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I inhaled in and out through grimaced teeth for a good 30 seconds seeing this
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Oct 13, 2016 00:33
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Phanatic posted:Even assuming the mantelpiece was something sturdier than styrofoam, that seems like an awfully precarious setup at best. 25 bucks for a wall mount is just way too spendy for some folk.
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Oct 13, 2016 00:47
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:I can't cite code requirements, but I know a nearby disconnect means is required for a lot of commercial lighting. The cord and plug satisfies that requirement. Where I'm at, cord and plug is the norm for newer installations. 
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Oct 13, 2016 00:56
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Yeah except permanent installation using an extension cord is explicitly against code, so
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Oct 13, 2016 01:22
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What's going on here for neophytes?
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Oct 13, 2016 01:26
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The mantel was attached with the idea that it might be used to support a few knickknacks or perhaps a small clock and then some idiot fucker mounted a huge TV to it and it broke off. They didn't even mount it to the top of the mantel, they hung it off the front, thus applying maximum leverage. Also on second look, there doesn't appear to be much of or any of a hearth in front of the fireplace, and those are either real or fake hardwood floors, so either that's a wholly decorative fireplace or some idiot fucker thinks scorch marks are cool and good decorations to have in front of your fireplace. Also as a third thing, why do so many people think mounting a TV way up on a wall is good? Unless all of your seating in your room reclines as much as a movie theater, and you always want to be reclined while watching TV, it seems like a very bad thing to do to your neck. Leperflesh fucked around with this message at 01:31 on Oct 13, 2016 |
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Oct 13, 2016 01:27
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Leperflesh posted:The mantel was attached with the idea that it might be used to support a few knickknacks or perhaps a small clock and then some idiot fucker mounted a huge TV to it and it broke off. gently caress I'm an idiot again. It looked like he was using a cutting board for a new mantel. I mounted a 60" tv on a rack that I hung on with my body before mounting. Wtf
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Oct 13, 2016 01:30
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Leperflesh posted:Also as a third thing, why do so many people think mounting a TV way up on a wall is good? Unless all of your seating in your room reclines as much as a movie theater, and you always want to be reclined while watching TV, it seems like a very bad thing to do to your neck. Kids.
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Given it's in this thread I think we're supposed to believe that was crappy construction. And surely the mantel could have been mounted more securely, but I don't think you look at a piece of wood sticking off of a wall, with no brackets under it or masonry supporting it or anything, and just assume you can hang a huge-rear end TV off the front without consequences. It's not reasonable to assume a floating mantel can support like a hundred pounds off the front edge. Huh. I also hate kids, but I didn't think most parents deliberately try to ruin their spines from childhood. Or I guess the idea is very small kids shouldn't be given access to the TV so they can knock it over or something? So bolt it down to the table or whatever it's on, or mount it lower on a wall, or put a sheet of plexi in front of it on the entertainment center (which is what my sister did when she had kids). Leperflesh fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Oct 13, 2016 |
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Oct 13, 2016 01:33
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Architecturally putting a closet by a wood burning fireplace seems like a selling point.
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Oct 13, 2016 01:34
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You guys are funny. That tv was not attached to the mantle. It was placed on top. This is dumb enough on its own without imagining even worse situations. People put their tvs over the fireplace because they demanded an modern open concept layout, and the only wall in the living room without floor to ceiling windows has a fireplace. So you put the tv above it.
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Oct 13, 2016 01:41
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It looks like the TV was on top of the mantle, not *mounted*, just sitting. Would've probably been fine if there were a couple screws through the mantle into studs but it looks like it was caulked on.
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Oct 13, 2016 01:42
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TheMadMilkman posted:You guys are funny. Looks screwed in on the front. I'll give it a 9/10 if it landed like that without. Or staged. For FB cred E: I see screw holes upper left
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Oct 13, 2016 01:44
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Where was it even plugged in? I don't see any wires leading away. Actually the more I look at it, weirder it is. Those are weird TV feet, I took it for a bracket that let the TV hang from the front, but if it was just balanced on the mantel without even being screwed down I don't know how it managed to stay there for more than a couple seconds. Maybe it all broke and fell immediately after they put the TV there, before they even had time to run cable and an extension cord or whatever. Also managed to not even knock over that guitar. Yeah I demand CSI-style investigation of this TV murder, the pieces just don't add up!!!
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Oct 13, 2016 01:45
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Leperflesh posted:Where was it even plugged in? I don't see any wires leading away. Actually the more I look at it, weirder it is. Those are weird TV feet, I took it for a bracket that let the TV hang from the front, but if it was just balanced on the mantel without even being screwed down I don't know how it managed to stay there for more than a couple seconds. Dude hadn't even move his sweet guitar before he hit snapchat.
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Oct 13, 2016 01:47
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TheMadMilkman posted:You guys are funny. That's what I was getting at. The base is wider than the mantel itself was, so even if the mantel had held together you've still got your TV supported by like 60% of what's supposed to support it. One good bump into the wall or a heavy truck going past the house and it would have probably ended up in the same position.
