceiling using a
custom mount (not sure if it was vented though).

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Anybody Mount a Large Flat Panel on a Dormer Wall?
 

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Anybody have an opinion on whether
this is a good or bad idea?

Bad idea...

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Anybody Mount a Large Flat Panel on a Dormer Wall?
 

"Sam" wrote in message
...
The wall inclines in at a 45 degree angle. You would have to look
upwards a bit as you slouch on a couch on the other side of the room,
about 12 feet away. I asked one manufacturer and they said they never
tested their brackets for that. Anybody have an opinion on whether
this is a good or bad idea?

Unless the construction of large flat panels has changed in the
last couple of years, it's a bad idea _ever_ to put one of them
in any position except vertical. Particularly when moving, but also
when it's immobile at home. You'd be risking breaking an
extremely expensive fragile large thin slice of material. There
could certainly be exceptions -- one poster recounts mounting
one horizontally and upside down -- but I wouldn't want to pay the
cost of not being an exception.

Anybody Mount a Large Flat Panel on a Dormer Wall?
 

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:16:18 -0500, Sam wrote:

The wall inclines in at a 45 degree angle. You would have to look
upwards a bit as you slouch on a couch on the other side of the room,
about 12 feet away. I asked one manufacturer and they said they never
tested their brackets for that. Anybody have an opinion on whether
this is a good or bad idea?

You might read/ask he
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...splay.php?f=23.