Is there anything wrong with running coaxial cable around a door frame?

[blackdogdeek]

I have about 15 feet of coaxial cable running into a bedroom from the door. I anchored it very weakly around the door frame with about 6 nails applying very little pressure to the outside of the cabling. The nails pretty much just prevent the cable from falling off the door frame. There are no sharp angles. This is entirely temporary until we run a new line through the wall.

For some reason my wife thinks this setup is a terrible idea and would prefer the cable just lie on the floor until we run the new line.

Is there anything wrong with anchoring the cable around the door frame that would make cable lying in the middle of a bedroom floor preferable?

 

[steppinthrax]

I have about 15 feet of coaxial cable running into a bedroom from the door. I anchored it very weakly around the door frame with about 6 nails applying very little pressure to the outside of the cabling. The nails pretty much just prevent the cable from falling off the door frame. There are no sharp angles. This is entirely temporary until we run a new line through the wall.

For some reason my wife thinks this setup is a terrible idea and would prefer the cable just lie on the floor until we run the new line.

Is there anything wrong with anchoring the cable around the door frame that would make cable lying in the middle of a bedroom floor preferable?

In my personal opinion you should if at all possible run it behind the wall or if on the 2nd floor in the attic and behind the wall. Exposed cables running all over the floor just looks plain ugly and tacky.....

 

[Texashiker]

Besides looking ghettofied, I guess there is nothing wrong with it

 

[sixone]

Why not run it across the floor in the door frame, anchored with a threshold plate?

 

[blackdogdeek]

In my personal opinion you should if at all possible run it behind the wall or if on the 2nd floor in the attic and behind the wall. Exposed cables running all over the floor just looks plain ugly and tacky.....

we plan to do that, but we were in the process of testing out whether or not we wanted tv in the room at all so we just ran an extension from another room. we decided we do want to have tv there so we will eventually run it through the wall but in the meantime we're deciding what to do with the extension.

 

[blackdogdeek]

Why not run it across the floor in the door frame, anchored with a threshold plate?

i guess because we didn't have a threshold plate but we did have nails.

 

[dabuddha]

 

[sixone]

i guess because we didn't have a threshold plate but we did have nails.

They're not very expensive. You could put a throw-rug over it, instead.

 

[blackdogdeek]

They're not very expensive. You could put a throw-rug over it, instead.

One of the main characters in my story is notoriously against spending money especially for temporary solutions.

 

[steppinthrax]

we plan to do that, but we were in the process of testing out whether or not we wanted tv in the room at all so we just ran an extension from another room. we decided we do want to have tv there so we will eventually run it through the wall but in the meantime we're deciding what to do with the extension.

Generally you want to aim for having a Coaxial hookup in every room in the house, so if it ain't there, then you can put it there anyway. And, no the wireless coaxial boxes don't work worth a shit....

It used to be you also had to have telephone in every room as well, but that' not really necessary anymore, since you can get a wireless DIRECT 6.0 headset that allows you to add 6 additional headsets....

 

[OutHouse]

no there is nothing wrong with the wire around a door frame, sometimes its the only option, if you painted it the same color as the room you would not even notice it. Having a wire on the ground covered by a rug would irritate me for being "in the way"

For some reason my wife thinks this setup is a terrible idea and would prefer the cable just lie on the floor until we run the new line.

tripping hazzard

 

[blackdogdeek]

Generally you want to aim for having a Coaxial hookup in every room in the house, so if it ain't there, then you can put it there anyway. And, no the wireless coaxial boxes don't work worth a shit....

It used to be you also had to have telephone in every room as well, but that' not really necessary anymore, since you can get a wireless DIRECT 6.0 headset that allows you to add 6 additional headsets....

the house is pretty old so what the cable guys have done in the past is run cable outside the house and through an exterior wall to make the connection available in any given room. this is obviously not ideal.

