Matt Beard wrote:
A few years back I had a "false" fireplace fitted in our house for a
coal-effect gas fire. When the fitter built the false chimneybreast I
got him to embed a length of conduit at floor level behind the whole
lot. This was very useful for speaker cables.


Good tip. The gap is a fairly decent size - instead of posting the
cables through (cat5, phone and speaker) I think I will buy some conduit
or plastic pipe and post it through.