How To Make Hole In Floor Bigger For Coaxil Cable

Some cheap coaxial cable connectors may work for a security camera but not a hi def tv or internet signal.

How to make hole in floor bigger for coaxil cable.

We have several holes in our house floor and external wall that are used for cables coax and cat5e. If it is not you will need to cut the end off. The cables will exit the attic through these holes. Cut out an opening in the drywall 1 inches wide and 3 inches high at the tv jack.

Use the 2 5 in 6 4 cm boring drill bit and make holes. While still in the attic find the areas above rooms where you need cable access. Did the cable man cut some big holes in your new wooden siding. All you need to do now is to install the box into the wall and feed the wire to it.

Most of the hard work is done. If you have another floor to go you can follow the same steps in the same order. I have come upon a problem. Once it is in the hole it helps to have two people for this pull it out of the 2 hole and either put a new end on if needed or hook it up to a wall plate and you are done.

Or maybe they were just small ones and you still want a tight seal around the new coaxial cable lines that now give you access to over 120 channels. Pull the cable through the opening and then install two tv jack mounting brackets or low voltage junction box in the cutout. Drill access holes above the rooms you re running cables to. The same goes for wall plates.

Pull the e thernet cable to its destination and you re set. There might even be some empty holes where the cable company had to move an old line to a new location. If the existing hole in the floor is large enough pull the cable down into the basement crawl and run it up the 1 2 hole. I can t use caulking or other permanent sealers because the cable needs some flexibility and.

I m almost finished with some re ruining of coax and ethernet in my house. The holes are bigger than the cable that goes through them so we d like to minimize the excess space to help prevent bugs from getting through.