MantelMount Over an Oversized Stone Mantel in Lynnwood Downs, Franklin

Quick facts

Job type

MantelMount Installation

Location

Lynnwood Downs, Franklin, TN

Completed

May 2026

Duration

2 hours

Scope

MantelMount pull-down mount on a tall stone fireplace, above an oversized stone mantel

Wall surface

Stone surround above an oversized stone mantel

Mount

MantelMount pull-down mount

The problem

The TV in this living room had been mounted way too high, up on the stone above an oversized mantel, so watching it meant looking up from the sofa. The mantel sticks up too far for a normal mount to bring the TV down. The homeowners wanted a MantelMount so the TV could come down to a better viewing position and stay there.

What we did

The living room centers on a tall stone fireplace that rises toward a high ceiling and a wrought-iron chandelier. The mantel is oversized, with a deep shelf and stone columns on both sides of the firebox, and it is the first thing you notice in the room.

A MantelMount is premium, top-of-the-line equipment. It needs a specialist to install, and it is not the kind of mount a typical TV install uses. Its arm is built to reach out over a deep mantel and bring the TV down in front of the stone, to a height a fixed wall mount cannot reach over a mantel this size.

I set the MantelMount bracket level and centered on the stone above the mantel, then measured and adjusted the arm so the TV clears the front of that oversized mantel and lines up over the firebox. The homeowners wanted the TV to stay in the down position, so that is where it is set: lower on the stone, right above the mantel shelf.

The photos follow the job in order: the TV where it started, high on the stone; the bracket on the wall; a side view of the pull-down arm reaching out over the mantel; and the finished TV at its new height.