Running cables down through stud wall

[dodfaefife]

Afternoon all
Quick question before the football starts. Trying to decide how I'm going to hide the cables going to our bedroom TV. Requires one power cable and a 5-cable component from a Sky box in lounge.

Three options as I see it:

1. D-Line running up wall behind TV. Easy but not pretty.

2. Drop and pull cables through wall. I've checked and the wall's noggin free but full of insulation (fluffy kind) so how can I force my pull line down inside? also, would power cable against insulation be a no-no regs wise?

3. Cut a channel place cables in trunking and plaster over. Stretching my DIY skills to attempt this (actually I'm a lying git, my girlfriend does anything that requires finesse, I'm in charge of banging nails into things and using the circular saw ).

As always any advice welcome

pic for ref: Note. Doesn't show component here.

[alz2605]

Option 1 sound the easiest but ugliest option. Option 2 sounds like it could be a very frustrating job. So option 3 sounds like the best option unless you go for option 4 and build a mini floating wall.

And how about some updates on your last impressive looking thread. Dieing to see the end result there mate.

[dodfaefife]

Damn your eyes alz2605! Why did you go and suggest a FW lol?
To be honest I thought of that but, a combination of the wall being curved (doesn't show in that pic) and the lack of space between the wall and end of the bed meant I ruled it out.

But you're right about my build post – I don't think I posted some 'after' shots of the lounge. Will fix that when I get a mo.
Cheers.

[alz2605]

An idea I've been thinking about with my wall hung bedroom LCD TV was to hang a single roll of funky wallpaper behind the TV floor to ceiling. And then frame the wall paper with D-Line trunking to conceal the cabling. My thinking is the D-line wouldn't stick out so much that way. I might get round to it one day as at present I have a single bit of trunking running horizontally on the wall running into the side of the telly which looks odd.

[dodfaefife]

Interesting. So, make a feature of the D-line rather than hiding it?
Bit like this...?

And have the cables going up one or both sides to the TV?
That's just crazy enough to work mate. Need to think more about this.

[alz2605]

Aye, thats the general idea mate. I'd have the D-Line closer together though. You could use paint instead of my idea of wallpaper. Infact I might just do that as I've not wall papered before.

[dodfaefife]

Watch this space...