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Thinking of having my TV on the wall its a 32inch LCD I picked up a bracket off eBay however I dont want the wires hanging down the wall, even with trunking i think it looks a mess.
If i was to cut out a small square of the plasterboard at the top behind the TV and at the bottom by the plug socket, is there room to thread the wires in down the gap?
[Edited on 08-08-2009 by CorsAsh-Sport]
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Cosmo
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there will be a gap, but you may not be able to simply run a wire down depending on how the plasterboard has been fitted.
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ed
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As the clown said. I've had a few experiences of mucho fucking around getting wires behind walls. If there is a wide enough gap you might want to think about even cutting a section of the plaster out and fitting some trunking down there, or finding some existing trunking is always a brucey bonus.
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Cosmo
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tbh just cut a channel, lay the wires then fill over. Its not that hard.
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ash_corsa
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If its a dabbed wall you should be okay, the gaps tend to be around 20-25mm which is big enough to drop a hdmi, coax and a flex down the wall. Dont even think about a scart lead though
You just need to find a clear route down avoiding the lumps of dab.
If its a timber stud wall be careful of noggings halfway up the wall, if there is one you'll have to cut around it.
A set of fibreglass rods are ideal for this job, about a tenner for a small set from Screwfix, maplins etc..
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Jake
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is the tv being bolted to an internal wall or the inside of an external?
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A2H GO
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
tbh just cut a channel, lay the wires then fill over. Its not that hard.
It is when its wallpapered.
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A2H GO
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quote:
Originally posted by jake
is the tv being bolted to an internal wall or the inside of an external?
Internal Wall
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quote:
Originally posted by ash_corsa
If its a dabbed wall you should be okay, the gaps tend to be around 20-25mm which is big enough to drop a hdmi, coax and a flex down the wall. Dont even think about a scart lead though
You just need to find a clear route down avoiding the lumps of dab.
If its a timber stud wall be careful of noggings halfway up the wall, if there is one you'll have to cut around it.
A set of fibreglass rods are ideal for this job, about a tenner for a small set from Screwfix, maplins etc..
I think its dabbed as ive had a tap on the boards and can hear where the dabs are. Dont think ill need a scart it will just be the Power to the TV, Coax and the Xbox lead for now.
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obviuosly try and put the bracket onto a bit of framework as plasterboard isn't exactly strong
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Jake
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh-Sport
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Originally posted by jake
is the tv being bolted to an internal wall or the inside of an external?
Internal Wall
if its timberframed house internal wall then its stud work
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A2H GO
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quote:
Originally posted by jake
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Originally posted by CorsAsh-Sport
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Originally posted by jake
is the tv being bolted to an internal wall or the inside of an external?
Internal Wall
if its timberframed house internal wall then its stud work
What does that mean...it cant be done. I bought two of these:
I was going to have a crack at it tonight, tbh the distance between the top and bottom one wont be that big, around a metre i would say.
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If its dabbed you should be fine, best thing to do before you make a mess is take off an existing switch or socket on the same wall and see what kind of gap you have got, you can usually knock out of the the spare round 'knock-outs' in the metal backbox in the wall behind the socket/switch so you can see down the cavity.
Jake means if its a timber framed constrction you will have internal stud walls that look like this...
You can imagine if your mounting your TV high up (above halfway) and dropping the cables below, you'll need to get through that noggin in the middle.
Hope this helps
Ash
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A2H GO
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Cheers Ash  i wasnt going to attempt it untill i got another reply, maybe tonight,lol.
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Give it a go! If you need any help drop me a u2u mate
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Cosmo
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Has it all gone horribly wrong yet?
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A2H GO
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 My old mans coming round Friday night to do it with me as we need to get the TV bracket up at the same time and a few floating shelves. I will report back
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Where do you live? If you're close to me I can come and help you out
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A2H GO
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Cheers dude but im in Stoke so quite far away. Was going to have a go last night, had a few taps on the wall and found there are 3 blobs of plaster(or whatever is used to hold the plaster board on) between the top and bottom where the wires will be so ive got no chance.
Back to the drawing board, looks like we will just go for trunking and wallpaper it the same as the wall.
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Cosmo
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just channel it in and replace the piece of wallpaper.
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