Re: Wires Through Walls

["BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Take a look at this one:

 http://www.inwallstore.com/mc1p.html

It looks like a big nose and is also available is a double gang size for
even more wires. If all you're doing is going straight through the wall
to the other side you could use one on each side and you won't need any
conduit between them if it's just low voltage stuff.  I've found these
for sale at several places and they do the job nicely.  Get a couple of
"old work" mounting rings, cut out the drywall with a utility knife and
you'll have a neat installation.  You could just cut a hole in the
drywall and screw the plates to the wall with drywall screws or anchors
but the rings are the best way as they give you the largest opening and
you can stick your hand in the wall.


> I'd like to put a media server in my bedroom closet.  The problem is
> that there is no power, cable, or ethernet in the closet.  I could run
> wires along the baseboard, but that is ugly.  I could pay an
> electrician, but that is expensive.  The idea I have is to drill a
> large hole through two pieces of wallboard and run the wires through
> that.  This would be behind furniture and not visible from the
> bedroom.
>
> The simplest thing I can think of to do this cleanly is a plastic
> conduit that has removable caps on both ends for when it is not in
> use, and 'flanges' on both sides to cover the rough cut of the
> wallboard. Looking at it in profile, it would look like this:
>
>     _   _
> wall  | |  wall
> wall _| |_ wall
>
> In this diagram, the wires would run between the |'s.  The _'s are the
> flanges.
>
> Anyone know if something like this is available?