
If you burn wood - even with the flue open - there will be a small amount of smoke and particulate emitted. You may not see the particulate when you have a fire, but it is there (you can smell it). Exposed to the smoke of burning wood, a similar film can build up on the components inside a television cabinet.

Have you ever seen the windows inside the car of a cigarette smoker? Unless the smoking driver is an equally habitual window washer, those windows are covered with a hazy film of filth. Heat + electronics = badĮlectronics don’t care for heat, and they care for smoke even less.

Sure, it might make your living room look great, or it may be the best or only option you have in your limited space, but there are some good reasons you should avoid mounting your TV above the fireplace, and we’re here to lay them out for you before you start drilling holes. Fitbit Versa 3Ī nice fireplace setup can be the focal point of your room, so throwing your beautiful new TV there makes a lot of sense.
