Is it hard to hide the wires?

Question

Is it hard to hide the wires when I install a new wall mount lcd tv?

Answer 1

its completely up to you. If you have to plug it in on another wall, it'll be hard to hide the wires

Answer 2

If your like most people, you don't want to cut a hole in your wall to hide wires. Most places that sell electronics will sell you wire channel to hide wires. A quick search on the internet brought me to this site below and perhaps it will give you some ideas based on your situation. I use simular channel to hide my wire and it is paintable to match the color of your walls. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

cut a hole in the wall behind the tv

Answer 4

You didn't say if you are renting or own the house/apartment, but I'd go to a home improvement store, & see the wire hiding strips they had to offer. If it was me, I'd build a small shelf-like extension --a fake wall - out of foam or foam board, the width of the screen, paint it matching color and hide the wire, outlet etc. I'd attach it to wall with poster putty so it could be removed easily.  Could build it out of wood or whatever you like if you don't like cord covering strips, like me.

Answer 5

It can be for people without experiance in doing this. It's not so hard to get the wires inside the wall, the trick it to have it look good after you're done. You should consider finding a residential electrician and offering him a "small side job" as they like to say. It may cost $50 or so if he lives nearby but it will be worth it to have a neat and professional built in look.

Answer 6

The old recessed "kitchen wall clock" receptacles are making a comeback for use behind flat screen TVs, the problem with them is, they can't be used in "old work" situations. The madison hangers for the gem box will not hold the weight of the TV.

If your municipality allows Types NM, AC, or MC Cable assemblies, you can fish the cables up the wall from a receptacle below. You may have to move over one or two stud cavities; a long, flexible bit (like Ideal's "Versibit") and a guide handle will allow you to bore through the studs from the wall opening made for the new electrical box. Be sure to keep the hole as near to center of the stud as possible, since you will not be able to install any nail guards (as required by Code) at any point where the cable is nearer than 1-1/4" to the face of the stud.

You can do the same with the RG-6 cable, but keep at least one stud between the line voltage conductors and the TV cable. If you can avoid sharing a box between the line voltage conductors and the low voltage conductors, that is the best installation. When conductors of different voltages share the same box, the NEC requires the use of a listed and approved means of separating the two (a listed box divider).

If you must share the box, or if the coax will be near to any line voltage conductors, transformers, or fluorescent lamps or ballasts, use “Quad-Shield” RG-6 cable to limit the EM interference.

Another alternative would be to install all of the conductors in a listed surface mounted raceway, just be sure you purchase all of the correct connectors and fittings, and be sure that the raceway is divided for use with conductors of different voltage levels.

Answer 7

Good luck.  I just completed the same project.  The way I did it was to cut a hole in the drywall where I wanted the wires to come out of the wall for an electrical box.  Then I cut a hole down at the bottom of the wall.  I ran the electric from a wall socket up the wall to the new hole.  Then I ran the coax for the signal source through the attic and down through the wall to my new opening.  I installed a (in my case) three gang electrical box, pulled all the wiring through, and made it all neat with appropriate covers.  The final step was to repair the hole in the drywall at the bottom of the wall and repaint.

Answer 8

If you don't want to snake them through the wall, you can mount a cable-management channel to the wall and run everything through that.