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Oct 13, 2016 01:48
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Phanatic posted:That's what I was getting at. The base is wider than the mantel itself was, so even if the mantel had held together you've still got your TV supported by like 60% of what's supposed to support it. One good bump into the wall or a heavy truck going past the house and it would have probably ended up in the same position. He put two screws in the bottom left and right. Called it good. Zoom the photo.
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Oct 13, 2016 01:53
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Phanatic posted:That's what I was getting at. The base is wider than the mantel itself was, so even if the mantel had held together you've still got your TV supported by like 60% of what's supposed to support it. One good bump into the wall or a heavy truck going past the house and it would have probably ended up in the same position. Yep. I had a tv fall on my daughter when she was maybe 2 years old. It was a 27" tube TV set on a homemade stand that was only 8" off the floor. She tried to climb over it to retrieve a toy and it tilted forward. Fortunately, she wasn't hurt. I I have since become extremely anal about properly anchoring tvs, bookshelves, and anything else that might tip over.
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Oct 13, 2016 01:59
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Burt Sexual posted:Architecturally putting a closet by a wood burning fireplace seems like a selling point. The acoustic guitar on the left draws the eye away from that.
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Leperflesh posted:Or I guess the idea is very small kids shouldn't be given access to the TV so they can knock it over or something? So bolt it down to the table or whatever it's on, or mount it lower on a wall, or put a sheet of plexi in front of it on the entertainment center (which is what my sister did when she had kids). Bolt it to the table? Mount it lower on a wall? Your posts are usually pretty intelligent, but uh... Thanks, but instead of trying to watch my TV through a sheet of plexiglass I'll just simply mount it 2 feet higher and have no discernible effect on my neck. Not saying that's why everyone does it, but that's why I did it. And I'm not the only one with kids.
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Oct 13, 2016 02:03
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Above a fireplace is more than 2 feet higher but OK whatever. Ergonomic practice is to place what you're looking at at natural eye level when you're sitting in your usual spot. I'm glad your neck doesn't hurt, though. 
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Leperflesh posted:Above a fireplace is more than 2 feet higher but OK whatever. Ergonomic practice is to place what you're looking at at natural eye level when you're sitting in your usual spot. I'm glad your neck doesn't hurt, though.
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Oct 13, 2016 02:20
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Burt Sexual posted:What's going on here for neophytes?
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Oct 13, 2016 02:57
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Leperflesh posted:
It's actually a great place for the tv in 'open concept' living-kitchen rooms with the breakfast bar thing, so you can watch TV while in the kitchen or at the bar (if it's in LOS from there of course). My neighbor's house has a 'ranch' floorplan with a neat and pretty well laid out living room area that i'm pretty jealous of.  I didn't mark doors or anything, and not to scale. Also decorated in a very suburban 'western' theme, lots of taupe and adobe colors and dead cows.
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he has a diy wall next to his bkfast? and it can see his gas tv? poo poo.
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Oct 13, 2016 03:58
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Suspect Bucket posted:It's actually a great place for the tv in 'open concept' living-kitchen rooms with the breakfast bar thing, so you can watch TV while in the kitchen or at the bar (if it's in LOS from there of course). My neighbor's house has a 'ranch' floorplan with a neat and pretty well laid out living room area that i'm pretty jealous of. There's nothing great about watching TV while you're eating unless you live alone.
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Oct 13, 2016 04:05
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Jerry Cotton posted:There's nothing great about watching TV while you're eating unless you live alone. What if you just hate your family?
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Oct 13, 2016 04:13
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Rockin Orthodontist posted:What if you just hate your family? That too does not sound great.
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Oct 13, 2016 04:14
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Holidays where there are people over watching holiday shows while getting food from the potluck is p common when I grew up.
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Oct 13, 2016 04:58
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Jerry Cotton posted:There's nothing great about watching TV while you're eating unless you live alone. People have different lifestyles you say?
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Polio Vax Scene posted:People have different lifestyles you say? Hmm yes my style and the bad styles 
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Oct 13, 2016 08:37
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I will say tv while eating is also great for a 2 person situation. 1 on 1 conversation while eating is an annoyance put up with for dates. In a relationship, you just eat your food and talk afterwards like civilized humans.
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Had a house with a girl for 3 years, we always ate dinner in front of the TV. We'd have plenty of time to talk while cooking or whatever.
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Oct 13, 2016 15:44
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Jerry Cotton posted:There's nothing great about watching TV while you're eating unless you live alone. This sounds like my mother.
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Oct 13, 2016 15:48
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Leperflesh posted:The mantel was attached with the idea that it might be used to support a few knickknacks or perhaps a small clock and then some idiot fucker mounted a huge TV to it and it broke off. Also, the word on Reddit was that it was an older plasma TV. For those not in the know, they're heavyweights. Just look how much glass came out of it.
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Burt Sexual posted:This sounds like my mother. You never call, Nigel 
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Oct 13, 2016 18:02
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  Good gallery http://imgur.com/gallery/SKPPO
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 Best one. e: vvv to be honest, it is a little too good to be true. Like there's loving up, and then there's this. but i want to believe My Lovely Horse fucked around with this message at 20:41 on Oct 13, 2016 |
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My Lovely Horse posted:
Looks fake
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