Wall gromits for cables in to walls
 

I've run an aerial and sky lead lead through a plasterboard wall from living
room to bedroom and the hole is a little unsightly, I'm not sure what you
call it but I was after some kind of double gromit ? to feed the cable in to
to look neater ?

On the otherside I have ordered a white plastic face socket doodah with a
connection for sky and an aerial so that end will look tidy.

Any advice welcomed :)

thanks

Wall gromits for cables in to walls
 

"Pete" wrote:
I've run an aerial and sky lead lead through a plasterboard wall from living
room to bedroom and the hole is a little unsightly, I'm not sure what you
call it but I was after some kind of double gromit ? to feed the cable in to
to look neater ?

On the otherside I have ordered a white plastic face socket doodah with a
connection for sky and an aerial so that end will look tidy.

Any advice welcomed :)

thanks

Next time you see a sky installers van, stick around and ask the installer
for a handful of his cable gromits. They do single and dual cable ones in
White plastic and you can't get them anywhere else. Last time I asked, the
chap gave me about 50 of them so, it's all in the approach :)

A bit of silicone and BYU!

D.


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Wall gromits for cables in to walls
 

Owain wrote:
On Sep 2, 6:39 pm, "Pete" wrote:
I've run an aerial and sky lead lead through a plasterboard wall
from living room to bedroom and the hole is a little unsightly, I'm
not sure what you call it but I was after some kind of double gromit
? to feed the cable in to to look neater ?

On the otherside I have ordered a white plastic face socket doodah
with a connection for sky and an aerial so that end will look tidy.

Use a cooker cable outlet.

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/BG979.html

That's an expensive faceplate:-)


When my parents went SkyPlus my Dad was expecting a nice faceplate with 2
sat connectors and 2 TV connectors. He got a white faceplate with 4 holes
drilled in it and no extra joints in the cable.

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Wall gromits for cables in to walls
 

On 02/09/2011 19:22, Dean Heighington wrote:
wrote:
I've run an aerial and sky lead lead through a plasterboard wall from living
room to bedroom and the hole is a little unsightly, I'm not sure what you
call it but I was after some kind of double gromit ? to feed the cable in to
to look neater ?

On the otherside I have ordered a white plastic face socket doodah with a
connection for sky and an aerial so that end will look tidy.

Any advice welcomed :)

thanks

Next time you see a sky installers van, stick around and ask the installer
for a handful of his cable gromits. They do single and dual cable ones in
White plastic and you can't get them anywhere else.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/interior-h...ack-of-5/33725

SteveW

Wall gromits for cables in to walls
 

On 02/09/2011 21:10, Steve Walker wrote:
On 02/09/2011 19:22, Dean Heighington wrote:
wrote:
I've run an aerial and sky lead lead through a plasterboard wall from
living
room to bedroom and the hole is a little unsightly, I'm not sure what
you
call it but I was after some kind of double gromit ? to feed the
cable in to
to look neater ?

On the otherside I have ordered a white plastic face socket doodah
with a
connection for sky and an aerial so that end will look tidy.

Any advice welcomed :)

thanks

Next time you see a sky installers van, stick around and ask the
installer
for a handful of his cable gromits. They do single and dual cable ones in
White plastic and you can't get them anywhere else.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/interior-h...ack-of-5/33725

SteveW

Oops, sorry, just noticed that you said double!

SteveW

Wall gromits for cables in to walls
 

ARWadsworth wrote:

Owain wrote:
On Sep 2, 6:39 pm, "Pete" wrote:
I've run an aerial and sky lead lead through a plasterboard wall
from living room to bedroom and the hole is a little unsightly, I'm
not sure what you call it but I was after some kind of double gromit
? to feed the cable in to to look neater ?

On the otherside I have ordered a white plastic face socket doodah
with a connection for sky and an aerial so that end will look tidy.

Use a cooker cable outlet.

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/BG979.html

That's an expensive faceplate:-)


When my parents went SkyPlus my Dad was expecting a nice faceplate with 2
sat connectors and 2 TV connectors. He got a white faceplate with 4 holes
drilled in it and no extra joints in the cable.


Are these the Sky ones mentioned earlier?

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/MXCBW.html

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Wall gromits for cables in to walls
 

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
ARWadsworth wrote:

Owain wrote:
On Sep 2, 6:39 pm, "Pete" wrote:
I've run an aerial and sky lead lead through a plasterboard wall
from living room to bedroom and the hole is a little unsightly, I'm
not sure what you call it but I was after some kind of double gromit
? to feed the cable in to to look neater ?

On the otherside I have ordered a white plastic face socket doodah
with a connection for sky and an aerial so that end will look tidy.

Use a cooker cable outlet.

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/BG979.html

That's an expensive faceplate:-)


When my parents went SkyPlus my Dad was expecting a nice faceplate with 2
sat connectors and 2 TV connectors. He got a white faceplate with 4 holes
drilled in it and no extra joints in the cable.


Are these the Sky ones mentioned earlier?

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/MXCBW.html



Thats it :)

I contemplated stalking sky vans from the above suggestions ..... buuuut I
had a butchers on ebay and found some double ones under the search of wall
tidy and wall grommit.

Thats for all the excellent ideas.

