We're redecorating the living room and I'm finally having a HD TV mounted on the wall
The previous owners already had one, and plastered all the wires into the wall (for a wall mounted TV), and made a right mess of it, so basically I'll have to redo it.
The wall is a breezeblock wall, with plaster board and rendering through which there are holes for the wires.
In the corner where all the wires come out of the wall its a right mess. There's an aerial, satellite cable, and all the TV wires just randomly sticking out the wall. My initial thought is I'd have to just open up a big hole there, say 1 square foot, get a piece of plasterboard cut to the right size, make all the holes I need, and then somehow slot that back onto the wall and smooth it in. Is that straightforward to do or not? How would I open up the wall, given that there are loads of wires in there? A chisel?
Also, what can I use for the holes? Obviously the aerial etc can have a little socket, but what about for all the TV wires? I need like a hole 'surround' or something.
Where the TV is I may have redo that bit of wall as well, because the mounts will no doubt be different compared to the mounts on the new TV. Might be alright though.
How much would it cost to have it done professionally, as my diy skills aren't the best The whole section of wall is probably 6 feet wide.
Any advice would be great, thanks
Hole at TV end, with old TV support hole thingies:
Other end, with myriad of wires sticking out, and botch plastering job:
The previous owners already had one, and plastered all the wires into the wall (for a wall mounted TV), and made a right mess of it, so basically I'll have to redo it.
The wall is a breezeblock wall, with plaster board and rendering through which there are holes for the wires.
In the corner where all the wires come out of the wall its a right mess. There's an aerial, satellite cable, and all the TV wires just randomly sticking out the wall. My initial thought is I'd have to just open up a big hole there, say 1 square foot, get a piece of plasterboard cut to the right size, make all the holes I need, and then somehow slot that back onto the wall and smooth it in. Is that straightforward to do or not? How would I open up the wall, given that there are loads of wires in there? A chisel?
Also, what can I use for the holes? Obviously the aerial etc can have a little socket, but what about for all the TV wires? I need like a hole 'surround' or something.
Where the TV is I may have redo that bit of wall as well, because the mounts will no doubt be different compared to the mounts on the new TV. Might be alright though.
How much would it cost to have it done professionally, as my diy skills aren't the best The whole section of wall is probably 6 feet wide.
Any advice would be great, thanks
Hole at TV end, with old TV support hole thingies:
Other end, with myriad of wires sticking out, and botch plastering job: