where to buy faceplates etc

[ledger]

Hi,

I've got the projector amp etc setup now and am just about to start chasing the cables into the walls.

So a couple of questions:
- any recommendations on where to buy flush / facia plates for when the speaker cables / HDMI cables exit the walls.
- to minimise the number of cable joins I was just going to have the cables protrude from the wall as opposed to having plates with HDMI / speaker cable sockets which I could then plug short cables into, is that recommended?
- I'm going to put conduit in the walls and run a spare HDMI cable from Projector to Amp for redundancy
- what's the accepted way of getting power to the projector which is ceiling mounted, can you put a socket in the ceiling? Otherwise I could have it powered from the bedroom above via a fused spur.

I ended up buying

Epson EH-TW5600
Onkyo TXNR686
Monitor Audio MASS 5.1

and I added in 2 Monitor Audio ceiling speakers to make it a 5.2.1 set up.

[ladderino]

Fisual make a speaker connection wall plate - it's on a Click Deco wall plate, so you can buy Click Deco accessories (including an HDMI outlet) to match.

https://www.audiovisualonline.co.uk/brand/33/fisua...

That said, it's not quite as tidy as I'd hoped it would be - you've still got loads of cables poking out of the wall, and just going for the brush type outlets would have been a lot less effort.

[hornmeister]

I've used these:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/rhinocables%C2%AE-Single-...

Lets you pull the long cables through so you don't need to hard wire anything or need to add extra cables if standards change in the future. Can be used with or without back boxes. Without is easier.

Two top tips for you.

1 leave a piece of string in the wall with enough spare either end poking out so that more cables can be pulled through from either end in the future.

2 A length of the plastic tape that is used to secure parcels is a useful tool to help you pull cables through if you don't have string already there. Bend it into a loop and push it through the hole so it expands in the wall behind. You've then got a large catchment area which can be pulled out again one a cable end is dropped through the loop. Works exactly the same way as those needle threading things you get in a sewing kit.

Point 2 would have saved me about 3 hours graft and a lung full of insulation last weekend.

Edited by hornmeister on Thursday 21st March 13:56

[megaphone]

I would just use a brush plate and run the cables direct to the PJ and amp, no joints required. For power just use a long extension lead up the conduit.

Good idea running a spare HDMI, I would also run in a CAT 5/6 cable just in case.