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Hiding Cables?

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BoldAsLove

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I need help on how/what to hide my cables with. I am planning on putting a 32''(or there abouts) LCD TV on my wall with no wall unit or anything. How do you suggest I go about hiding the cables. I don't want them visible, but they may have to be :-/
 
Run them through the wall.

You can also get channels that go on the wall and you run the cables through that... if you painted it the same color as your wall it wouldn't look too bad.
 
im not very good with this kind of stuff, so how can drilling 2 holes do anything really? I am probably going to use DVI also.
 
I have wondered this too. Doesn't it require removing drywall and drilling through studs?

Assuming of course you don't have access to the wall from a basement/attic.
 
Originally posted by: BoldAsLove
anybody know?
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meh, have a bloody tallboy/cabinet below the screen and the you don't have to mess with the wall...plus you can even put pictures of your kids/grandkids/gf on it...
 
Originally posted by: binister
I have wondered this too. Doesn't it require removing drywall and drilling through studs?

Assuming of course you don't have access to the wall from a basement/attic.
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depends on your layout. sheetrock is 4' wide generally, so you would have a stud every apprximately 4'... now, I think the best route here is to drill behind your tv wall mount(the mount would have to go on a stud for sure), and then just drill into the hseetrock and feed straight down, there shouldn't be any horizontal studs unless you are installing it on a wall where there would be a stairwell connected or some other suchs thing.
 
Originally posted by: BoldAsLove
anybody know?
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The answer has been given. But if you can't or don't want to drill holes in your wall, you can always get cables that match the color of the wall, ie, White wall, white cable.
 
Originally posted by: stonecold3169
Originally posted by: binister
I have wondered this too. Doesn't it require removing drywall and drilling through studs?

Assuming of course you don't have access to the wall from a basement/attic.
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depends on your layout. sheetrock is 4' wide generally, so you would have a stud every apprximately 4'... now, I think the best route here is to drill behind your tv wall mount(the mount would have to go on a stud for sure), and then just drill into the hseetrock and feed straight down, there shouldn't be any horizontal studs unless you are installing it on a wall where there would be a stairwell connected or some other suchs thing.
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Most walls have stubs alot closer together the 4 feet. 16" on center is standard.
 
Originally posted by: BoldAsLove
i was thinking about that, but isnt that really hard to do as an amateur?
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It can be not so difficult, or it can be more difficult. If there will be a DVD player or other external devices hooked up to the TV, you'll need to install essentially an empty electric outlet box at the bottom of the wall and behind the TV (you can get covers that have a large hole for the cords to go through for exactly this purpose. Then all you need to do is fish the wires, which isn't too difficult. If you have wires that have to go around the room and you want to keep them hidden too, that'll involve removing the baseboard, cutting the sheetrock (below where the top of the baseboard would be, notching out the bottom of each stud, and reattaching the sheetrock and the baseboard.
 
Originally posted by: stonecold3169
Originally posted by: binister
I have wondered this too. Doesn't it require removing drywall and drilling through studs?

Assuming of course you don't have access to the wall from a basement/attic.
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depends on your layout. sheetrock is 4' wide generally, so you would have a stud every apprximately 4'... now, I think the best route here is to drill behind your tv wall mount(the mount would have to go on a stud for sure), and then just drill into the hseetrock and feed straight down, there shouldn't be any horizontal studs unless you are installing it on a wall where there would be a stairwell connected or some other suchs thing.
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Sheetrock is put up horizontally, so it's 8 ft wide, and you generally have a stud every 16". I think that's required by most or all building codes now, but when working in one of the closets in my parents' house (~20 years old) I think I found studs that are 24" apart. The house I live in is over 80 years old, I think they just put studs wherever they felt like.

I think most building codes also require a horizontal "stud" about halfway up the wall to slow the spread of fire.
 
Originally posted by: stonecold3169
Originally posted by: binister
I have wondered this too. Doesn't it require removing drywall and drilling through studs?

Assuming of course you don't have access to the wall from a basement/attic.
Click to expand...

depends on your layout. sheetrock is 4' wide generally, so you would have a stud every apprximately 4'... now, I think the best route here is to drill behind your tv wall mount(the mount would have to go on a stud for sure), and then just drill into the hseetrock and feed straight down, there shouldn't be any horizontal studs unless you are installing it on a wall where there would be a stairwell connected or some other suchs thing.
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It also depends on how neat you want it to look as well...simply cutting a hole in the wall and having the wires just come out of it looks pretty tacky IMO (but hey, it's your setup and if you don't have a problem with it, more power to ya). You can get the wall plates with the appropriate jacks on them (more time consuming to do this) at your local home depot or order them from smarthome.com.

Easier way as mentioned earlier is to get the cord channel thing to run your wires through it. It attaches to the wall w/ adhesive (comes in white or ivory or you can paint it)...good luck...
 
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