• YellowBreakfast@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    Other than cable channel another and “built in look” option is to modify the baseboard.

    This is the overall concept and is (greatly) simplified.

    • Pull the baseboard
    • Route a channel in the back
    • Replace baseboard with wires behind, being careful not to put a nail through the channel

    This all assumes you know what you’re doing or are willing to learn.

    Protip, you route the channel at the bottom edge (“rabbet”) which allows you to add/remove wires if needed by slipping them under the bottom (if there’s carpet).

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    11 months ago

    Do a internet search ~`Wood basebord cable hider` and you will find a lot and amazon has quite a lot

  • nyrosis@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    Panduit… The zip ties are ok but I prefer velcro around terminations.

  • gup824@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    Happiest part of going to GoogleTV was being able to eliminate the coax cables around my house.

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      11 months ago

      Not the OP but…

      1. The cables in OP’s pic are Ethernet not Coax.

      2. Google TV still needs a internet connection via either Wi-Fi or Ethernet so those cables would still be needed.

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    11 months ago

    It’s pretty solid my guy. If you’re handy, you can install baseboards that have a channel in them, but yea it should still work

  • snafubadlose@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    Cut out a channel in the plasterboard with a multitool… buy some ducting to go in behind the plasterboard. If you need to dig out the brickwork a bit use an SDS drill with a spade and/or chisel bit. Drill holes for rawl plugs to attach the ducting too. Screw the ducting into the plugs Lay the cables in… cover the ducting with the ducting cover. Pop over some self adhesive mesh for plastering. Add your filler and plaster and the cut out plasterboard piece from before. Wait to dry… sand with sander until flat and ‘wall like’ paint with paint… cables gone looks good. And it’s best way to protect them.

  • Icy_Thought_639@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    Why do need so many cables? Can you just run one and at the end put a router at the end to distribute the signal? You could also use a cable management stapler. It has plastic coated staple to hold down coax, and network cables in place.