How to Hide Your TV Wires | EASY

How to hide tv cables. This video will walk you through how to hid your televisions cables in the wall. The supplies and tools required for this are only $25 and this task can be completed in under an hour.

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Before anyone who doesn’t know what they’re doing attempts this, please understand he left out a lot of crucial information that may make it very difficult or impossible for you to do this. PLEASE READ before you cut holes in your wall.

-in order to do this to code and have a wireless look you have to run romex behind the wall and install an outlet. Like he said, you can’t run a regular power cord through the wall. So unless you know how to fish romex and install a new outlet, you won’t be totally wireless or you’ll have to hire an electrician.

-sometimes there is extra blocking in the wall that runs horizontally between the two studs, so if you have your pass through outlets above and below that blocking you won’t be able to actually fish the line through, unless you have some more specialized tools. A stud finder should be able to show you if this will be an issue, but just be aware.

[jimmyballester]

Just small part of the world has dry walls, the rest has concrete walls

[runningpanda]

Great Job...Don't listen to others about putting the boxes on after feeding/threading the wires...The boxes have a channel that allows the wires to naturally pass through rather than falling further behind the cavity...You made it look so easy to do....Well Done!

[MonkeyBall]

Maybe I missed something, if you didn't run the power cables through the wall, wouldn't that mean your soundbar and TV's power cables will still be visible hanging down below the TV?

[Rachelcenter]

i'm confused, if you arent running the power cable through that hole, where is the power cable of your tv at timecode 3:50 into this video?

[Zaxxonking]

This just works in the US where the walls are made of paper. In other regions with a solid wall its nearly impossible to do stuff like this.

[Exmonboy]

Before you screw the cable plates into the wall, it’s easier to fish the wires through the exposed drywall

[thdawg]

I will never do this myself. But I'm happy to see the idea & how it's done.

[rrrr]

Most power cords for things like tv's, game systems, and power strips are rated at a minimum of 75° C = 167F. Most new-ish cords are rated at 90° C = 194° so ya, it's safe in almost every application.... unless you have a damn furnace in the wall the heat is a non issue. But warming people about electrical safety is always good 👍

[dmaccameron]

Would also like to know how you dealt with power cords- looks awesome.

[lberty]

What have you done about the power cable if you can’t run it through the wall?

[Arty_McParty]

Did you put power cord in there too? How to you power your TV?

[MP-zhos]

So if you're saying you shouldn't hide power cables, yet it appears that you did, how do you hide the appearance of a power cable without passing those through the wall?

[IB_info]

How do you mean running standard power cable is dangerous? So where did you run your power cable for the TV and sound bar?

[alexat]

So, what happened to the power cables?

[Simphome]

There are many ways to hide cables, and this is one of them. But, yes, it will be very inconvenient if the TV position is moved. There will be a big hole. But, this is a good idea, really.

[ntwynn]

If you aren’t running a power cable through the wall, how is your tv plugged in?

[karlhennig]

Nice job... but how did you deal with the AC cable... after saying it shouldn't be run behind the wall ??

[Oilerrocker]

I would have installed a new electric outlet behind tv and if Space permits a flexible at the conduit from back of TV then below a close to the cable outlet . You could mount your centre speaker right below the tv and your components would be on or in the TV stand.

[DR.K]

Its way easier to run your cables before inserting the wall plates