Concealing wires in fireplace...

chrissy121 · 3 Dec 2010

Hi All. I have just bought a 40 inch lcd and am going to position it above my fireplace. I am currently rennovating the house and having it re-plastered, and so thought it would be a good time to conceal the wires in the wall of the fireplace.

Does anyone know how I should go about doing this? Or even better, does anyone have any photographs? I haven't decided yet, but I will probably have Sky HD and a dvd, so I am sure this needs to be taken into account.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I'm really working from scratch! Thanks, Chris.

muffking · 3 Dec 2010

Hi Chris, got your message.
Pop me an email and I'll try to attach photos of my install.

In the mean time, Based on your 2 products that you want to connect, I would advise channeling in some conduit/trunking into the brickwork with an SDS chisel bit & SDS+ drill set to hammer action only. If you aim to fit 2 HMI leads, mains & coax in the wall then this will cater for your TV, Sky HD & DVD (assuming both boxes output HDMI, otherwise substitute with a Scart lead, phono lead etc). Also check the TV's mains connection as most LCD TV's are hard wired, so you would need to fit a mains socket behond where you want to mount the TV (making sure that you have clearance behind the TV).

Wangerman · 3 Dec 2010

muffking said:
Hi Chris, got your message.
Pop me an email and I'll try to attach photos of my install.

In the mean time, Based on your 2 products that you want to connect, I would advise channeling in some conduit/trunking into the brickwork with an SDS chisel bit & SDS+ drill set to hammer action only. If you aim to fit 2 HMI leads, mains & coax in the wall then this will cater for your TV, Sky HD & DVD (assuming both boxes output HDMI, otherwise substitute with a Scart lead, phono lead etc). Also check the TV's mains connection as most LCD TV's are hard wired, so you would need to fit a mains socket behond where you want to mount the TV (making sure that you have clearance behind the TV).

Got to say great user name

muffking · 4 Dec 2010

Wangerman said:
Got to say great user name

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