Saturday, July 16, 2011
What are the STEPS and TOOLS to install a Coaxial Cable Outlet?
Here's your list for Home Depot, a drywall saw, a carlon 1 gang old work electrical box, a coaxial wall plate or just use the one you have and get a blank plate for the old location, may need more cable, if so get male and female connector ends to splice them together. First step is to to take old coax apart from the old plate, if the coax runs through the attic you will have to go up and pull it up the old wall and drop it in your new location. Im assuming your new location has an electrical outlet, if so just drop the coax down the same hole the electrical wires are running through. If your coax comes straight through the wall from outside you will have to run wire either into the attic or around the eaves to the new spot. Once your new wire is dropped down the new location pull the plate off that electrical outlet next to where you dropped your coax and see which side of the box the stud is on. Make sure you are in the same bay as outlet and a couple of inches away trace your new box on the wall and cut out your mark, shave down drywall till box slides in, then find your coax in there and pull it through one of the knockouts on the back of box, then slide box in hole you cut, then turn screws on box and those little ears will catch on the backside of the drywall. Hook coax up to back of plate, screw plate to box and your done. You may encounter a fireblock in the wall when dropping your coax, if so let me know and I'll walk you through that too. Good luck
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