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Building an outside TV cabinet - advice
Posted on 5/23/14 at 11:53 am
Posted on 5/23/14 at 11:53 am
I've started getting into wood working in the past year and up until now it's been mainly refinishing furniture and some building projects for the house for my wife. The other day a buddy of mine approached me and wants me to build him a TV cabinet for his back porch.
He purchased a 55" TV (yes 55" for his back porch) and is going to have a swivel mount attached to the brick with a weatherproof type cover that goes on the TV. He basically wants a cabinet that will also attach to the brick with doors so he can just open the doors and swivel the TV out.
My question is with this going outside, is my best bet going to be going with treated lumber? The reason I ask this is because he has a pergola on the back porch which is stained a medium shade of brown and I would like to match the cabinet to the pergola color. If I do treated lumber then this will be pretty difficult.
I'm wondering with this being the case if I could just use some good lumber, stain it, and then put something like Thompson's water seal or something on it.
What do you guys recommend?
He purchased a 55" TV (yes 55" for his back porch) and is going to have a swivel mount attached to the brick with a weatherproof type cover that goes on the TV. He basically wants a cabinet that will also attach to the brick with doors so he can just open the doors and swivel the TV out.
My question is with this going outside, is my best bet going to be going with treated lumber? The reason I ask this is because he has a pergola on the back porch which is stained a medium shade of brown and I would like to match the cabinet to the pergola color. If I do treated lumber then this will be pretty difficult.
I'm wondering with this being the case if I could just use some good lumber, stain it, and then put something like Thompson's water seal or something on it.
What do you guys recommend?
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Posted on 5/23/14 at 12:00 pm to RollTide MJ
try using ceder wood. rot resistant and will take a stain.
I've had luck staining treated pine, have to let it dry for a while, but you can stain it.
I've had luck staining treated pine, have to let it dry for a while, but you can stain it.
Posted on 5/23/14 at 12:17 pm to RollTide MJ
Make it out of cypress, Yes it will cost more.
Posted on 5/23/14 at 12:31 pm to hogdaddy
I used cabinet grade plywood and several coats of sealer.
Posted on 5/23/14 at 12:59 pm to hogdaddy
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Make it out of cypress, Yes it will cost more
Cost wouldn't be a big issue. All he told me was you build it, and I'll pay you. He's a doctor and single so I don't think the price of the lumber would make him second guess it.
Posted on 5/23/14 at 1:00 pm to Tbooux
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try using ceder wood. rot resistant and will take a stain. I've had luck staining treated pine, have to let it dry for a while, but you can stain it.
I think I may be leaning towards the cedar lumber. From the picture I found online of the cabinet style I'm going to do, it looks as though they might have gone the cedar route also. Thanks!
Posted on 5/23/14 at 3:32 pm to RollTide MJ
Word of caution. Make sure the cabinet is vented . Moisture buildup inside will kill that TV in a years time. His weatherproof cover is not going to help keep the moisture off the power board . I've gone thru 3 outdoor tvs in 5 years. LCD is by far more resistant to moisture. Good luck
Posted on 5/23/14 at 3:39 pm to redfish99
Cypress or white oak will be your best bets.
This post was edited on 5/23/14 at 3:40 pm
Posted on 5/23/14 at 3:42 pm to redfish99
Is it going to be under a covered porch, or out in the elements?
My Dad put an older LCD in one at his old place, but it was under a porch far enough away that rain couldn't hit it. He didn't mount it to the wall, just built a cabinet to stand on the floor and had a big shelf for the TV and cable box to sit on. Prior to that he just had an old 45 inch projection style TV from the late 80s out there, but it finally bit the dust after being outdoors for about 6 years. So he wanted a cabinet for the new one, and just built it at a shallow depth to house the TV and put a set of doors on the front.
Are you going to be building the doors as well or buying some pre-fabs to put on it? I built a set of built-in cabinets for our laundry room renovation and the overall width between the two walls was 59 inches, and overall height of the doors was 42 inches. It is hard to make doors that size if you haven't done it before. What I did was frame out the outside of them, and used some beadboard and inserted that in the frame. Keeps it lighter so less stress on the hinges. I ended up using 3 sets of hinges. One about 2 inches from top/bottom and another in the middle.
My Dad put an older LCD in one at his old place, but it was under a porch far enough away that rain couldn't hit it. He didn't mount it to the wall, just built a cabinet to stand on the floor and had a big shelf for the TV and cable box to sit on. Prior to that he just had an old 45 inch projection style TV from the late 80s out there, but it finally bit the dust after being outdoors for about 6 years. So he wanted a cabinet for the new one, and just built it at a shallow depth to house the TV and put a set of doors on the front.
Are you going to be building the doors as well or buying some pre-fabs to put on it? I built a set of built-in cabinets for our laundry room renovation and the overall width between the two walls was 59 inches, and overall height of the doors was 42 inches. It is hard to make doors that size if you haven't done it before. What I did was frame out the outside of them, and used some beadboard and inserted that in the frame. Keeps it lighter so less stress on the hinges. I ended up using 3 sets of hinges. One about 2 inches from top/bottom and another in the middle.
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