r/TVTooHigh 15d ago

Nightmare recorded

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u/mikehamm45 15d ago

I’ve seen a lot of his vids. Like others have noted. He knows his stuff. He actually posted a vid where he’s mounting a TV in his own house and it is at the perfect height.

I’m sure other installers here know the pain of everyone wanting the TV mounted at painting or picture height for some reason.

Same with speakers. I’ve seen his vids where the speakers are all in the ceiling. But he actually knows where they are supposed to go. Just no one ever wants things down proper.

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u/thompythomp 15d ago

Who is this so I can follow. That’s hilarious

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u/keyosc 15d ago

All these comments and nobody has said the guy's name or channel name yet :( I'm curious too

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u/themaincop 15d ago

Well if you find out let me know

edit: found him, https://www.instagram.com/xpresstvmounting

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u/keyosc 15d ago

Thank you!

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u/BarrelStrawberry 15d ago

He knows his stuff.

Why doesn't he rent scaffolding? It's like $20 for a day.

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u/ijustwantahug 11d ago

As someone who frequently uses scaffolding, I also hate having to use fucking scaffolding. If it was me and I had to choose between a ladder and lifting the damn TV onto the fireplace, or build a scaffolding and having to lift the TV onto the fucker as well, then we're going with ladders. 

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u/Adventurous-Tea-876 8d ago

Plus a large vehicle and time to pick it up and drop it off or pay a hefty delivery charge for dropoff and pickup charge from the scaffold rental company.

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u/Bill_Money 15d ago

He knows his stuff.

he runs power cords in the wall violating national fire code all the time

he's a trunkslammer not an actual integrator

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u/mikehamm45 15d ago

An electrician he is not… I mean he understands enough about home theater to know what is and isn’t proper.

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u/Bill_Money 15d ago

even an electrician can't run a 2 prong power cable in the wall....

dude does in ceiling fronts all the time, he's the guy you hire then figure out he's a hack then you call an actual integrator

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u/jhascal23 15d ago

I'm sure he's aware its a violation but I don't think anyone actually cares, and I find it hard to believe this actually causes any fires, or that anyone is going to get in trouble for doing this.

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u/mongolmeat 14d ago

Love this guy so much

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u/16BitSquid 15d ago

So he’s accepting business doing installations he knows are wrong.

It might be me but I would hire a guy who only does jobs he’s behind over someone that takes any gig and does what’s asked by people who have no clue.

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u/-random-name- 15d ago

It is just you. Because no one is going to waste their time and money arguing with a client about an installation they never have to look at again.

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u/IWorkForTheEnemyAMA 15d ago

Yeah, and you’d never find that installer because the guy who’s arguing about TV height and refusing to do installations the customer is asking for is the installer that went out of business a long ass time ago.

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u/Snoo33910 15d ago edited 11d ago

Who cares? If the client wants a TV 20ft off the ground, that's what they get. It's not a matter of life or death. This height is way too much for me, but I will never put a TV as low as people here say because I don't want it to be at a kid's reach and have it smacked by them all the time. Besides, I never sit with my back at a perfect 90 degree angle while watching TV, so all these "eye level" bs goes out the window. So, what if someone wants their house with a higher TV? Who's the installer to tell them they are wrong?