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In Reply to: RE: Flatscreen mounting question. Drywall Studs-do they have any side holes? posted by Jon L on May 15, 2010 at 18:21:25
Wood studs won't have any holes, metal ones do, but you still have to find them. You can cut 2" vertically wide holes horizontal across the wall, just enough to get a drill with a long bit to each stud. Screw a 4" vertically wide plywood backer board inside to secure the new drywall patch pieces.Drywall itself is pretty easy to remove and replace, as long as you have matching paint to finish. If it has a plaster coating, matching the swirl is more difficult.
If you do have to open up the drywall to run wires, you could install (2"?) pvc conduit instead, then you can "upgrade" the cables later if need be.
But there are plastic and metal surface mounted raceways that might work, just run it on the bottom of the baseboard trim. You could then run the cable vertically in the wall, after you get under the set.
Luckily today we just need to run one or two HDMI cables to the set, instead of three cables for the video plus two audio per source. The Blue Jeans component cable I was using was the thickness of a garden hose!
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Nice job!
Speaking for myself and my behavior, I like the surface raceway/channel because I'm frequently changing stuff. For a bedroom TV I probably wouldn't, but for the "main" one I would. Probably because of the nature of my work, I'm of the mindset that everything must be accessible. Yeah, it ain't too pretty...
Just recently I was helping somebody who has built-in cables. They were installed during a reno that only finished last summer. Now the guy finds out he needs an HDMI 1.4 cable to be able to get full use of the display he plans to buy (3D capable). There are just enough bends in the existing 1.3 cable that no way will it budge by pulling. May not even be enough free length in the existing cable that it'll reach the rear HDMI connector in the new display.
I guess I'm saying just make sure the pretty-factor is worth the inflexibility. Current displays aren't made to last, I think they figure you'll replace them in 3-5 years. A model is rarely made for more than a year, so if something goes seriously wrong, chances are the (warranty) replacement display will be different, maybe quite different (mounting, connector placement).
People who are good with drywall can rip out and replace sections invisibly. And fast. Not too expensive.
If you have the time and patience to plod through my Image Shack "user's stream", somewhere in there is a pic of conduit in an attic space. That's a 2-1/4" ID PVC conduit I have in the ceiling/wall of my main Livingroom/HT that feeds video cables from a side A/V closet to my dino display (RPTV). And yes, I've pulled a few cables in and out of that thing. For audio, I just use CL rated speaker cables, (not in conduit) and keep the amps (Mackie pros) in the closet.
I took that pic to be posted over at the Cult of the Infinite Baffled, as the piping needs to be relocated to make room for four AE-IB15 drivers which will make up a new IB sub system...should be awesome!
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