Wall mounting the TV, some cabling questions

[grenpayne]

Chaps, apologies if this has been done to death but I keep reading conflicting things. Basically, we'll be wall mounting the TV when we renovate the downstairs of our new house very soon. The wall in question is an outside wall so brick or block, as such I'm not concerned about actually mounting it, however I'm confused about the cabling, of which I want to completely hide by chasing them in to the wall.

Plan is to get a new 48" TV and simply connect our existing Sky Box and Blu-Ray to the TV. Sound wil be handled by our existing 5.1 amp and speakers.

A few questions, first do I need to have a plug socket mounted behind the TV or can I run the power cable up a conduit in the wall to come out behind the TV? And secondly are there any fire regs that need adhering to with regard to what and how many cables I can run from floor level inside the wall to come out behind the TV?

Finally what cables would you run? I was thinking of 3x HDMI (giving one spare) and 1x Cat5/6 network cable. Any thoughts or suggestions appreciated

[grenpayne]

Thanks all, much appreciated Although I have no need yet for an optical I have one in my 'spare cables box' so I may as well include one in addition to the HDMI and Cat6 cables.

Two more questions though, why co-ax, I thought terrestrial had been turned off and even if we ditched Sky, surely all FreeSat/View boxes are HDMI or built in to the TV negating the need for it?

Also, building regs?! Will I need the buildings control inspector out for something as minor as chasing the cables in? I realise it's an outside wall but it does seem a bit extreme?

[grenpayne]

VEX said:

Sorry, that may have been my fault. No need for building regs or inspectors ours was involved because it was a new build house.

V.

No worries, but the building control people seem to be needed for all sorts these days, so it wouldn't surprise me!

All understood re the co-ax, as you say no harm in running one in the duct. My AV amp does do HDMI out too so I could quite easily run the Cat6 as suggested.

Next question then What size trunking would you guys recommend? I'm guessing something around 40mm to ensure the cable end connectors go through? And another bit of googling looks like some brush plates like these might fit the bill too.