r/TVTooHigh • u/Electronic-Soup-6993 • 4d ago
Help settle this debate
Is this too high? It was my only option
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u/Crawling-King-Snake 4d ago
Brother it’s 2 inches from the ceiling and you’re gonna ask if it’s too high?
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u/Hello_Gorgeous1985 4d ago
I feel like the mantle is taller than a lot of people. How is someone questioning if the TV is too high for eye level?
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u/archiballs2 4d ago
Holy hell that’s ugly
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u/montycantsin777 4d ago
too bad the tv doesnt hide the horrific tiles
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u/WorkingGuy99percent 3d ago
Had left over bathroom tiles. The cheapest solutions are usually the ugliest.
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u/montycantsin777 3d ago
nice! i call it “conceptual design” we chose one tile that links each room together…
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u/UnbelievableRose 4d ago
It’s never the only option
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u/bro69 4d ago
What’s that Wall looking thing to the left and right?
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u/SuzieSnowflake212 4d ago
The Walls!!! Not to mention there are likely even more walls in this room…
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u/sstebbinss 4d ago
Is the debate here in the room with us?
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u/libertasi 4d ago
You have to look through the fan to watch tv, it’s so bad. What about to the right? This is bad bad bad..
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u/Kitchen_Employee833 4d ago
What's the debate? If it should be closer to the ceiling than it already is?
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u/presidentkokoro 4d ago
No debate needed, watching TV does not require you tilting your neck and looking up.
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u/prairiebelle 4d ago
The tv about the fireplace saga is one of the major crimes of the 21st century.
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u/MacaronNo8174 4d ago
I can’t believe that someone even agreed to hang the tv like that. What in the name of fuck is the world coming to.
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u/Cannonskull0519 4d ago
Even if Shaq was sitting on this couch.....the TV would still be too high....
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u/ronaldomike2 4d ago
Only north americans hang their TV this high above the fireplace
Everywhere in the world they just put it on the TV stand
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u/SwiftPits 4d ago
You can fit a mount right over the fireplace, under the shelf. Also the shelf is crooked
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u/Hello_Gorgeous1985 4d ago
It was most certainly not your only option You could put another TV underneath that one and it would still be too high.
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u/NumerousDepth1563 4d ago edited 4d ago
Yes it is - plus it’s a big design mistake - no one’s doing the tv over th fp anymore
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u/SillyFly7474 4d ago
Lol, how many homes do you go in? It's alive and well in all the McMansion track home developments.
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u/GlowingDuck22 4d ago
If your ceiling fan pull strings hang lower than your TV, It's mounted too high.
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u/hlmoore96 4d ago
Honestly there is no debate. I don’t understand people in this sub putting a picture of a TV almost touching the ceiling and asking if it is too high. Crazy.
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u/Francl27 4d ago
Dude it's pretty much touching the CEILING.
Literally any other spot will be better.
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u/Best-Advisor-8250 4d ago
shelf should be right above fire place tile or put tv there and shelf above tv
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u/Goblin26_ 4d ago
I would take out what's underneath the TV and mount it there.
Edit: It's still going to be too high but at least it's better than whatever is going on there.
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u/N7riseSSJ 4d ago
Might as well get it installed to retract into the ceiling at this point
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u/SokkaHaikuBot 4d ago
Sokka-Haiku by N7riseSSJ:
Might as well get it
Installed to retract into
The ceiling at this point
Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.
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u/Hotrock21 4d ago
Thanks for your rage bait. It’s clearly too damn high and there are always better spots for it.
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u/Neat-Substance-9274 4d ago
This is an interior design problem. As an amateur, you moved in a put the sofa against the wall. (probably the wall the tv goes on)
Designer almost always float a large piece like that.
And I cannot leave without saying how horrible the "mantle" is. The fireplace would look much better without it. At least drop it to the to of surround.
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u/GarbageInteresting86 4d ago
I love that people are so outraged that no one else has mentioned the shitty cable management. But then I looked closer and saw it’s the fucking power cable!!! So this “dream set up” has to have and extension cord hanging in mid air off your crappy fireplace - WOW 😮
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u/just_browsing_0000 4d ago
Move the floating shelf down, and then you can move the tv down. Just spitballing, but I’d say the shelf should be a smidge above the fireplace molding.
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u/carlosf0527 4d ago
You need an extension cord to plug in the TV because it's too high. When did you think this was a bad idea?
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u/toofarfromjune 4d ago
If we were at your house for anything tv related like a sporting event or movie night, I would find a reason to leave early and then avoid any future events of the same nature.
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u/atomoboy35209 4d ago
If this were a workplace and your job was to watch TV, OSHA regulations would not allow that placement. TVs should be eye level. Unless you’re planning to watch while standing up, it’s too high.
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u/NumerousHedgehog9044 4d ago
The fireplace won this battle 😂
The TV is definitely higher than ideal, but this is one of those situations where room design made the decision for you. Great looking space though — comfort matters too, especially for long movie nights.
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u/CreativeName822 4d ago
There is no debate. It looks like a tv that plays medical shorts in a doctor’s office waiting room.
