{"id":4435,"date":"2021-05-04T11:57:25","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T11:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/la-tv-sopra-il-camino\/"},"modified":"2021-05-27T13:48:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T13:48:08","slug":"tv-above-the-fireplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/en\/tv-above-the-fireplace\/","title":{"rendered":"TV ABOVE THE FIREPLACE?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Is it possible to place the TV above the fireplace?<br \/>\nIs there a risk of damaging the device?<br \/>\nIn this <b>in-depth article<\/b>\u00a0we explain in detail all you need to know for an optimal and risk-free installation.<\/p>\n<p>In order to obtain an efficient result,\u202fa little foresight\u202fmust be taken into account. This will depend on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dimensions and heat output of the fireplace<\/li>\n<li>TV dimensions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Before describing the what-to-do \u201crecipe\u201d it is important to understand why this foresight needs to be adopted.<br \/>\nIt is therefore important to understand\u00a0<b>in which way a fireplace warms the environment up<\/b>:<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" title=\"BIOKAMINO-FIRE-TV\" src=\"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BIOKAMINO-FIRE-TV.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BIOKAMINO-FIRE-TV-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BIOKAMINO-FIRE-TV-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BIOKAMINO-FIRE-TV-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BIOKAMINO-FIRE-TV.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:2%;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:2%;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:40;line-height:1.5;\"><h5>KEY CONCEPT:\u00a0<i>Warm air rises<\/i><\/h5><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><strong>Transfer of heat\u202f<\/strong>usually happens in 2 ways: convection and\/or radiation.<br \/>\nA traditional\u202fwood<strong> burning fireplace warms the room up through radiation<\/strong>:\u202fthe combustion attracts cold air from the air inlet and from the environment. This air comes out from the chimney.<\/p>\n<p>Warm air does not come out directly from the fireplace though, otherwise we would also get the smoke.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:2%;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:2%;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:40;line-height:1.5;\"><h5><em>So how does it heat the room?<\/em><\/h5><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p><strong>Infrared radiations that come out from the fireplace<\/strong>\u202fhit the room\u2019s surfaces and warm them up, which, in turn, warm the air up. From the fireplace there is no emission of hot air.<br \/>\n<strong>In bioethanol fireplaces<\/strong>,\u202fthough, there is no chimney, so\u202f<strong>the air warmed up<\/strong>\u202ffrom the fire comes out, at a considerable temperature, from the upper part of the fireplace. As per the concept highlighted before, this warm air goes immediately upwards, touching the vertical wall.<br \/>\n<strong>For the convection principle<\/strong>, the rising air warms up everything it encounters. If a TV is in the way it will damage it permanently.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason, it is necessary to put\u202f<strong>a barrier\u202fbetween the fireplace and the TV<\/strong> that moves the hot air flow onwards, over its dimension.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:2%;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:2%;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:40;line-height:1.5;\"><h5><em>This barrier can be obtained in different ways:<\/em><\/h5><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><ul>\n<li><strong>NICHE\u202f<\/strong>| Move the TV back into the niche<\/li>\n<li><strong>SHELF\u202f<\/strong>| Place a fireproof shelf between the fireplace and the TV.<\/li>\n<li><strong>TV-SAVER<\/strong>\u202f| Install our heat deflector TV-Saver. (<a href=\"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/en\/accessories\/deflector-tv-saver\/\">Click here for details<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:360px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><lite-youtube videoid=\"3hII3RkkhNU\" class=\"landscape\" params=\"wmode=transparent&autoplay=1&amp;enablejsapi=1\" title=\"YouTube video player 1\" data-button-label=\"Play Video\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" data-thumbnail-size=\"auto\" data-no-cookie=\"on\"><\/lite-youtube><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:2%;margin-bottom:2%;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"awb-gallery-wrapper awb-gallery-wrapper-1 button-span-no\"><div style=\"margin:-5px;--awb-bordersize:0px;--awb-columns-medium:100%;--awb-columns-small:100%;\" class=\"fusion-gallery fusion-gallery-container fusion-grid-3 fusion-columns-total-3 fusion-gallery-layout-grid fusion-gallery-1\"><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-zoomin\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bkbfnicchiaTV.jpg\" data-title=\"TV dentro nicchia cartongesso sopra camino\" title=\"TV dentro nicchia cartongesso sopra camino\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bkbfnicchiaTV.jpg\" width=\"930\" height=\"669\" alt=\"\" title=\"TV dentro nicchia cartongesso sopra camino\" aria-label=\"TV dentro nicchia cartongesso sopra camino\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-3426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bkbfnicchiaTV-200x144.jpg 200w, https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bkbfnicchiaTV-400x288.jpg 400w, https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bkbfnicchiaTV-600x432.jpg 600w, https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bkbfnicchiaTV-800x575.jpg 800w, https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bkbfnicchiaTV.