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    Default Hdmi and Speaker cables runs to go over or under

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    As I am going to run cables from the receiver that’s going in the hall cupboard to the screen and in wall speakers in the lounge room is it better to run them up the wall cavity across the ceiling and back down or down and under the floor then up .It’s going to be six of one,half a dozen of the other to do either way


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    go under then you cant fall thru ceiling

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    If one method gives you greater separation from power cables, I'd go that way.

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    If the house is brick then there will be a cavity up or down but if the hallway cupboard is internal there will likely be a noggin between the studs about halfway up

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    Quote Originally Posted by h8fg4 View Post
    If the house is brick then there will be a cavity up or down but if the hallway cupboard is internal there will likely be a noggin between the studs about halfway up
    The back wall of the cupboard is plaster sheet either side with a honeycomb center.

    Where the light switch is on the other side it looks like they pushed something down to make a hole in the honeycomb then dropped the cable down

    Or may be some ducting to get cables to the floor the tv is on a external wall so that's easy

    I am thinking of going down for the reason of not falling through the ceiling and no insulation to make me itchy.
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    I was thinking of using conduit of a size big enough 'Future Proof' it PLUS leave 'draw strings'.
    I ran one double length string so I can use it like an 'endless belt', that way you pull either way.
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    we must be of the same era cos thats what i do gordon

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    I made up several tools to use in such a situation.

    One tool is a 1.5m to 2.0m or so length of 1/2" or thereabouts reinforcing rod sharpened/ground to a point at one end to force a passage (through any wall insulation) from the ceiling through an interior wall to the noggin.

    Before using it, make a suitable 1" diameter hole in the top wall plate to give yourself access to the wall cavity. You might need to remove a roof tile or lift a roof sheet in order to obtain sufficient headroom for the aforementioned steel rod.

    The second tool is a wood bit, which has an 1/2" dia extension shaft welded to it (1/2" reinforcing rod) fitted to a slow speed electric drill to make a suitable hole through the noggin if required.

    Care is need to ensure that the drill bit is centrally located in the noggin to prevent making a hole in the gyprock.
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    Another with the use of some sort of conduit is that with some ambidextrous fiddling, conduit, (metal but Plastic preferred) can be used to bridge gaps between holes but try that with most cables and they soon fall foul to gravity.
    Several years ago in the Satellite forums a few members bemoaned the fact they had happily trenched away laying cables and lovely concrete paths after installing a Dish or 3 and then found they needed to add,subtract or repair those cables which meant a full on demolition...........its OOOOOHHHH so easy to be wise AFTER the event !!!
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    If it's in or through, concrete or any other solid structure. It goes in conduit - twice as big as you need. Hopefully, then, you'll never need to access it again.
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