cable management

[imamartian]

any of you got any recommendations for ways of hiding cables? ideally i want to put in false skirting board with the cable behind....

thanks in advance

 

[ChrisFrost]

It's simply a question of doing some joinery. You're on the right track. Bring the skirting board out to make a channel behind and then fit a removable top. Secure with screws/velcro/or speaker grille clips. MDF is thermally stable and won't warp unless you get it wet, so that could be a better choice than a softwood such as your typical pine skirting.

 

[Alarm]

Move the sockets closer
Or is this audio running around the room?

Some snazzy flat cable about you can paper over now days.

http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/page/moreinfo.cfm/Product_ID/1932

 

[imamartian]

no, i have tv running to the kids' rooms, plus i have cctv from the cams to the cctv box... just in case ellal or gerrunt or sooey turns up, i have evidence for the buzzies !!

 

[Alarm]

I assume you mean DVR.
Is this all to your lounge?
You could move the DVR to another point and just have a feed to the TV. That is at least 4 cables lost. Your obviously "sharing" the childrens TV. I did the same when mine were younger, so we could see what they were watching from the lounge. They could never work it out how we knew, or could turn off the signal at bed time

I agree on the skirting "extension" bit. You can get skirting conduit, just depends on what the rest of the room looks like .

http://www.maplin.co.uk/under-cover-white-skirting-board-cable-management-solution-220580

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Thats a before and after set of pics.

 

[imamartian]

I was looking at this http://www.marshall-tufflex.com/shop/section.php/46/1/sovereign_plus_skirting_aluminium but it works out quite expensive.

I'm actually taking up the carpet and putting a wooden floor down.... so would it be better to cut out a channel at the bottom of the plasterboard on the wall, then lay the floor and put on normal skirting?

 

[Alarm]

Not really, not the answer you want unfortunatly.

 

[Sam Gangee]

Make sure you don't run coaxial cable alongside mains power cable. Also make sure the cable is accessible in case you need to add any or replace it.

In general, it's a good idea to install good quality cable and not penny pinch. If the cable picks interference and you can't easily swap it for better cable, you'll be kicking yourself.

Also consider whether you'll need additional cables in the future (e.g. CAT5). If so, install them now.