Hi,

I'm not sure if this is relevant here, but how did/would you guys hide the
unsightly cables? The plastic trunking you can buy is probably not big
enough because I have other cables to run through it and it's not very
pleasing to the eye.
Any suggestions or ideas?

Thanks in advance.

"ian" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm not sure if this is relevant here, but how did/would you guys hide the
unsightly cables? The plastic trunking you can buy is probably not big
enough because I have other cables to run through it and it's not very
pleasing to the eye.

Dig a channel, bury them in conduit and plaster over it.

Run every cable that it's possible to connect to the screen (even if you
have no intention of using them).

And then run a couple of lengths of multicore and a couple of lengths of
speaker wire for good luck (you can use the speaker wire as a drawstring if
needed).

ian wrote:
Hi,

I'm not sure if this is relevant here, but how did/would you guys
hide the unsightly cables? The plastic trunking you can buy is
probably not big enough because I have other cables to run through it
and it's not very pleasing to the eye.
Any suggestions or ideas?

Thanks in advance.

How much redecorating will be required if you dig a channel?
Are you putting the screen on an outside wall?
Do you have a cavity to poke wires through?
Are you putting the screen at picture height (a mistake if you ask me), or
at normal TV height?

"ian" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm not sure if this is relevant here, but how did/would you guys hide the
unsightly cables? The plastic trunking you can buy is probably not big
enough because I have other cables to run through it and it's not very
pleasing to the eye.
Any suggestions or ideas?

Thanks in advance.

As others have suggested, you really need to chase a channel out of the
plaster and bury the cables out of sight in the wall. It would make sense to
bury a conduit or trunking of some sort first and then run the cables in
that so that they can be removed/replaced if they go faulty later on.

The only problem I can see - and I haven't got a wall-mounted telly so I may
be talking out of my bum here - is the size of the connectors on the ends of
the cables. It'll have to be one mighty diameter of conduit to allow the
connectors through, won't it?

Mogweed.

In uk.d-i-y, ian wrote:
I'm not sure if this is relevant here, but how did/would you guys hide the
unsightly cables? The plastic trunking you can buy is probably not big
enough because I have other cables to run through it and it's not very
pleasing to the eye.
Any suggestions or ideas?

What's on the other side of the wall?

--
Mike Barnes

"Mogweed" wrote in message
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"ian" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm not sure if this is relevant here, but how did/would you guys hide
the unsightly cables? The plastic trunking you can buy is probably not
big enough because I have other cables to run through it and it's not
very pleasing to the eye.
Any suggestions or ideas?

Thanks in advance.

As others have suggested, you really need to chase a channel out of the
plaster and bury the cables out of sight in the wall. It would make sense
to bury a conduit or trunking of some sort first and then run the cables
in that so that they can be removed/replaced if they go faulty later on.

The only problem I can see - and I haven't got a wall-mounted telly so I
may be talking out of my bum here - is the size of the connectors on the
ends of the cables. It'll have to be one mighty diameter of conduit to
allow the connectors through, won't it?

Mogweed.

Yes - imagine shoving a SCART lead up a conduit! I would rather have a
trunking with a removable front - partially resessed then it is easy to
change things.

Yes - imagine shoving a SCART lead up a conduit!

I've done it before. Obviously, it is best done before terminating the ends!

I would rather have a trunking with a removable front - partially
resessed then it is easy to change things.

That could simplify things on the initial install if you want preterminated
cables. Obviously, when it is plastered over things start getting more
difficult!

Christian.