Home Theater Installation in Tulsa
TVs, soundbars, surround speakers and projectors, set up so the room still looks finished when the screen is off. An older plaster house in Midtown needs a different plan than a new drywall build in Broken Arrow or Owasso, and we work in both.
The Pieces of a Tulsa Home Theater
Pick one piece or the whole system. Here is what each part involves.
The Main Screen
Screens from 32 to 100 inches, hung at a height that suits the seating, on drywall, plaster, brick or stone.
Frame and Art-Mode TVs
The Samsung Frame TV and other screens that display artwork, hung flat against the wall so they pass for a picture.
Soundbars
Held on a bracket below the screen, or set on a mantel, ledge or console, with the cord tucked away.
Surround and Dolby Atmos
5.1, 7.1 and Atmos layouts, with each speaker given a spot on a wall, stand or shelf that fits how the room is used.
Projector and Screen
A ceiling-mounted projector and a wall screen for a game room, bonus room or dedicated movie room.
Hidden Wiring
Cables go inside the wall where the wall allows it, and into a paintable cover where it does not.
If the job is only a screen with no audio, head to TV mounting in Tulsa instead.
Your Walls Shape the Plan
Tulsa has a wide spread of housing ages. What sits behind the paint decides where the TV can hang, where speakers can go and how the cables get hidden.
Midtown, Maple Ridge and Brookside
Many of these older houses have plaster walls, and the living room is often built around a brick or stone fireplace.
Plaster is hard and brittle. Holes are kept small, and anything heavy, from the TV to a center speaker shelf, is anchored into framing or masonry instead of the plaster face.
Broken Arrow, Jenks, Bixby and Owasso
Newer builds out here are mostly wood-framed drywall. That makes in-wall cable runs simple and leaves more freedom on speaker spots.
In an open layout, the harder question is often where the rear speakers sit when the couch backs onto the kitchen. We sort that out before any holes go in.
Downtown Lofts
Converted Art Deco buildings downtown often mean masonry, poured concrete or aging plaster, and some restrict drilling.
Ask your building what is allowed before the visit. A soundbar on a console and surround speakers on stands can cut down how many holes the setup needs.
Samsung Frame and Art-Mode TVs
The Samsung Frame TV is built to pass for framed art when nobody is watching. That only works when the screen hangs close to the wall, lines up with the room, and has no cord trailing below it.
Close to the Wall
Most Frame TV models come with Samsung's slim wall mount in the box. It keeps the gap behind the screen small, which is what makes the picture look believable.
A Home for the One Connect Box
Many Frame TV models move the inputs to a separate box joined to the screen by one thin cable. We pick where that box lives, such as a cabinet or console, then run that cable through the wall or tuck it beneath a slim cover.
Placed Like Art
Art mode looks right when the screen lines up with what is around it: a mantel, a shelf, a row of frames. We measure from those before drilling.
Plank and Slat Walls
Wood plank and slat panels are usually decoration, not structure. The mount should reach the studs behind the boards.
Sound That Leaves the Room Tidy
Better audio doesn't have to mean boxes and wires everywhere. Most of the work is deciding where each piece lives before anything goes on the wall.
Bracket or Ledge
A soundbar bracket holds the bar just under the screen. When a mantel, shelf or ledge already sits there, as in this photo, the bar can rest on it and skip the extra holes.
Rear Speakers Without Floor Cables
Surrounds can go on the wall behind the couch, on stands or on bookshelves. Their wire travels through the wall cavity or along the trim, never across the rug.
Atmos Height Without Cutting the Ceiling
Dolby Atmos adds sound from above. Up-firing speakers bounce it off the ceiling, which suits older plaster rooms where cutting in ceiling speakers is a bigger job.
A Quiet Spot for the Sub
The subwoofer can tuck beside a chair or cabinet. A wireless model just needs power, with no signal cable to hide.
Hiding Wires in Plaster, Drywall and Brick
A theater has more cables than a lone TV: HDMI, speaker wire, power, sometimes a projector line overhead. Each wall type handles them differently.
Drywall
Hollow bays between studs make this the easy case. A recessed plate behind the TV and another near the console carry the cables inside the wall.
If there is no power up high, a recessed receptacle can go in behind the screen, built to code.
Plaster and Lath
Plaster is dense, and older walls often have cross blocking inside the bays, so fishing a cable takes more care.
When a clean path isn't there, a slim cover painted to match the wall is neater than forcing it and patching cracks afterward.
Brick and Stone
Cable can't travel inside solid masonry. Over a brick fireplace the choice is a cover along the face, or a route through a framed wall beside it when the layout allows.
We go over those options with you before the first anchor goes in.
For a plain TV install with no audio, see our Tulsa TV mounting page.
Recent Google Reviews in Tulsa
These cards pull the three newest reviews left on our Tulsa Google listing.
Brayden Croslin
"Excellent experience getting a tv installed. I requested service and they were helping me within 24 hours. Very communicative, very efficient, and very good at what they do!"
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Why Tulsa Homeowners Call Dom's
A short list of things you can count on when we come out.
Insured
Fully insured, with 1 million dollars of coverage.
Same-Day Visits
Call early and we can often get to you that same day.
Old Walls and New
Plaster, drywall, brick and stone, from Maple Ridge to Owasso.
4.8 on Google
Averaged across 51 reviews left on our Tulsa Google profile.
Tulsa Home Theater Questions
Can a Samsung Frame TV hang flat enough to look like art?
Will running speaker wire crack my plaster walls?
Should my soundbar go on the wall or sit on the console?
My fireplace is brick. Can the TV and speakers still go there?
Can I get Dolby Atmos in a regular living room?
Can the power cord behind the TV disappear too?
How is the price for my Tulsa theater setup figured?
Do you work outside Tulsa city limits?
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