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 387px, (min-width: 712px) 580px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-zoomin\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bkbfTVaparete.jpg\" data-title=\"TV sopra alla mensola che separa camino e TV\" title=\"TV sopra alla mensola che separa camino e TV\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bkbfTVaparete.jpg\" width=\"971\" height=\"699\" alt=\"\" title=\"TV sopra alla mensola che separa camino e TV\" aria-label=\"TV sopra alla mensola che separa camino e TV\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-3427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bkbfTVaparete-200x144.jpg 200w, https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bkbfTVaparete-400x288.jpg 400w, https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bkbfTVaparete-600x432.jpg 600w, https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bkbfTVaparete-800x576.jpg 800w, https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bkbfTVaparete.jpg 971w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 387px, (min-width: 712px) 580px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-zoomin\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bkbfTVincassato.jpg\" data-title=\"TV incassata nella nicchia sopra il camino\" title=\"TV incassata nella nicchia sopra il camino\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bkbfTVincassato.jpg\" width=\"931\" height=\"671\" alt=\"\" title=\"TV incassata nella nicchia sopra il camino\" aria-label=\"TV incassata nella nicchia sopra il camino\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-3428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bkbfTVincassato-200x144.jpg 200w, https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bkbfTVincassato-400x288.jpg 400w, https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bkbfTVincassato-600x432.jpg 600w, https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bkbfTVincassato-800x577.jpg 800w, https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bkbfTVincassato.jpg 931w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 387px, (min-width: 712px) 580px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:2%;margin-bottom:2%;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>The length of the shelf and the Heat Deflector TV-SAVER will depend on <strong>the size of the TV<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Please take in into account that the shelf\/deflector must be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>20 cm larger<\/strong>\u202fon each side compared to the TV<\/li>\n<li><strong>Placed\u202fright under<\/strong>\u202fthe TV or the soundbar, if any<\/li>\n<li><strong>Installed 20\/30 cm\u202faway<\/strong> from the fireplace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:2%;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:2%;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:40;line-height:1.5;\"><h5>CONVECTION AND THERMAL RADIATION, IN SHORT, FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING:<\/h5><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><p><strong>Convection<\/strong>\u202fharnesses the phenomenon as per which a fluid (water, air, gas\u2026)\u202f<strong>expands and rises<\/strong>\u202fattracting the cold air flow downwards, when heated.<br \/>\n<strong>Examples<\/strong>: a hot water pot, a hot air balloon, a radiator or any heating system which requires air heating.<br \/>\n<strong>The\u202ftypical flaw\u202f<\/strong>is to have <strong>very\u202fwarm air<\/strong> <strong>close to the ceiling\u202f<\/strong>instead of having it below, unless you have a forced-air circulation system or underfloor heating.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" title=\"hot-air-balloon-ride-1028896_640\" src=\"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hot-air-balloon-ride-1028896_640.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hot-air-balloon-ride-1028896_640-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hot-air-balloon-ride-1028896_640-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hot-air-balloon-ride-1028896_640-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hot-air-balloon-ride-1028896_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:2%;margin-bottom:2%;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><p><strong>Thermal radiation\u202f<\/strong>occurs through<strong>\u202felectromagnetic waves<\/strong>,\u202femitted from a source, the waves turn into heat when they hit a surface.<\/p>\n<p>These waves only slightly warm up the air they pass through and <strong>move in a straight line<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Examples<\/strong>: the sun, in particular the infrared rays of its light, the light emitted from a burning fire, the infrared rays heaters that can be found outside public premises.<\/p>\n<p>The<strong>\u202ftypical flaw<\/strong>\u202fis feeling the part of the body which is hit from the warm radiation hot and\u202f<strong>the\u202fother side cold<\/strong>. As soon as the emission stops (even by putting a panel as a barrier) the feeling of heat stops immediately.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" title=\"sun-581377_640\" src=\"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/sun-581377_640.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/sun-581377_640-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/sun-581377_640-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/sun-581377_640-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/biokamino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/sun-581377_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:2%;margin-bottom:2%;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><p>For those who would like\u202fa <strong>more in-depth explanation<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Convection\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Convection<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thermal_radiation\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thermal_radiation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-info-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4435"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4438,"href":"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435\/revisions\/4438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biokamino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}