terminating coaxial cables

[anonymous-user]

Hi

I inherited the setup (sky+, standard aerial and cable to other rooms) in the pictues below when I bought my house.

Outside
It doesn't look the best on the outside and I wondered if I should have some cover over where the cables enter the house?

Inside
I am about to have the room plastered, should I chase and fit a "box" for the cable to termininte into, into which I can plug another cable into or will all these connections result in a poor signal?

Oh and are there any issues with chasing the bt cable and box into the wall?

Over to you...

[garycat]

As already said, if you put sockets in it will affect signal strength and quality. What I would do inside is to cover the cables with trunking like this

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/79354/Plumbing/Coppe...

or trunking that looks like skirting board - http://www.talon.co.uk/products/skirting-cover.htm...

One the outside theres not much you can do except chase a channel into the pebbledash, sink the cables into it and then cover the cables over with the same texture.

[hairyben]

You can make up a suitable termination box using data grid modules:

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Wiring_Acce...

Any affect on signal quality should negligable, unless you have a very poor signal already.

As for the BT box, it'll fit in a standard 25mm 1 gang flush box although *technically* you shouldn't do this as it's BT's equipment. In practice there are millions of BT sockets that mysteriously become flush evan though BT never fit them this way and they never seem to query why...

[headcase]

garycat said:

As already said, if you put sockets in it will affect signal strength and quality. What I would do inside is to cover the cables with trunking like this

Only if you use crappy ones or dont terminate the cables properly. If you do the job right then it wont be an issue.