Looking for some advice on hiding cables

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  • Rodbouy
    DK Veteran
    • Jul 2010
    • 1320

    #1

    Looking for some advice on hiding cables

    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
    Last edited by Rodbouy; 31 December, 2011, 20:33.
  • tigger001
    Top Poster
    • Feb 2009
    • 152

    #2
    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.
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    • cactikid
      V.I.P. Member
      • Sep 2008
      • 12017

      #3
      if you are using a wallplate look here.
      UK HDMI Wall Plates, HDMI Faceplates, 3D TV HDMI Wall plate at Nexxia

      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.
      Last edited by cactikid; 31 December, 2011, 20:57.

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      • tomhick024
        DK Veteran
        • Dec 2008
        • 559

        #4
        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!!
        Whatever!!

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