Sunday, August 31, 2008

The A/V Access Hole

Two weeks ago I wrote about of holes in the wall, but I didn't mention the most interesting one: The access hole for the audio/video equipment! Anyone who's ever (re)connected cables for the TV, receiver, DVD player and so on knows what a hassle that can be. The worst must be bookshelves with built-in space for the TV - once you've filled it up with books and electronics you simply can't move it out from the wall to reconfigure the connections!
To solve this problem I came up with what I hope will prove to be a great solution - simply a hole in the wall, for easy access from the other room! (Providing that room doesn't belong to the neighbour...) In our case, that room is our new bedroom, and the hole will eventually be hidden behind a panel door.

The cables include Cat 5 network cabling, surround speaker cables and lots of power cables - all of them hidden inside the walls and the floor. :-)

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