I am installing my PJ and electric screen in my apartment's living room. There is no apparent ceiling and both the walls and the ceiling are reinforced concrete. Hence, I have to run all wires on the surface of the walls and ceiling. I was looking at a product by Wiremold (www.wiremold.com) to conceal the wires, but their products are not large enough for my wires. I need to conceal at least the following cables together:

- One component cable
- One HDMI cables
- One S-video cable
- One computer monitor cable
- One power cable
- One VPI cable.

Has anyone have any idea on how to conceal all these cables together using an elegant solution? Something like Wiremold, but larger?...

Thank you.

Noboby?...

i have used wiremold for years, doing voice and data (cat5 and fiber). its made in alot of different sizes. i am sure they will something to meet your needs. they usually sell some of it at Home Depot or Lowes. but you'll be able to find their complete line either online or at a local electrical supply house.

Instead of running so many cables, how about using a receiver to do the video switching? That way, you'll only need to run the hdmi cable to the ceiling.

An alternative to the wiremold? Cut an one inch wide strip from the top to bottom of the drywall, run your cable up, protect it with a metal shield (in case you forget and try to hang a picture) and replaster the gap. Sand it down and repaint. Takes a bit of work, but the solution can look great.

Instead of running so many cables, how about using a receiver to do the video switching? That way, you'll only need to run the hdmi cable to the ceiling.

Well, Chefboy1, my satellite HD receiver has only component output and receivers do not have an RGB computer monitor input, AFAIK. Then, all these signals would have to be converted to just one, say HDMI. This would involve loss of PQ for the typical receiver. I would then have to save loads of money to get a top-of-the-line receiver to do good inter-format switching and scaling.

An alternative to the wiremold? Cut an one inch wide strip from the top to bottom of the drywall, run your cable up, protect it with a metal shield (in case you forget and try to hang a picture) and replaster the gap. Sand it down and repaint. Takes a bit of work, but the solution can look great.

Well, thank you for your effort, but I thought I mentioned in my OP that all my walls are reinforced concrete at the 15th floor where I live. No drywall here.

I don't know what a "vpi cable" is but you should be able to fit everything into two 2" wiremold channels. I would run the power separate, you might end up with interference with that long of a parallel run.

If its all exposed concrete and industrial looking you could get easily get all of that into a 2-3" metal conduit. Any home-depot or lowes is going to have it with a million different ways to hang it. It will act as somewhat of a shield too... might help if its running parallel to a power line. Still run that power cable by its self.

Do you have any pictures of the place? Sounds neat.

-Sean

I used cable ties (zip ties, zap straps, I heard them called many different things) from Home Depot that have an extra hole in them to enable you to screw them into the top of the wall, then I installed normal crown molding to cover it. There is tons of room in the space created by the molding. In fact I ran two of everything and there was still room for more :)

I use those at work all the time charlie... they are great
http://cableorganizer.com/econo-series/

I was thinking of screwing them down every few inches on my equipment rack to help cable organization.

-Sean