hey everybody Sam here and Angela and Welcome to our Channel we are going to do part three of our
installing our fireplace and TV above and today we're going to kind of be finishing the project
it has been a little longer of a project for us kind of in between but here we have a rainy day
so we're gonna get her done we're going to start out today by hanging the TV and we're
actually going to do something really cool that Sam thought of which is put the cords through the
wall so you don't see them kind of going behind the fireplace which is going to be really neat
and we are also going to be installing the blower on our fireplace and then fixing the molding so
it doesn't you know poke out a little bit it'll be flush against the wall so let's get started
You're Gonna Be Sad plywood's gone no you sure yeah I mean we could hang this up on
the wall now we can do it like this and it can be our mantle there you
go perfect expensive mantle so as we pull out the fireplace we're gonna have to mark
on the back of the fireplace a little Notch where the pipe comes out of the floor that
way it can be pushed all the way because that's what's also holding it off of the
wall right now so let's mark it and then we can use our oscillating tool and cut it out
so I'm going to measure how far off
the edge that way I can do this and see that it's going to be about right here
to The Far Side order
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I hate these things
cool now we can vacuum up the excess and it should slide right to the wall
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I didn't do that that wasn't me seriously that wasn't me
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now that we have the quarter round molding cut and the notch cut on the back of the fireplace we're
going to push this back against the wall and Trace the profile of the fireplace against our baseboard
molding then we'll cut that out and that'll allow us to push it all the way flush to the wall
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for the gas pipe to be run through I happen to hit the floor joists odds are you're always going to
have that happen so as you can see or you did see we have a huge hole and that's the reason
so I'm going to use some of this expanding spray foam to fill up the hole make sure it
stays nice and tight and just kind of bury my mistake although I didn't do it intentionally
but yeah it was me great he's kidding
this is a pipe that goes straight through the basement so I'm gonna put some foam in this too
all right what we have here is really specific to our fireplace this is the blower unit that
you can buy for it and we're gonna work on putting this in next I don't think we'll
cover this in very much detail because it is really specific but to show you really quickly
what a blower is is it is a squirrel cage style fan that just rotates pulls air from the back
across through the top and out the front and helps disperse your heat better throughout
your room we really don't need this we have used the fireplace for a couple of weeks now
and it Heats very well it does not keep the heat localized with our ceiling fan as well
we can move the heat throughout the house but we already bought this so we figured let's go
ahead and install it maybe we'll end up needing it or really liking it but either way we spent
the money we might as well put it to good use we've been looking at the instructions and
installation is pretty basic so we'll go and get that knocked out and then show you guys whenever
that's done although you won't see much other than this on the back of the fireplace foreign
it is very quiet it is on that's great because some people have
said that their Blower's super loud yay no I can barely hear it
fireplace is totally done but before we push it back against the wall we need to actually
install this cord management Cable Management thing that Angela's holding we're going to be
cutting holes in our drywall to give us ports which are these little white things here to
run cables from down below where the power outlet is in the wall and then out where the TV will be
mounted so that we don't have any wires visible with everything said and done now I knew he was
going to do this whenever we did the drywall and framing the wall up and everything so he made
sure there was a little route for it to go right wow that seems like so long ago it really does
in a way it kind of was but another time all right let's cut some holes in the wall I was looking on
the back of this trying to you know see get some ideas read some instructions and it actually
includes the hole saw that you use to drill for your grommets to go on the wall that is too cool
because this is not a very expensive kit Sam's kind of cheap on this stuff but it comes with
a tool very cool and it includes a little wire box wow maybe this is not as cheap as I thought
it would have been when I bought it 120 bucks okay pretty sure it comes with your fish tape wire too
okay
these come with the coolest little old work Outlets you want to take out the
foam that way you have this open I'm gonna put this in the wall and then tighten these
screws which will make these little flaps fling over and pull up against the drywall
I am I'm geeking out over these they're like the coolest cutest
little things I've ever seen so yeah I'm geeking out Angel's laughing at me
all right we're gonna bring you guys into our dining room and the back side of the
wall we have not closed it up we've got some things planned and projects around
that you're going to kind of get a sneak peek of but I'm going to fish the power cord or
Outlet strip down through the hole and then we'll try and pull out from the box this way
foreign wall this is the area that we closed up you can see all the bracing and different things
I added in because I knew we would probably mount the TV I also cut a notch right here and drilled a
hole through this part of the top wall that used to be there to Route the power cord so I'm going
to go ahead and just fish it down through this part and hopefully out the little box down there
we had to take the box out so one of us could put our hands me into
the wall to catch the cord coming out so it worked better that way
so we're done with the fireplace we're done with everything behind
it so we're ready to go ahead and slide it back in place and leave it
there presumably forever and then we can focus on the TV mount next
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so we run into a little bonus challenge the blower cord when plugged into the wall sticks out too
far that actually hits the back of the Firebox and it's not letting us put the fireplace flush
against the wall like we want thankfully though we had something that I had bought I found these a
couple of weeks back and I really enjoyed putting them throughout the house it's something that's
called a Sleek socket it is an extension cord but it is a heavy duty it's ready for 13 amps
it has this part that plugs into the wall goes flush against the wall and then it has a three
Outlet drop cord attached to the other end so this is going to be perfect for us we're able to
put this into the wall and then we can plug the TV power and the fireplace blower into this and not
worry about exceeding the capacities 13 amps is a lot of power and will work great for us it allows
to put the fireplace flush against the wall like we want and still plug everything up and have it
properly grounded with an appropriate extension so here we go I've put about four of these I
think in our house like behind the couches they're really useful and in the boys room where there's
an outlet close to their bed and we can't really use it otherwise these will work great foreign
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okay all right up or down I can't see the wall all right damn
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ly too long hey I'm glad that we no longer have the piece of plywood sitting on top of our nice
fireplace had to get rid of the custom wood mantelpiece didn't you yeah no mantle well
I guess we have a mini mantle yeah well plywood's going back to the workshop now
all we have left is to paint our fireplace like we originally said we're gonna paint it white
not nope the darker colors growing on us it has it has a very nice contrast against the
walls and the white molding and the nice light colored flooring that we just want to leave it
yeah that and I kind of feel like if I was to try and paint it I would probably ruin it
I don't want to risk it so we'll say we just you know looks great we're leaving it yeah it
just does it does it really looks good it's nice to have it here makes the living room feel good
and how many times would you say we've used it so far from the two three weeks we've had it
installed I think I've used it probably once a day since we've gotten it it's very nice to be
able to come in the mornings when it's really kind of crisp cold and I turn it on and it warms up and
it just gives you all the warm cozies it is pretty nice I like the fact that it's also an
off-grid heat source so if the power does go out we at least have heating for the house and that's
something that's good because you never know when the power may go out another blizzard May blow
through East Tennessee right or in the case when power has gone out it was just one car hit a pole
that happens to you yeah either way we're ready from a heating standpoint well thanks guys for
coming along as we finished up our fireplace project if you have any questions or comments
please leave them below otherwise we'll see you guys next time on the homestead see you guys bye
you talk I don't know what we're saying okay what
am I supposed to say say what happened what do we do laughs
I've put about four of these I think in our house um
we're gonna dirty it up anyway tada it's clean it's how are we doing final motivation