When the Wall Is the Star
Some jobs walk in and immediately tell you what they need. This Granite Bay home had a floor-to-ceiling ledger stone fireplace wall - light-colored stacked stone, a linear electric fireplace inset at the bottom, tall windows on both sides letting in natural light, and a beautiful white floating shelf right in the middle. The homeowners wanted an 80-inch TV above the shelf and a soundbar sitting on it, with absolutely no visible wiring.
That's the kind of install I love. It's not complicated - it just has to be done right.
80-inch TV mounted on floor-to-ceiling ledger stone fireplace with soundbar on floating shelf in Granite Bay, CA
Full room view of 80-inch TV on stone fireplace with vaulted ceilings and modern living room in Granite Bay, CA
The Mount: Sanus Advance Tilt
For this job I used a Costco Sanus Advance tilt mount. This is a solid choice for a fireplace install - it lets you tilt the screen down slightly so viewing angles work from the couch, even when the TV is mounted higher on the wall. On a ledger stone wall, where you're drilling into actual rock, you want a mount that's built to last and holds firmly without flex. The Sanus Advance checks both boxes.
For an 80-inch TV, getting the weight distribution right matters. I positioned the wall brackets to hit solid stone, drilled with masonry bits, and set the anchors deep. Once that bracket is in, it's not going anywhere.
Drilling Into Ledger Stone
Ledger stone looks great but it's one of the trickier surfaces to mount on. Unlike flat drywall where you just find a stud, ledger stone is uneven - each piece of stone sits at a slightly different plane, which means your bracket can't just bolt flat to the wall.
Here's how I handle it:
The result is a mount that's rock solid (literally) and a TV that hangs perfectly level against a dramatic backdrop.
The Soundbar and Wire Routing
The floating white shelf was already there - and it was the perfect landing spot for the soundbar. The real work was making sure no wires ran across the face of that beautiful stone.
I routed all the TV and soundbar cables through the wall and behind the stone - power, HDMI, soundbar connection - everything hidden. From the front, there's nothing. No cable channels, no wire covers, no visible runs down the stone. Just the TV, the shelf, the soundbar, and the fireplace.
That's the goal on every job. When you walk into the room, it should look like it was always this way.
Granite Bay TV Mounting
Granite Bay homes tend to have the kind of architectural details that reward a careful install. Stone fireplaces, high ceilings, quality finishes - these are rooms where a sloppy mount or a dangling cable would stand out immediately.
If you've got a stone fireplace in Granite Bay or anywhere in the Sacramento area and want it done right, call Dan's TV Mounting at (916) 587-4912. Same-day service available.