Best way for cables across a doorway...
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Having moved the front room around at the wife's request, we now have cables leaving the tv et al that need to go across the room to the wall on the other side of the door.
When I explain the options that are immediately available are going over and around the door frame or under the carpet (concrete floor, so no floorboard option) my explanation is met with expletives of how "it won't look very f
king good, will it??" well erm no, it won't, and I, uhh kind of tried to explain before you said yeah yeah we'll see.
So, there must be funky new ways of overcoming challenges like this? Can the door frame come away and put the cables in the frame? I can't think of many other ways to get around it.
Help please CI folk
When I explain the options that are immediately available are going over and around the door frame or under the carpet (concrete floor, so no floorboard option) my explanation is met with expletives of how "it won't look very f
king good, will it??" well erm no, it won't, and I, uhh kind of tried to explain before you said yeah yeah we'll see.So, there must be funky new ways of overcoming challenges like this? Can the door frame come away and put the cables in the frame? I can't think of many other ways to get around it.
Help please CI folk
Edited by LandingSpot on Monday 12th March 22:26
a few years ago i played a part in a development called smarttrim, effectively a skirting board and architrave system with a hole behind it for cable management. the domain is still live, don't know if any retaillers still hold it though.
an expensive retail price killed it i think. alternative versions (didnt get patent quick enough) were available at the time (eg thermaskirt as seen on dragons den).
of course, plastic conduit could indeed be chased in or left visible @ circa £2 per metre.
an expensive retail price killed it i think. alternative versions (didnt get patent quick enough) were available at the time (eg thermaskirt as seen on dragons den).
of course, plastic conduit could indeed be chased in or left visible @ circa £2 per metre.
LandingSpot said:
At the moment we have 2x tv aerial extension, 1x telephone wire and 1x cat5. Don't see an immediate change coming as we are looking to move this year.
Wait till she goes out, move everything back as it was, and buy some flowers. 
Since you want to move you don't want to chase all of that into the walls or the floor as it's a big hassle, and messy.
NDA said:
Could you cut a channel in the underlay of the carpet?
I did this with the 2 Sky coax cables.Depending on how thick the carpet is, you might be able to see the route of the cables underneath after a few weeks and in the right light, but this would be the easiest solution considering it is relatively short-term.
0a said:
Get the chisel out and chip out a channel in the concrete. Easy.
This. Even easier if you have an angle grinder. Beware of putting them in the underlay as you don't want to be treading on them when you go through the doorway. This will cause the cables to break up over time and loss of signal quality.
Oli.
zcacogp said:
his. Even easier if you have an angle grinder.
Beware of putting them in the underlay as you don't want to be treading on them when you go through the doorway. This will cause the cables to break up over time and loss of signal quality.
Oli.
I'd go for the angle grinder and concrete option. If you're planning on moving out relatively soon there's really not a lot of point in going to the effort of chasing conduits into the walls. You could have a channel cut into the concrete with a grinder in no time at all.Beware of putting them in the underlay as you don't want to be treading on them when you go through the doorway. This will cause the cables to break up over time and loss of signal quality.
Oli.
toast boy said:
zcacogp said:
his. Even easier if you have an angle grinder.
Beware of putting them in the underlay as you don't want to be treading on them when you go through the doorway. This will cause the cables to break up over time and loss of signal quality.
Oli.
I'd go for the angle grinder and concrete option. If you're planning on moving out relatively soon there's really not a lot of point in going to the effort of chasing conduits into the walls. You could have a channel cut into the concrete with a grinder in no time at all.Beware of putting them in the underlay as you don't want to be treading on them when you go through the doorway. This will cause the cables to break up over time and loss of signal quality.
Oli.
Your missus will hate you for a very long time...
Or, cut out a channel in the underlay and use:
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&...
mildmannered said:
The dust...
Thats what I thought. Has anyone in this thread ever used an angle grinder? OP would probably want to empty the room first.Another option for a quick fix is D-line trunking round the door and along the skirting- mitred in nice with some decofill in any gaps it'll blend in and almost look like part of the architrave
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