The focal point of a room with a fire place, is the fire place wall. 80-90% of people want the TV over the fire place. Usually there is a large area above the fire place that will fit a TV. When installing TV’s over fire places they tend to be too high. There are two types of fire place installations gas fire place and wood burning. Gas fire place is usually the easier of the two.
Wood fire places burn much hotter then gas, so heat is a very large factor in the installation. Most of the time fire places have brick or stone, which is another large obstacle for the installation.