[IN WALL] Wiremold - Flat-Panel TV Cord and Cable Power Kit

[space-time]

http://slickdeals.net/f/8580014-wiremold...9-best-buy

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/wiremold-fla...?acampID=0&ref=8575135&loc=0&id=1218417733690&skuId=3600475

[MikeF]

Typically, in household walls, there will be a cross 2x4 approximately 48 inches from the floor (halfway up the wall between the studs); considered a fire-break. As long as you're on one side or the other, this solution will work -- it's not easy trying to drill through that cross piece without affecting the wall surface...

The cross piece is also typically used for nailing/screwing the drywall edge to as drywall is typically installed perpendicular to the stud direction.

[jardster]

I've used something very similar to that and it worked very well for hanging a TV in our exercise room. With no wires hanging down the wall.... my wife was pleased.

[bazookaman]

Same here. I think I got a monoprice version. Worked great.

[Ombligo]

Luckily our TV backs to my bedroom closet. I put my AV receiver, cable receiver, WDTV, etc in there. Then I just went straight through the wall and plugged everything in there. A Logitech Harmony RF remote runs everything and nothing shows.

I also used Onsia panel speakers for the front speakers, so those are hidden as well.

[Paul F.]

MikeF wrote:
Typically, in household walls, there will be a cross 2x4 approximately 48 inches from the floor (halfway up the wall between the studs); considered a fire-break. As long as you're on one side or the other, this solution will work -- it's not easy trying to drill through that cross piece without affecting the wall surface...

The cross piece is also typically used for nailing/screwing the drywall edge to as drywall is typically installed perpendicular to the stud direction.

I've been inside a lot of walls.. and have never seen that once. Maybe that's a local code thing? Sure isn't used here.

[space-time]

Paul F. wrote:
[quote=MikeF]
Typically, in household walls, there will be a cross 2x4 approximately 48 inches from the floor (halfway up the wall between the studs); considered a fire-break. As long as you're on one side or the other, this solution will work -- it's not easy trying to drill through that cross piece without affecting the wall surface...

The cross piece is also typically used for nailing/screwing the drywall edge to as drywall is typically installed perpendicular to the stud direction.

I've been inside a lot of walls.. and have never seen that once. Maybe that's a local code thing? Sure isn't used here.
I do have those here.

[Paul F.]

Must be an east coast thing...
Not saying it's a bad idea, just never seen 'em here. Christ, what a pain running wire must be with those in the way!

space-time wrote:
[quote=Paul F.]
[quote=MikeF]
Typically, in household walls, there will be a cross 2x4 approximately 48 inches from the floor (halfway up the wall between the studs); considered a fire-break. As long as you're on one side or the other, this solution will work -- it's not easy trying to drill through that cross piece without affecting the wall surface...

The cross piece is also typically used for nailing/screwing the drywall edge to as drywall is typically installed perpendicular to the stud direction.

I've been inside a lot of walls.. and have never seen that once. Maybe that's a local code thing? Sure isn't used here.
I do have those here.

[MikeF]

They're in all the houses I've seen in Southern California.

[Paul F.]

Never seen one in Humboldt County, Sacramento (sample size one wall), Arizona (sample size, two walls), or North Dakota (sample size, one wall).
A fire break is a reasonable idea, though, if it actually works.