The biggest problem areas when it comes to wires are in the living room with the TV, tech items like the router, and any wires along the floor. Here are some creative ideas, from the simple to the heavy duty, on how to hide wires in your home. Starting W
There are two basic ways to hide TV wires: on the wall or behind the wall. The simplest approach is to conceal the wires on the surface of the wall by running them inside something called araceway, which is nothing more than a shallow channel that mounts directly to the wall. ...
To hide your cords, all you have to do is cut two holes in your sheetrock and drop them through the wall. It’s really easy as pie. Start by cutting your top hole. Cut it inside the bracket area to make sure it’s well hidden once your TV is mounted. Once the first hole i...
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I recently had to hide my internet router/box . Even though its snall and thin it was still distracting with the flashing lights. I found a nice wicker basket to place on the last tier of my shelving unit, placed the router in it and fed the cord and wires through the back and ...
Directions on how to mount a TV on the wall The averageTV screenis 50 inches from corner to corner, with some as big as 86 inches. Morebig-screen TVsare mounted on walls than on stands nowadays because it gets them up and out of the way. Even thoughmounting a TVon the wall may se...
Besides LED wrap fixtures and LED panels, you even have the option to swap your fluorescents with a single linearshop fixture. These lighting fixtures are very sleek and slim. These integrated lights are the same size as fluorescents. One can suspend these fixtures from wires. It is also po...
Gas discharge arresters are typically used in places like power substations, industrial plants or inside office buildings, and they can be installed in the gas tube of a power transformer or mounted on an outside wall. When the voltage is at a certain level, the makeup of the gas is such...
Fasten the substation unit in the wall -- preferably to a wall stud -- and attach the trim molding that surrounds the perimeter of the unit to hide the edges of the opening cut in the wall. Caution: If the master station connects directly to your home's electrical system, be sure to ...
Install the new plug:To attach a new cord plug, start by removing the core of the plug. Feed the end of the lamp cord through the outer plug jacket, then attach the wires to the screw terminals on the plug core. If the core ispolarized, one of the blades will be wider to distingui...