![]() Behind the TV I would usually cut a square hole big enough to install a plasterboard back box and the same lower down. I would go a little bit further than this however as wouldn't be the most professional finish. Install your TV on a bracket in front of this hole and voila we TV cables. Tape all your cables to this, like your power cables, HDMI’s, aerial and satellite cables and pull them all up. Feed something down like some electrical rods, or a specialist cable routing tool or even a trunking lid will do. When you lucky you can simply cut a whole behind your TV and one lower down where your AV equipment is or where you want to bring the cables back out again. I’m not saying that it’s not a task that should be taken without caution, you just need to make sure that you are using appropriate wall fixing techniques and wall fixings. There is still a lot of nervousness around mounting TV’s on stud walls as many people believe that you will either not be able to get fixing or the TV will tear the wall down. If you’re not familiar a stud wall are sheets of plasterboard which are secured to either wood or metal studs. I hate them if I’m honest, I just love mounting TV’s onto stud walls as it can be so easy to hide TV cables behind the plasterboard and in the stud wall. I love stud walls, well I don’t love stud walls. There are a few techniques I use for tidying TV cables and this really does depend on the wall that you’re mounting your TV to. I’m going to begin with wall mounted TV’s because this be done right to make your TV compliment your living space, when done properly TV’s can really look good and be real space saver. In this blog I’m going to share with you some techniques I use for creating a seamless appearance for our TV wall mounting installations and hopefully help you create the perfect result too. Even still you will still have to worry about tidying your cables. ![]() I know more and more things are moving wireless nowadays, but even so you will still need to worry about the TV power cable when mounting your TV on the wall.Fortunately, certain brands and models of TV are making this far easier for you like Samsung and their “One Connect”, which all your HDMI, optical, Ethernet,USB, optical and audio cables connect as well as traditional TV aerial cables and from there a single cable can be installed up to your TV, plus a power cable. ![]() I know I’m biased but depending how far you want to take it a little effort can go a long way to tidying your TV wires. There are honestly few things worse than mounting a TV on a wall just to leave a bundle of cables dangling down to the power socket and to your AV equipment. Perhaps the biggest frustration with TV’s is the mess the connecting cables can create.
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