Run Cable Around Door Frame

Simple steps to run your cable.

Run cable around door frame.

When you come to a doorway run them between the door jamb and the wall framing. Check the electrical section. Need to run a telephone line for a corded phone up and over a doorway and around the room to a table. Stuff the cords behind the wall and wedge them between the bottom plate of the wall and the floor.

For running the cable around the door frame go to your local hardware store. When running speaker wire i was able to push it under the baseboards along the carpet. The biggest challenge is getting it up and around the doorway. Trying to run speaker cables from front to back.

Carefully pry off the trim or molding at the top of the door removing any nails that hold the trim in place. For purposes of discussion this is the only way to get there. Thought about a wire molding but that seems overkill. To hide cables behind a door frame or baseboard follow these steps.

Typical solutions used in a domestic setting in a house include directly at. 3 run the cable through the holes you drilled in the studs or joists toward the new receptacle box taking care not to kink or twist the cable. There are several options depending on the structure of the wall the doorway goes through and on whether or not a surface mounted method is deemed okay with the client. Under the carpet and through the walls is not an option.

There are clips of various sorts that will work for this some with their own small nails that can tap into the edge of the frame. Also remove the trim for any baseboard where you want the wire to follow. We tried these cable holder things from bunnings 7mm hammer the nail in but the nails don t seem to penetrate the frame or the wall next to it. Securing cable in new construction cable must be stapled or supported with straps every 4 1 2 feet.