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Old 25-07-2009, 7:45 PM   #1 (permalink)
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As you can see, the wires to my projector need sorting out! I'm looking for the best/easiest method to hide these. My house is 6 years old so I guess the walls are dot/dab?
Any input would be great!
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Old 25-07-2009, 8:09 PM   #2 (permalink)
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look up Quadrant Pipe Boxing on Google
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Old 25-07-2009, 8:17 PM   #3 (permalink)
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IMO, you should use white ones below, you can use double sided tapes to install them.

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Old 25-07-2009, 8:23 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Hmm I've though about that, as you can see I've used it for the rear surrounds. Ideally I would like to put the cables in the wall
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But you asked the easiest way, so hiding them into wall may be the coolest way but it's sure not quite easy
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Yes good point lol I did say easiest!
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Old 25-07-2009, 11:06 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Run the projector cables into coving at ceiling height and from there, to trunking placed in a corner.
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Old 26-07-2009, 1:04 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I don't really want to put coving up as it will mean doing the whole room
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Heres a cheap way to do it,
make 2 holes one at back of the picture and one at back of the sofa, then just feed the cables from the top hole to the bottom hole
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Heres a cheap way to do it,
make 2 holes one at back of the picture and one at back of the sofa, then just feed the cables from the top hole to the bottom hole
Haha! is it likely that i will have room behind the plasterboard to do that?
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Hi,

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My house is 6 years old so I guess the walls are dot/dab?
You really need to confirm the construction beforeyou can have some specific advice. Is it an outside wall? - If so, then it could well be dot and dab. If it's an internal wall, it could be dot and dab blockwork or a stud wall.

You can sometimes get your cables behind dot and dab, but it depends on how wide the gap is, and it's the size of the connectors that is the issue. You could well end up chasing out a channel and replastering over it. Realisticaly, that is probably what you will need to do if you want the cables fully hidden, but then you were suspecting that, weren't you?

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It is an external wall. I was kinda guessing that the only way they were going to go into the wall was too cut a channel for them, just wasn't sure on the wall construction part
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