I need to run a minimum of 5 Cat5e cables from my loft to the lounge and it's proving to be very frustrating.
I'm having a plasterer come in to plaster the wall where the tv and cables will be situated. He said I can butcher the wall for the speaker cable and network cable and he will make it good before he plasters.
1) I originally drilled a hole in the timber on the outside wall where the timber meets the plasterboard. I was hoping to drop the cable down to the ground floor but I think I can only get half way down as something is blocking it
2) again on the outside wall I saw an old TV aerial routed behind the dot and dab plasterboard. I made a hole at the edge of the plasterboard but can only get a few cm down before I hit what I presume is plaster for the dot and dab.
So now I am thinking of alternatives.
3) could I remove a breezeblock in the loft and route the cables down the cavity? I could then drill holes big enough to feed the cables through at the 3 points where I need them (in a line vertically). The removing of the breezeblock is to try and navigate through the cavity wall insulation so I can feed fibreglass rods down the cavity to the lounge. I'm not sure how prohibitive the insulation will be, but I have a feeling I might not get very far.
4) route the cables externally. Want to avoid this really as I live on the corner and people walk past. The cables would need to be routed down this wall as that's the side of the lounge. Something doesn't sit well with me doing this, for security or if someone wanted to maliciously cut the cables. I guess I could use steel conduit but probably not very straight forward.
Any tips/hints I could try from someone who has done this before?
I'm having a plasterer come in to plaster the wall where the tv and cables will be situated. He said I can butcher the wall for the speaker cable and network cable and he will make it good before he plasters.
1) I originally drilled a hole in the timber on the outside wall where the timber meets the plasterboard. I was hoping to drop the cable down to the ground floor but I think I can only get half way down as something is blocking it
2) again on the outside wall I saw an old TV aerial routed behind the dot and dab plasterboard. I made a hole at the edge of the plasterboard but can only get a few cm down before I hit what I presume is plaster for the dot and dab.
So now I am thinking of alternatives.
3) could I remove a breezeblock in the loft and route the cables down the cavity? I could then drill holes big enough to feed the cables through at the 3 points where I need them (in a line vertically). The removing of the breezeblock is to try and navigate through the cavity wall insulation so I can feed fibreglass rods down the cavity to the lounge. I'm not sure how prohibitive the insulation will be, but I have a feeling I might not get very far.
4) route the cables externally. Want to avoid this really as I live on the corner and people walk past. The cables would need to be routed down this wall as that's the side of the lounge. Something doesn't sit well with me doing this, for security or if someone wanted to maliciously cut the cables. I guess I could use steel conduit but probably not very straight forward.
Any tips/hints I could try from someone who has done this before?