Wall gromits for cables in to walls
 

On 02/09/2011 22:38, Pete wrote:
"Tim wrote in message
...
ARWadsworth wrote:

wrote:
On Sep 2, 6:39 pm, wrote:
I've run an aerial and sky lead lead through a plasterboard wall
from living room to bedroom and the hole is a little unsightly, I'm
not sure what you call it but I was after some kind of double gromit
? to feed the cable in to to look neater ?

On the otherside I have ordered a white plastic face socket doodah
with a connection for sky and an aerial so that end will look tidy.

Use a cooker cable outlet.

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/BG979.html

That's an expensive faceplate:-)


When my parents went SkyPlus my Dad was expecting a nice faceplate with 2
sat connectors and 2 TV connectors. He got a white faceplate with 4 holes
drilled in it and no extra joints in the cable.


Are these the Sky ones mentioned earlier?

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/MXCBW.html

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/MXCEC.html

is more the normal "covers a typical sky installers SDS wall divot"
plate! ;-)


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Most of the commercial guys, ie Sky and Virgin seem to use their squirtable
gunge for this sort of thing. Silicone elastomer I think is the correct
term, but I prefer gunge, as the few times I've tried to use it it gets
everwhere.

Brian

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"Pete" wrote in message
...
I've run an aerial and sky lead lead through a plasterboard wall from
living room to bedroom and the hole is a little unsightly, I'm not sure
what you call it but I was after some kind of double gromit ? to feed the
cable in to to look neater ?

On the otherside I have ordered a white plastic face socket doodah with a
connection for sky and an aerial so that end will look tidy.

Any advice welcomed :)

thanks

Wall gromits for cables in to walls
 

"Pete" wrote:
"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...

Thats it :)

I contemplated stalking sky vans from the above suggestions ..... buuuut I
had a butchers on ebay and found some double ones under the search of wall
tidy and wall grommit.

Thats for all the excellent ideas.

It's still worth stalking the sky man... Cos it means you can get what you
want for free... And today! :) also if you get a really nice man there's
often other things in his van that you might spot and 'might' get ;)

But it's good that you can now get these elsewhere... I usually need them
then and there and no local trade counters do them... Especially the double
ones.

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Pete wrote:

I contemplated stalking sky vans from the above suggestions ..... buuuut I
had a butchers on ebay and found some double ones under the search of wall
tidy and wall grommit.

Thats for all the excellent ideas.

As a general comment on this whole thread (and the Subject:) isn't the
correct spelling grommet?

I blame it all on Wallace and Gromit! (I hope I've spelled that right).

Oh, my dictionary does give grummet as an alternative.

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On Sat, 03 Sep 2011 11:35:52 +0100, tinnews wrote:

Pete wrote:

I contemplated stalking sky vans from the above suggestions .....
buuuut I had a butchers on ebay and found some double ones under the
search of wall tidy and wall grommit.

Thats for all the excellent ideas.

As a general comment on this whole thread (and the Subject:) isn't the
correct spelling grommet?

I blame it all on Wallace and Gromit! (I hope I've spelled that right).

Oh, my dictionary does give grummet as an alternative.

Yes, I was going to make some comment about wall mounted claymation dogs,
but was lacking a round tuit.

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Bob Eager wrote:


but was lacking a round tuit.

Until now :)

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wrote in message ...
Pete wrote:

I contemplated stalking sky vans from the above suggestions ..... buuuut
I
had a butchers on ebay and found some double ones under the search of
wall
tidy and wall grommit.

Thats for all the excellent ideas.

As a general comment on this whole thread (and the Subject:) isn't the
correct spelling grommet?

I blame it all on Wallace and Gromit! (I hope I've spelled that right).

Oh, my dictionary does give grummet as an alternative.



Neee nawwww neee naaaw spelling police :) hehe

Your right it is, slap on my wrist it just goes to show being a massive
Wallace and Gromit fan has influenced my spelling.

Back on to the subject I saw a sky van locally and asked and he said they
use silicone of some sort to fill holes now as its cheaper.

Wall gromits for cables in to walls
 

"Pete" wrote:
wrote in message ...

Neee nawwww neee naaaw spelling police :) hehe

Your right it is, slap on my wrist it just goes to show being a massive
Wallace and Gromit fan has influenced my spelling.

Back on to the subject I saw a sky van locally and asked and he said they
use silicone of some sort to fill holes now as its cheaper.

I must have got to him before you and cleaned him out of 'Gromits' :)
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Tim Watts wrote:
ARWadsworth wrote:

Owain wrote:
On Sep 2, 6:39 pm, "Pete" wrote:
I've run an aerial and sky lead lead through a plasterboard wall
from living room to bedroom and the hole is a little unsightly, I'm
not sure what you call it but I was after some kind of double
gromit ? to feed the cable in to to look neater ?

On the otherside I have ordered a white plastic face socket doodah
with a connection for sky and an aerial so that end will look tidy.

Use a cooker cable outlet.

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/BG979.html

That's an expensive faceplate:-)


When my parents went SkyPlus my Dad was expecting a nice faceplate
with 2 sat connectors and 2 TV connectors. He got a white faceplate
with 4 holes drilled in it and no extra joints in the cable.


Are these the Sky ones mentioned earlier?

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/MXCBW.html

Dunno, but I installed the cables at my Dad's! I sank them into the plaster
when they decorated the lounge a couple of years earlier. Odd that for two
years they never noticed 3 CT100 cables coiled up behind their TV:-)

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