 

[steppinthrax]

the house is pretty old so what the cable guys have done in the past is run cable outside the house and through an exterior wall to make the connection available in any given room. this is obviously not ideal.

I hate that shit, they sell this...

http://www.arizonatools.com/flexibl...productfeeds&gclid=CMj7ub_Cg7MCFQyCnQodXAQAgg

at Home Depot, you use that to run it behind a wall....

 

[spacejamz]

get some of this and will be much less obtrusive...

http://www.amazon.com/GE-23278-Ultra.../dp/B0002YE35M

 

[OutHouse]

I hate that shit, they sell this...

http://www.arizonatools.com/flexibl...productfeeds&gclid=CMj7ub_Cg7MCFQyCnQodXAQAgg

at Home Depot, you use that to run it behind a wall....

how do you drill through and along several 2X4's???

 

[steppinthrax]

how do you drill through and along several 2X4's???

It's an Auger bit, so you can do it with little pressure, I drilled through several 2 x 6 up in the ceiling to put in a Ceiling Fan box....

 

[OutHouse]

It's an Auger bit, so you can do it with little pressure, I drilled through several 2 x 6 up in the ceiling to put in a Ceiling Fan box....

so you mean cut out all the drywall where the cable is to be run, remove the insulation and drill through 6-9 2X4's, run cable, replace insulation, patch the wall buck up, mud it and repaint it?

 

[steppinthrax]

so you mean cut out all the drywall where the cable is to be run, remove the insulation and drill through 6-9 2X4's, run cable, replace insulation, patch the wall buck up, mud it and repaint it?

No,

I used a wall switch as the hole, I removed the box, then I cut a small hole above the wall switch between the ceiling and the wall, I put the bit there, so I only have one hole to repair (between the ceiling and wall). Since, it was a 1st floor ceiling there was no insulation (or for whatever reason there was no insulation...

 

[EagleKeeper]

Why not run it across the floor in the door frame, anchored with a threshold plate?

i guess because we didn't have a threshold plate but we did have nails.

They're not very expensive. You could put a throw-rug over it, instead.

One of the main characters in my story is notoriously against spending money especially for temporary solutions.

Towels can work as a throw rug.

Either can be picked up at a store for $5-10 if your towels at home are upscale.

However, nothing wrong with running it along the door frame.

 

[Fayd]

i ran mine underneath the carpet, in a small channel cut out from the pad.

of course, the carpet in this room is messed up, allowing me to pull it back with no repercussions.

 

[spidey07]

If you lay it on the floor, you WILL trip over it, badly. Ask your wife if face first into the bed post is a good idea?

 

[OutHouse]

No,

I used a wall switch as the hole, I removed the box, then I cut a small hole above the wall switch between the ceiling and the wall, I put the bit there, so I only have one hole to repair (between the ceiling and wall). Since, it was a 1st floor ceiling there was no insulation (or for whatever reason there was no insulation...

im talking about the OP's project, not yours.

 

[blackdogdeek]

If you lay it on the floor, you WILL trip over it, badly. Ask your wife if face first into the bed post is a good idea?

i found this to be a terribly obvious consequence so i was wondering if there was something i didn't know about the hidden dangers of running the cable around a door frame.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Do it all from the basement, so much easier and tidier. You can get the coax keystones and plates at monoprice, buy the old work boxes at home depot, cut out a hole in drywall where you want the jack, drill down, go in the basement and look for saw dust on the floor and then run your cable up through that hole and grab it from above.

If you have drywall on your ceilings then that sucks. Always go with something removable in a basement.

I have wires running all over my house, ethernet, phone, misc data stuff for sensors etc... but all of it is done at the basement.

As for the auguer bit, the tricky part is because you're going in at an angle with the drill the bit could potentially start going through the drywall and come out somewhere else. Unless you make a hole big enough to fit the whole drill.

As for a temp solution the door frame is fine, better than the floor. I would install a few small hooks that can just stay there after for other purposes in the future (christmas lights? lol)