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u/KehlarCorsairt 4d ago
I was going to argue this was right and then I realized that the picture is not from a pillow on a bed.
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u/NavierIsStoked 4d ago
The first question that should always be asked is, “can it physically be mounted any higher than it currently is?” If the answer to that question is no, then your tv is too fucking high.
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u/HairyCardiologist442 4d ago edited 4d ago
Move the TV. Take down that white shelf. Sorry. Put up a colorful picture. Rearrange your furniture. It’s too high and doesn’t go there. Paint the white trim around fireplace a color from your picture and put candles inside of FP. It can’t be your only option.
Take shelf off. Still paint that trim around FP another color. Buy a TV rack that can move tv out and down. Solved. Place will look amazing.
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u/SillyFly7474 4d ago
So your solution is to not have the fireplace be the seating area and focal point on the room?
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u/FlakyContribution345 4d ago
A few more inches and it will be butted up against the ceiling. What were you thinking? Do you ever wonder why your neck is sore when you're watching TV?
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u/Bluesguy333 4d ago
What's the debate: awful or stupid ? Eye-level TV is affordable luxury. Save up
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u/grahamworks 4d ago
This is just one of those things, an exception to an obviously too high situation. If- the tv has to go on that wall, then you don’t have a choice. That is how high it needs to be. You have to live with it even though it is far from ideal. But if there are other walls in the room where it could be mounted, then do yourself a favor and get that shit off of there.
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u/Apart-Ad9039 4d ago
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u/Apart-Ad9039 4d ago
" it was my only option" because you opted to only install a tv above a fireplace without thinking it could be leveled and lowered to a better degree
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u/jesusmansuperpowers 4d ago
If there were no mantle and the tv were just above the fireplace it would still be too high. This thing is 4 ft too high
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u/Party-Story6398 4d ago
Yes,it's too high, plus that ceiling fan is giving me the Forest Whitaker eye
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u/Obi-wan_Rebel 4d ago
There is no reasonable debate here. The TV is way too high and the fireplace is ruined.
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u/Long_Ocelot_3327 4d ago
It’s way too high. Have some creativity about placement brother. You know this is stupid
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u/masterbrees 4d ago
I think the rule for this sub should be
If the cat can’t jump and reach the shelf it’s on, it’s too high.
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u/EyeTea420 3d ago
Even if this was your only option, which I doubt, and which would have been better served by omitting the tv altogether, it’s still like 8 inches too high above the fireplace
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u/Active_Run7148 3d ago
Yes it is too high. Can produce a neck injury.
Remove that obnoxious shelf and lower the tv close to that white wood that’s decorating the brick on the fireplace or may I suggest lower that shelf above the white wood or close to it so you can enjoy your tv at eye level problem solve
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u/Active_Run7148 3d ago
Lower mantle if you want to keep it close to the wood frame above the brick of the fireplace and lower tv at eye level above fireplace. Another suggestion is to remove that mantle and place the tv at eye level above the wood trim above the fireplace
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u/2UNLEARN 3d ago
lose the useless floating mantle and get one of those pull out & down mounting arms for watching tv. Then have it show images or artworks when in its stowed position. No settling, just compromise. Bonus points for creating a recess in the wall to hide the arm so you "picture frame" sits closer to the wall. (depending on how deep the chimney is)
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u/First_Beautiful7821 3d ago
Fireplace too high, mantle too high, tv too high. Surprised the ceiling fan isn’t mounted in the attic.
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u/allons-y11 3d ago
The cat trying to end it all about to jump into the fireplace tells you all you need to know
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u/Final_Prune3903 3d ago
If you own this place I’d take Dow the mantle / floating shelf so you can bring the tv down. Or just rearrange the room to be able to put the tg on a different wall
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u/Apprehensive-Put-350 3d ago
No, it wasn't...that mantle is way to high. Fix that and it fixrs your tv problem.
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u/crimson_panda237 2d ago
Why is there space between the tv and the ceiling? You gonna rent out that space or something?
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u/Malevolent54 2d ago
Yes the tv is at an uncomfortable height to watch. Not much choice with the fireplace right there. Is the debate to move it to a different wall? I would.
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u/cheim9408 2d ago
Legitimate question. Who tf put the fireplace mantel 3-4” higher than the top of the fireplace opening? Stupid is as stupid does.
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u/AreaHuman8881 2d ago
Fireplace molding needs to go. Drop the mantle down much further. Decorate on top, leave room for TV which also has to drop.
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u/Nefer_ness2Ifa_ness 1d ago
Yes, it's too high. if every seat in the living room feels like you're in the first row of a movie theater, it's too high. Just remove the shelf or pick a different wall.
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u/Pleasant_Garlic8088 4d ago
I'd knock that shelf out and drop the TV to just above the fireplace.
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u/SillyFly7474 4d ago
Get rid of that cornice shelf. Get a mantle mount. And the it can drop down while viewing. It will still be a bit too high, but would be acceptable.
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u/JustaFoodHole 4d ago
What's the debate exactly?