Hide Cables

[hc4361]

I have seen photos of large tvs on the wall with no cables showing. I can see how this is done - the cables are chased in to the wall.

How do they hide all the cables for the sky box, dvd player, xbox and everything else connected to the tv?

[ummmm]

I often think about this. I hate wires!!

Sometimes I think they must have put a false wall in and all the wires are behind it so you can get to them is something goes kaput.

[hc4361]

I'd love to hide all the cables, it's a big spaghetti mess.

[ummmm]

And when you go to sleep all the wires play fight and get in a tangle...

[hc4361]

:D

[follyfancier]

ours all go inside a thin strip along the skirting board
TV shop did the installation

[Lie-in King]

Thankfully the cobwebs are covering the cables here...

[hc4361]

Thin strip? Can't imagine all my gubbins going in a thin strip.

I've got cobwebs, too

[beckyboo]

All my excess tv cables are in one of these
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[Mamyalynne]

I know what hc means, where do they go after the skirting board , if the wall is clear?

[hc4361]

I've got 11 occupied plug sockets behind my tv, plus aeriel cable. I'm in despair.

[Mamyalynne]

I had a new window in a few weeks ago alongside my computer desk - I asked the fitters if they could wait till I left the room to move the desk , I sloped off and cried quietly till all was back in situ.

[-Talbot-]

I hid mine by chipping away about 50mm of plaster/brick, about 5 inch wide. I then put a piece of plasterboard over the hole and re plastered over the board.
I can now put new cables through any time I wish.

Well worth doing.

[hc4361]

What about the cables connecting everything to the tv? Have you sunk those in to the wall as well?

[-Talbot-]

Obviously this channel went from behind the telly (coming out of one of the gaps in the TV bracket) down to my skybox and sound system.

[-Talbot-]

Yes, hc (and my speaker wires too)

[hc4361]

Impressive

[paul1763]

mine were a right mess so i invested 99p on a packet of 25 velcro ties from home bargains last week, they're still not hidden but they're all neatly coiled and taped behind the tv unit.

[-Talbot-]

At the bottom(near skybox) the wires come out of this, hc.

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[hc4361]

Very smart, Talbot.