This poolside project in Hollywood, FL called for an outdoor TV installation mounted directly to a wood beam under a covered patio roof — not a wall, not a soffit panel, but the structural beam holding up the roof over the pool deck.
Partial-sun TV, not an indoor set in a box
Being under a roof changes what TV belongs here. Fully exposed "full-sun" outdoor TVs are built to run 1,500–5,000+ nits of brightness and shrug off direct rain and UV year-round; TVs living under a covered patio only need to fight glare and humidity, so a "partial-sun" outdoor-rated model — typically 700–1,000 nits, weather-resistant but not built for direct rain exposure — is the right spec for a covered poolside spot like this one. An indoor TV stuffed into a weatherproof box is a common shortcut, but the sealed enclosure traps heat with nowhere to vent, and that combination of poolside humidity and no airflow tends to shorten the set's life rather than protect it.
Keeping the run clear of the pool's electrical zone
Pool-adjacent electrical work isn't just a wiring preference, it's governed by code. NEC Article 680.22(A)(1) sets receptacle placement at swimming pools: general-use outlets have to sit at least 6 feet from the pool's edge, with GFCI protection required for anything within 20 feet of the water. On a poolside mount like this, that clearance zone determines where the power outlet and any low-voltage runs can land relative to the pool wall — it's a constraint we plan around before the first hole gets drilled, not something to work around after the fact.
Anchoring to the beam, not just the surface
A wood beam isn't drywall or CBS block, and it doesn't take the same hardware. Instead of anchors rated for hollow wall or masonry, the mount goes in with corrosion-resistant lag bolts sized to the beam's actual depth, driven into pre-drilled pilot holes to keep the wood from splitting under load. Stainless steel hardware matters more here than on an indoor job — poolside air carries chlorine and salt humidity that accelerates corrosion on plain steel fasteners. Because a beam doesn't offer the continuous backing a wall does, the mount's load gets spread across multiple embedment points along the beam rather than concentrated at a single center hole.
The result: an outdoor-rated TV anchored to structural wood instead of a surface bracket, wired outside the pool's required electrical clearance, set up to hold through a South Florida pool season.
Planning outdoor TV installation in Hollywood or anywhere in South Florida? Hero TV Mount handles the mount, the wiring, and the weatherproofing — call or text (754) 340-1000 to schedule.
