Trim to cover hole in plasterboard?

Cyrus

Behind my comms cabinet in my uility room i have all the wiring around the house coming the through a rough hole in the pasterboard.

Id like to square it off and cover with some trim just to tidy it up

the question is what trim could i use?

Bonzo Delaney

How about a slim surface mount double socket box and put a blank cover on it for easy access and drill holes where ever you want to bring out cables
Depends though how big is the hole and how many cables

jameshayes

I use one of these: https://www.huntoffice.ie/80mm-silver-under-desk-cable-porthole-cmwdps80.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwoZTNBRCWARIsAOMZHmFcadGDmzlKC5S_WdR5CBEVlyvd6nG1eUo86v1CTM3DABZV3E4NTscaAiCMEALw_wcB

Cyrus

Bonzo Delaney wrote: »

How about a slim surface mount double socket box and put a blank cover on it for easy access and drill holes where ever you want to bring out cables
Depends though how big is the hole and how many cables

there is cat 6 cabling, speaker cables and coaxial cables from multiple points throughout the house come in, its probably 30cm across and the same down

stimpson

Cyrus wrote: »

there is cat 6 cabling, speaker cables and coaxial cables from multiple points throughout the house come in, its probably 30cm across and the same down

Terminate them with faceplates on the wall and connect from there. Much handier if you ever need to move stuff. You can pick up a punch down tool and basic network tester for €20. It's easy enough to do if you read up on it. Speaker terminals and coax are easy to do.

Cyrus

stimpson wrote: »

Terminate them with faceplates on the wall and connect from there. Much handier if you ever need to move stuff. You can pick up a punch down tool and basic network tester for €20. It's easy enough to do if you read up on it. Speaker terminals and coax are easy to do.

they are all going into a comms cabinet and terminating there, really all i need to do is tidy up the hole (and to be fair its covered by the cabinet i just know its there!)

ill post a pic shortly

stimpson

surely you will need to un-terminate them and re-terminate before adding trim?

I'm interested in this as I'm planning on picking up a cabinet myself

Cyrus

stimpson wrote: »

surely you will need to un-terminate them and re-terminate before adding trim?

I'm interested in this as I'm planning on picking up a cabinet myself

im probably not explaining myself

im resigned to having the cables come through the wall

i just want to tidy up the hole they are coming through, it looks worse than that pic now as some plaster has broken away on the larger one so id like to square it off and tidy it up

wait4me

How about a 2-Gang Cable Entry Brush Wall Plate? Link: Brush plate

Cyrus

wait4me wrote: »

How about a 2-Gang Cable Entry Brush Wall Plate? Link: Brush plate

thought about that,

id have to cut it in two (as i can go disconnecting all the cabling)

stimpson

How many Ethernet cables?

Cyrus

stimpson wrote: »

How many Ethernet cables?

you can see them in the first pic, must be 15 or so

Alun

Personally I'd either try and ignore it, or else make up a wooden frame myself out of a bit of timber on 3 sides and cover with plywood. Let the cables come out of the bottom of the frame. Paint it white and Bob's your uncle.

Cyrus

Alun wrote: »

Personally I'd either try and ignore it, or else make up a wooden frame myself out of a bit of timber on 3 sides and cover with plywood. Let the cables come out of the bottom of the frame. Paint it white and Bob's your uncle.

thats probably a good shout

where would you get timber trim like that, woodys?

Alun

Cyrus wrote: »

thats probably a good shout

where would you get timber trim like that, woodys?

You could, but for a tiny amount like that you might be better just asking around friends and relatives etc. to see if they have some scrap timber lying around.

stimpson

Get a small picture frame, remove glass, disassemble, place around cables, reassemble and mount with No More Nails. Maybe cobble together a brush insert.

Cyrus

stimpson wrote: »

Get a small picture frame, remove glass, disassemble, place around cables, reassemble and mount with No More Nails. Maybe cobble together a brush insert.

thats a winner!

dodzy

Cyrus wrote: »

thats a winner!

Double brush plate. Cut in half. Double dryline box. 1screw into each half of plate to box. Job done.

Cyrus

dodzy wrote: »

Double brush plate. Cut in half. Double dryline box. 1screw into each half of plate to box. Job done.

cheers

id have to cut the dry line box in half as well though wouldnt it?

antiskeptic

Cyrus wrote: »

thats probably a good shout

where would you get timber trim like that, woodys?

You could buy a bit of box plastic trunking. Often they have a self adhesive strip on the back (although a couple of 4mm chipboard screws gently screwed into the plaster (and not through your cables) helps hold it firmer against rowdy wiring). Possible to purchase end closures for it too.

They have a clip on lid which allows you to screw the rest to the wall/pack wiring in before popping on the front cover

I'd try a piece long enough to:

- see the smaller wiring bundle on the left enter through a notch in one end of the trunking (then end cap to cover that end)

- run over to the corner of the room on the right, with a larger notch cut out of the back to allow the main bundle run straight thro.

The cover is then cut to run to the end on the left, meeting with an end cap. And stopping short of the main bundle to the right. The smaller bundle then sits in the trunking, unseen

Something like the bigger one in this photo


http://sc02.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1Mbn3KXXXXXamXVXXq6xXFXXX8/White-PVC-Plastic-Trunking-Sizes-100x50.jpg

Cyrus

antiskeptic wrote: »

You could buy a bit of box plastic trunking. Often they have a self adhesive strip on the back (although a couple of 4mm chipboard screws gently screwed into the plaster (and not through your cables) helps hold it firmer against rowdy wiring). Possible to purchase end closures for it too.

They have a clip on lid which allows you to screw the rest to the wall/pack wiring in before popping on the front cover

I'd try a piece long enough to:

- see the smaller wiring bundle on the left enter through a notch in one end of the trunking (then end cap to cover that end)

- run over to the corner of the room on the right, with a larger notch cut out of the back to allow the main bundle run straight thro.

The cover is then cut to run to the end on the left, meeting with an end cap. And stopping short of the main bundle to the right. The smaller bundle then sits in the trunking, unseen

Something like the bigger one in this photo


http://sc02.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1Mbn3KXXXXXamXVXXq6xXFXXX8/White-PVC-Plastic-Trunking-Sizes-100x50.jpg

Sounds good but I’m struggling to visualise it...

dodzy

Cyrus wrote: »

cheers

id have to cut the dry line box in half as well though wouldnt it?

No, just notch it enough from top or bottom to facilitate the cables. It'll hold together as long as you don't hack too much off.

wandererz

Cyrus wrote: »

Ouch! That's a fairly large hole in the wall.
My suggestion would be to remove the skirting board.
Then build a cabinet from just below the lower silver switch going all the way across to the left and incorporating the slant in the ceiling. Then measure and drill the right sized hole on the front left of the cabinet.

At the very least it gives some shelf space.

Cyrus

wandererz wrote: »

Ouch! That's a fairly large hole in the wall.
My suggestion would be to remove the skirting board.
Then build a cabinet from just below the lower silver switch going all the way across to the left and incorporating the slant in the ceiling. Then measure and drill the right sized hole on the front left of the cabinet.

At the very least it gives some shelf space.

Hi

That’s actually under a counter in the utility room and it’s completely covered by a comms cabinet so you don’t ever actually see it unless you pull the cabinet out