There are two ways to deal with the cords, and most people do not know there is a choice until somebody explains it. Here is the honest difference.
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A channel goes over the drywall, cables run inside it, and it can be painted to match. Tidy, fast, and included free on every TV mount I do. You can still see it if you look for it.
I cut into the drywall, fish the cable down behind it, and install a rated pass-through so power and HDMI come out clean at the bottom. Nothing on the wall at all.
$69 if you already have the kit, $149 if I supply it.
Because you are cutting into a finished wall. Studs, wiring and plumbing get checked before the saw goes in.
And it has to be a rated pass-through, not a hole with an extension cord stuffed through it. Running standard power cable inside a wall is a code violation and a fire risk, and plenty of people do it anyway.
No cavity to fish through. Cord management along the surface is the right answer there, and it can be painted.
Sometimes the cable simply will not drop. I check before I cut, not after.
Some walls have blocking right where the cable needs to go. Fixable sometimes, not always.
HandyTech LLC Hattiesburg charges $69 if you supply the in-wall kit and $149 if I supply it, on top of the mounting price. Cord management along the wall surface is included free with every mount.
Not a standard power cord. It has to be a code-rated in-wall pass-through kit, which is what I install. Running a regular extension cord inside a wall is a code violation and a fire risk.
No. Brick, stone and tile have no cavity to fish through. On those walls the right answer is cord management along the surface, painted to match.
On drywall over a fireplace, usually yes. Several national installers refuse in-wall work above a fireplace entirely.
About 45 minutes on a typical drywall install, assuming nothing unexpected behind the wall.
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