Wall Chasing for TV Wires

DrSeuss

Hi All,
Recently got a new build.
Looking to hide Tv wires (4 total) coming from the tv into a tv unit below in a 40-50mm conduit.

The wall is a solid wall (main wall between two semi-D homes) and the Chasing length needs to be 1-1.5m.

Just wondering how much this would cost to do and plaster afterwards? Want it done professionally for a good finish.

Or is it something that could be done using drill chasing?

Cheers in advance.

Ak84

Well you gonna need to get an electrician and a plasterer. Probably 100 each or more. You might have to hire a chaser for the electrician. Along with a hoover to catch the dust. That will be over 100 euro. I reckon 500 quid for a neat and tidy job. I would do it myself however and just incur the cost of the materials and equipment.
But definitely hire a chaser. Using a kango will wreck.the place.

Calahonda52

you will also need to paint it, will be difficult to get the work invisible

budhabob

You don't necessarily need a chaser. I did it with an angle grinder (Very dangerous piece of kit) and a hammer drill.

Easy enough to plaster up that small patch yourself if youre handy. As someone else mentioned, it depends on what exactly youre looking to do - you may need an electrician for connections etc.

5T3PH3N

Are you sure there isn’t a cavity between the plasterboard and block?
A lot of the time the plasterboard is stuck on with adhesive which may leave a cavity of around 20mm. This means you can just fish the cables down the wall from a small hole behind the tv down to a hole behind the unit.

Whatever way you do it make sure the hdmi cables are either bi directional or going the correct way, I’ve come across a few lately that people have supplied that have to go from the source to the tv and can’t go vice versa.

DrSeuss

Hi All, cheers for the input.

I was looking down the route of angle grinder and sds chisel, or drill chasing and chisel.

There is no plasterboard, solid wall and skimmed.

Cheers

budhabob

DrSeuss wrote: »

Hi All, cheers for the input.

I was looking down the route of angle grinder and sds chisel, or drill chasing and chisel.

There is no plasterboard, solid wall and skimmed.

Cheers

This is how ive done it myself. Take your time and you can do a nice tidy job.

the_pen_turner

Calahonda52 wrote: »

you will also need to paint it, will be difficult to get the work invisible

It should be very easy to hide . Us joint filler and go out a foot either side and sand back.

Cerco

Whichever way you do it, leave room for additional/ replacement cables and feed wire to pull in.

Four cables imho is an absolute minimum.
1 x power
2 x hdmi
1 x co-ax

You might also consider Ethernet , optical, additional hdmi and possibly a scart cable.

cletus

There's a wall chaser in lidl next Thursday 12th for €70

Ted Plain

I did this same job myself a while ago. I was lucky enough to be able to borrow a wall chaser and industrial vacuum.

If you don't know anyone that you can borrow a wall chaser and vacuum from maybe you could rent one out for just an hour or two for a reduced price? The chasing itself will only take a couple of minutes when you get set up.

I was considering doing it with an angle grinder, but with a hoover attached, and I came across this account:

Even with a vacuum attached they kick out a load of dust.

Using one without a vacuum attached you stagger from the room coughing, swearing, blinded, asphyxiated, and the cloud of dust coming from doorways and windows makes it look like a bunker buster bomb has gone off in the caves of Bora-Bora.

Try it if you like, but you'll only try it once.

I agree fully with this!

I used an angle grinder once - without a vacuum attached - to take a slice off wall tiles above a bathroom sink. It is something that I personally would not do again.

The wall chaser with vacuum attached does a very clean and neat job. If I had not been able to borrow it I would have waited for Aldi or Lidl to get them in again, and as cletus mentioned Lidl have them at the moment.