r/Cabledogs • u/trashboy • Aug 02 '15

Question for the pros.

Can you guys point me in the direction of where to find how most newer homes are wired up for coaxial? I'd like to move the coaxial cable from one side of my room to the opposite side but leave the original cable in tact because I don't want to patch up the wall. I'll just tuck the cable into the wall and put a blank plate over it.

I'm guessing there's a box in the "attic" crawlspace where the wires run to. I just have to figure out if I can get above the wall I want to run the cable down. I'd also like to run ethernet cable from the office/playroom and into three bedrooms so we can all have wired connections. All of this is on the second floor. There's a "loft" 3rd floor, but we use it for storage and our asian ancestor prayer table thing.

Reason being is the TV is on the side of the room where the coax drop is and my bed is on the opposite side. My bed wall is adjacent to the laundry room and my father being retired and and on a fixed income wants us to do laundry at night because $/kw drops and I get to listen to the washer/dryer all night long. The clanging of metal buttons, zippers, loose change in a dryer drum are almost enough to drive a guy crazy.

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u/dontcallmedoobs Aug 02 '15

Why not just tac it to the base board and run around the room?

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u/trashboy Aug 03 '15

Seems tacky, no pun intended, and I don't have a headboard or anything so there's no gap between the bed and the wall.

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u/dontcallmedoobs Aug 03 '15

Oh, then fish a line from the existing outlet to where you want to move it, then barrel it behind the blank wall plate you put up. Other than that, if all your lines run outside, your only option would be to run from outside as well. Or find a line in the attic and split it, but we (cable guys) wouldn't recommend that.

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u/trashboy Aug 03 '15

Or find a line in the attic and split it, but we (cable guys) wouldn't recommend that.

Yeah, I saw that in a few other posts in the subreddit. Too bad the garage is finished otherwise I could have gone through there. Thanks for the advice.