Behind wall cable managment

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Looking for some assistance on how to run cables for a new TV.

The good news my house had escape of water and the wall for cable management has no plasterboard.

The TV was previously wall mounted with power socket behind and this was done by the installer breaking the wood to run cables via recess. Cables ran from the far left corner wall up to middle of the wall where TV was hung.

Now the plasterboard is off I want to tidy this up before I hang a 75in TV.

What I want to do is have another socket installed ground level (via electrician)

I also want conduit ran vertically up to the TV for cable management is this the right sort of trunking I require?

https://www.diy.com/departments/mk-...LPrTSicIEag4ZoTm82DdE0_s0Bc1XVioaAoxYEALw_wcB

Looking to run 2 network cables, 3 hdmi and possible a new run for my phone line cable ( not master socket)

The aim is to have TV on wall with all cable ran vertically down to TV unit below which will have sky, xbox series x and the modem router situated.


This will be far cleaner as TV was in middle of wall and t unit was at far left side on same walk where Sky box etc in it and we want cleaner look now while we have the chance.

 

[Sureitsoff?]

if you are implying that the conduit will be in the wall, why? you dont need to put conduit in the wall for cables. if you do put it in the wall what happens if you want to replace/change a cable? better to have a power socket behind the tv with a brush plate like this
https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Single-Brush-Face-Plate-White-Plastic/p/204733
https://www.googleadservices.com/pa...wiRzdD2zqv0AhXP8rsIHdY8D1IQww96BAgBEGg&adurl= mounted on a back box and the same lower down where the sky box etc is
have watch of this for the general idea

 

[winston1]

Looking to run 2 network cables, 3 hdmi and possible a new run for my phone line cable ( not master socket)

The aim is to have TV on wall with all cable ran vertically down to TV unit below which will have sky, xbox series x and the modem router situated.

In which case you will also need two satellite cables. Also put in an aerial cable for local channels and the day you decide (like many others) that sky is extortionate.

 

[SUNRAY]

if you are implying that the conduit will be in the wall, why? you dont need to put conduit in the wall for cables. if you do put it in the wall what happens if you want to replace/change a cable? better to have a power socket behind the tv with a brush plate like this
https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Single-Brush-Face-Plate-White-Plastic/p/204733
https://www.googleadservices.com/pa...wiRzdD2zqv0AhXP8rsIHdY8D1IQww96BAgBEGg&adurl= mounted on a back box and the same lower down where the sky box etc is
have watch of this for the general idea

I'll go fot those to, however if they are vertically one above the other and the wall is unobstructed I'd try to avoid any conduit/trunkinga or back box (use a plaster board back box but cut the back out of it maybe) to allow for any further cables to be pulled in.

 

[FrodoOne]

Looking for some assistance on how to run cables for a new TV.

the wall for cable management has no plasterboard.

Now the plasterboard is off I want to tidy this up before I hang a 75in TV.

What I want to do is have another socket installed ground level (via electrician)

I also want conduit ran vertically up to the TV for cable management

Looking to run 2 network cables, 3 hdmi and possible a new run for my phone line cable ( not master socket)

The aim is to have TV on wall with all cable ran vertically down to TV unit below which will have sky, xbox series x and the modem router situated.

This will be far cleaner as TV was in middle of wall and t unit was at far left side on same walk where Sky box etc in it and we want cleaner look now while we have the chance.

You stated "The aim is to have TV on wall with all cable ran vertically down to TV unit below"

Since you have no plasterboard on the wall, I suggest that you install a vertical "duct" (before you cover it with plasterboard) and insert in the "face" of the duct, through the plasterboard, suitable "plates" - such as the "Brush Plates" suggested by Sureitsoff? or "Desk Grommets" - installed in "blank" wall-plates. This will allow you to add/change cables "at will".

Since you will be using Extra Low Voltage cables (and a power lead) you should not need any pattress "boxes" and the wall-plates can be mounted over "cutouts" in the duct through the plasterboard.

While I have done several such installations in Australia, using the readily available 100 * 50 mm Plastic Down-pipe, which is ideal for this purpose (https://www.bunnings.com.au/icon-plastics-100-x-50mm-3m-rectangular-pvc-downpipe_p4775596 ), it appears that you may have only 114 * 114 mm plastic down-pipe available to you.
This may not fit in between the two surfaces of a "stud wall" but it could be adapted by cutting it in two lengthwise and overlapping the two sections, so that the result is less than 114 mm deep.
It does not need to be waterproof!

However, I note that SUNRAY later indicated that 100 * 50 mm Trunking is available (https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/pro...IdP4jWbYR-a54esFRExoCXzwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds )

Do not forget that most of the inputs for the TV are (probably) on the left hand side of the TV, so that is where the cables should emerge, not in the centre of the TV.

 

[SUNRAY]

I'll go fot those to, however if they are vertically one above the other and the wall is unobstructed I'd try to avoid any conduit/trunkinga or back box (use a plaster board back box but cut the back out of it maybe) to allow for any further cables to be pulled in.

A tidier method is fit trunking so it's flush with the back of the plasterboard with adapter frames to mount your brush plates:
https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/pro...IdP4jWbYR-a54esFRExoCXzwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/products/1900173
https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/products/4071715-1-gang-cable-outlet-plate-white-brushes
and end caps if required; https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/products/29523

A colleague recommended not fitting a bottom end plate to allow excess cable to loop down below the bottom outlet.

 

[Sureitsoff?]

just use plasterboard boxes, single or double (cut the back out) and brush plates. the stud wall is just large trunking after all. I have fibre, cat5, satellite, tv, phone etc in my walls none of it in conduit

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Or, you could simply use the cheap plastic pipe, as used for plumbing sink drains, if you want it tidy behind the plasterboard.

 

[SUNRAY]

just use plasterboard boxes, single or double (cut the back out) and brush plates. the stud wall is just large trunking after all. I have fibre, cat5, satellite, tv, phone etc in my walls none of it in conduit

Yep my thoughts too assuming there is nothing in the wall to get in the way.

 

[FrodoOne]

A colleague recommended not fitting a bottom end plate to allow excess cable to loop down below the bottom outlet.

If there is any distance below the end of the trunking I would recommend that one does install an "End Plate" in any trunking duct - in case one drops something down the "shaft"!

 

[SUNRAY]

If there is any distance below the end of the trunking I would recommend that one does install an "End Plate" in any trunking duct - in case one drops something down the "shaft"!

Yes there are always different ways of looking at the situation.