Satellite cable and making it look nice!

HappyHippyDad · Feb 25, 2015

Evening all..

A few questions about cables!!

Question 1.
I have a run of 13m from satellite dish to load and need to use 2 satellite cables. 13m seems to be on the cusp of having to use PF100 rather than shotgun or RG6 to retain picture quality and limit inteference, is that about right or would I be able to use shotgun cable?

Question 2.
Also I have 2 satellite cables, an HDMI cable, ethernet cable and 4 speaker cables that will be chased into the wall and brought down to the same spot behind the TV Unit. I want to make them look neat and tidy as they exit the wall and wondered the best way to do this? The client does not want any sockets to plug these cables into as he wants no breaks in the cable.

My thoughts are:
1. I could chase down as normal, plaster in and then somehow get an internal cable entry grommet in?
2. Could put all cable in conduit and then have a 90° conduit bit flush with the wall as it exits?
3. Somehow utilise a back box, but what to put on the front to accomadate all the cables leaving it?

I may find out from the customer that these exit points will be hidden and it is not a concern but I'd like to consider the possibilities.

Thanks all.

DPG · Feb 26, 2015

Can't see an issue running shotgun cable for a 13m run. You could always use 2 x CT100 and run it in some tubing if you want to be on safe side though. Daz

uksparks · Feb 26, 2015

i fitted these the other week, customer said i want a tv on the wall, a sat feed and aerial, and plug socket... I said yep no problem, tapped the wall and it sounded like in was stud work, was it hell, it turned out tobe a good gap then breeze. anyway, i fitted it in nicely without trashing the paper and used these modular plates which i thought looked nice as they matched the others in the kitchen.