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Rodbouy
31st December, 2011, 08:31 PM
I am going to be putting my tv on the wall in the coming months and been trying to figure out the best way to go about it.

I have

1x SkyHD box
1x DM800
1x PS3

So I am going to run one chase 2.5 electrical cable for a single socket behind the tv so that can just get tacked to wall and plastered over.

Need a chase wide enough for

2x coaxil for magic eye for Sky and DM (would shotgun cable work ok?)
3x HDMI
and possibly 1 run of cat6 Ethernet

The cables will be 10m in length each as everything is being moved to a cupboard under the stairs out the way

Now what would you recommend as obv I would need a chase that I could do a pull through if needed if a cable fails down the line.

The whole wall will be getting re plastered anyway so no probs there and its a brick wall I will be raggling.

I was thinking 2 pvc lengths of trunking into a open double metal socket casing so that I have 2 channels and easy access behind tv but not sure how well plaster bonds over pvc?

Any one done similar and got a better method?

TIA

tigger001
31st December, 2011, 08:41 PM
if your useing plastic trunking then after you have fixed it in place give it a coat of pva glue , let it dry and then plaster over the top.

cactikid
31st December, 2011, 08:48 PM
if you are using a wallplate look here.
UK HDMI Wall Plates, HDMI Faceplates, 3D TV HDMI Wall plate at Nexxia (http://www.nexxia.co.uk/products.asp?section=Audio%20Wall%20Plates&category=HDMI%20Wall%20Plates%20Angled&gclid=CPzZvuOpp6MCFQY9lAodEEWS6Q)

i would also use a good quality type cables as the last thing you need to do is digging.

forgot to mention if you may need a spdif or digital coaxial for audio input on an amp,best to have a pull through if needed in future.

tomhick024
31st December, 2011, 09:30 PM
Id use 30mm or 50mm insulated slab ,you would have plenty room for conduit behind it and no big mess chasing the wall, just take out a strip of insulation where the conduit runs!! and as you have already stated, put in an extra one for further projects- but put in some string or wire to act as a pull through!!
Have done this a few time in renovation works!!
its the fastest way out of it too.
Best of luck with it!!