Ideas to sort out this cock up?

[indus]

Hi guys

I cocked up a bit on my install and as you can see from my pics you can see the wires when they should have been hidden behind the cabinet.

The HDMI is the worst, which finishes a good two inches above the cabinet. I think I have a solution for this which is to get a tradesmen to chisel a passage lower and then block up the existing hole and paint it.

The speaker wires are only just visible if you are standing up looking down onto/towards the cabinet. Any ideas on this?


Many thanks

[neilball]

Is the wall solid or plasterboard on dabs/studwork? If it is studwork then I would suggest cutting in a double gang plasterboard back box and re-running the cables so they pass into the back box and out of the wall. You could then fit a brush plate onto the back box to make it look nice and tidy. If you can fill/sand the holes carefully (or get someone to do it for you) and providing the paintwork is fresh & clean then you should be able to get away with only painting the repaired holes rather than needing to paint the entire wall.

[Dr Force]

This is quite simplistic and does not require the exspense of a tradesman.

Just mark down from the hole where you want the cables to finish using a straight line around 2" thick.

Carefully score the plaster using a stanley knife so you get neat edges rather than it breaking off when you chisel it out.

Plaster comes away easily so you dont need to bash it as if going through bricks. just carefully knock it away using a bolster.

Now its just a case of getting a good filler that is easy to sand down (not the fine grade stuff as its difficult to sand) once its gone off, keep sanding until its flat (good tip is to wrap the relevant grade snadpaper around a small block of wood).

wipe off dust and re-paint.

[Sainty]

Raise the cabinet by 2 inches, or whatever is necessary to hide the cables!

Rgds

Sainty

[steve12]

I'd have to agree with Sanity, Raise the cabinet by buying some legs to go underneath. Would save on making a mess of the wall.

Steve

[dirtydingo]

stick that fisher price car on the cabinet? sorted

[beerglass007]

Place some table top pictures over the front to hide the cables

[banners]

Add a splash back? Back lit I'd imagine it could be quite nice...

Steve

[scott R]

Have to agree with Dr Force, it also looks like you have block walls so even if you wanted to chase the cables in and cap them it wouldnt be no trouble.
or as a quick fix sit your amp ontop of the unit


Btw ive got a fire truck a big red fire fire truck also

[indus]

Thanks for all the advice.

I've thought about raising the cabinet but it would need to go up 3 inches and that would look a bit silly.

The wall afaik is blocks, sand and cement and then plaster. The idea of scoring the plaster downwards seems like the best bet. The only issue with this is that one of the speaker cables is very short and just reaches the amp, if it takes a straight journey further down the wall first it may fall short.

Will it make a huge difference to sound quality if I lengthen the cable by joining some more on? ( I'll post this under the appropriate forum aswell)

Thanks again

[velvitjester]

how the hell did you get the measurements so wrong?looks like you did an excellent job apart from that

just buy a new cabinet if you dont want to extend the cable,doesnt look like you have much of a choice.im not into audio but im sure if you solder another piece on their wont be much of a diference unless its top notch kit and your big into audio,u wont notice.

how did you bury them?are they just running under plasterboard,if so just get a longer length of speaker wire,tie it onto the existing on and pull through

[Ross82]

i say raise the cabinet up by 3 inches and add the led strip lights underneath to make a feature of the height - Blue LEDs would give the cabinet a look of hovering off the laminate. I say it would look sweet!

[jolly]

Wow

Proper splid plastering, a rare site now a days

[Bonesy]

easiest way is to upgrade your kit. the new flagship pioneers and denon are really high, admittedly about £5K a pop, but the speaker cable connectors should be higher, and the double height of the amps will cover the holes.
if not, then perhaps add some HD players on top, etc.

[nbaker]

Originally Posted by velvitjester

how the hell did you get the measurements so wrong?

Was wondering that myself, didn't you check after drilling first hole

Anyway I think I would put up a mini floating wall and remount tv on that.