LED TV Installation

Debbie made the armoir :) for the LED TV by cutting out a section behind the middle settee seat.

The LED TV measures 30 diagonal

25 ½ across

16 inches high

It is a 26” TV and just fits in the space width wise. In fact it may need to be tilted a bit to fit into the storage area.

      Here is the LED TV sitting on a TV tray (how appropriate) as we gave our daughter our home 37 inch flat screen and cabinet. We are moving onto the boat and our daughter is moving from roommates to her own place. She is also house hunting so it was good timing as she did not have a TV.

     We will install an arm that will hold the TV and the TV will swing out and up. We plan on installing the arm at an angle so it will rise a bit as it comes out. This goes along with us not wanting “stuff” just sitting around the boat. The TV will be out of sight unless we want to watch it. We do not watch a lot of TV. We will be getting Dish Network soon for the boat. We like movies and this service suits us best for that end. When we go cruising we will be watching the TV even less and it will be tucked away nicely.

First Debbie made a template out of the cardboard box the TV came in.

Then we held up the template and marked it off.

On the aft side there are some reinforcement pieces of wood so she had to move close to the forward side about a half in or so.

Then she made the radius's from brown paper.

Debbie then put together the radius's and re-marked it off.

 She then drilled holes around the radiuses to make it easier to cut with the jig saw. The corners are close to the upper shelf and the settee seat the jig saw did not turn completely when cutting the corner radiuses. 

That was a challenge but she overcame it with some patience.

Now the cut out will need a trimming for burrs and maybe we will router the edges and re-paint it.

We plan on using the part that was cut out as a backing for the hole. We will put a couple lips on the existing hole and re-place the cut out section. That will give the cushion stability for leaning against it.

Let’s see how this all works!!