75-Inch TV Tilt Mounted Above a Fireplace with Bias Lighting in Woodstock, GA

A Woodstock, GA homeowner wanted a 75-inch LG smart TV mounted above their wood-mantel fireplace in the living room, with RGB bias lighting glowing behind the panel and no cords showing on the chimney wall. That meant creating a new recessed receptacle behind the TV and routing both power and source cabling inside the wall.

The 75-inch panel was centered on the drywall chimney breast above the wood mantel and set as low as the mantel and hearth clearance allowed, so the screen sits closer to seated eye level. A tilt mount was used to angle the picture downward toward the sofa, which is essential over a fireplace — it removes the neck strain and cuts the ceiling-light reflection off the glass. A new recessed receptacle was installed directly behind the TV so the power brick and plug sit inside the wall cavity, and HDMI plus soundbar cabling was pulled down the same bay to the mantel level. The RGB bias light strip was mounted around the back edge of the panel and its controller was fed from the recessed box, so the glow spills onto the wall with nothing visible from the front.

The chimney breast was scanned and probed to confirm framing behind the drywall and to clear any flue chase or existing wiring before opening the wall. The tilt bracket was lag-bolted into structural studs, laser-leveled, and squared to the mantel line rather than the ceiling, which is what keeps the screen visually true in a room with settled trim. The new receptacle was installed as a code-compliant recessed box with in-wall rated cable — never an extension cord through the wall — and low-voltage runs were kept in a separate path from power to avoid interference. Cable slack was measured through the full tilt travel, the bias light strip was routed so no adhesive or lead shows past the panel edge, and the assembly was load-tested before handoff.

The Woodstock living room now has a 75-inch screen sitting flat and level above the fireplace, angled down for comfortable viewing from the sofa, with RGB bias lighting washing the wall behind it. The new outlet and every cable run live inside the wall, the mantel stays clear apart from the soundbar, and the installation is stud-anchored and backed by our 5-year workmanship warranty.

75-inch TV • Tilt mount • Drywall • Woodstock, GA 30188