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| eds1275:
--- Quote from: jdbailey1206 on April 21, 2015, 01:16:27 pm ---As for your floor 'problem' I would just use the same size dowel from the Depot and stain it the same color as the floor and call it good. The holes are behind the tv so no one will notice. --- End quote --- Another option would be to lay down some tile over the flooring to make sort of an area for the tv and accessories. |
| BadMouth:
....can't put a tile area below the tv in every room.... :lol I was figuring on making some type of dowel to pound in, but wonder why the professionally done floors I've seen have light colored filler used instead. You'd think they'd at least match it to the shade of the floor. Haven't dug that far into it yet. I can rob planks from the closets if need be. |
| nitrogen_widget:
--- Quote from: BadMouth on April 21, 2015, 02:03:59 pm ---....can't put a tile area below the tv in every room.... :lol I was figuring on making some type of dowel to pound in, but wonder why the professionally done floors I've seen have light colored filler used instead. You'd think they'd at least match it to the shade of the floor. Haven't dug that far into it yet. I can rob planks from the closets if need be. --- End quote --- did you use a hole saw or a standard bit where you ran the bit up & down the sides of the hole to make it bigger & somewhat oval? I've done the latter in apartments :) Find the same type of hardwood you have on your floor in the lumber store, buy a hole saw slightly bigger (if you used a standard bit) or the same size of the hole you made in your floor if you used a hole saw. drill out the plug from the sacrificial board, slather some glue on the sides & gently tap it into the hole with a rubber mallet. sand it smooth after the glue dries & stain it best you can to match the rest of the floor. If you want and depending on your climate, go down to the basement & fill in any space with caulk or great stuff to keep cold air from infiltrating the room from the basement. I gutted my house. Full renovation so my walls were bare so I have coax,phone, ethernet in every room upstairs on each side of those rooms. Plus I ran 2" conduit from the basement up to the crawl space above the 2nd floor on both sides of the house should I even need to get some wire up there easily. One of my oldest friends is an electrician so he made sure it was all overkill. |
| ark_ader:
Well it depends on your home wiring, but I use powerline for data and audio, and it works extremely well. Also I can forgough the audio and use USB instead. They are pretty cheap and have follow though plug for more power devices. I got mine for $33 but they seem to fluctuat. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009WG6LLA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 |
| Dawgz Rule:
I have a single story home and used a flexible drill bit to drill through to the basement from within the wall. Wall box and face plate finished the job. You can also route cable behind the baseboard molding. |
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