Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Oct 13, 2013 7:41 pm We have just finished building a new home and on the builder's suggestion mounted a tv in the living area. The problem is the electrician put the power and aerial point (conduit) in the wrong place and we want to move those points. The problem is we would like to remove the old points altogether and be able to 'patch' it up so you would not know there were points there in the first place. Otherwise the TV is on the far right of the wall near the window and stuffs up our interior design layout due to sliding doors being to that side. We want the TV in the centre of that wall. One apprentice sparky said it would be easy that you would just fill up the gaps with a liquid putty of some sort. Our painter said it would be more complex and you would need a plasterer to do it and put in a brick - apparently filler would expand/shrink and cause cracks. Our painter said he could try to fill it but he had no guarantees on finish. I would like some suggestions on the best way to sort the problem - some options were to buy a new TV but nothing is big enough to have the TV centre of that wall, another idea was to mount wall speakers to either side of the TV in centre to hide those holes/points. Do I need a plasterer or is this something that could/should be done in another way? I', afraid no plasterer is going to come out for such a small job. When we built, we understood the TV would be mounted in the middle of large wall with windows to either side of that wall. We signed off on the plan assuming it would be that way but the plan was actually different - not sure if we raise a dispute it would have cost us $800 to fix it while building ($500 variation fee + $300 electrician returning to cut new conduits). Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ \ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Relocating power points on new wall - help! 2Oct 13, 2013 8:12 pm It is not difficult to repair the hole. Google "repair a hole in wall". There are options there. Any handyman could do it. Because there seem to be six "holes" it may be easier to just resheet the bottom half of the wall. And that way you can change the cabling easily and cut the new holes. You'd have to get a gyprocker or a handyman to set it. I would have thought a decent painter could do minor gyprock repairs. Relocating power points on new wall - help! 3Oct 13, 2013 8:16 pm Gyprock actually produce patch repair kits that will do what you're after. I'd be surprised if a painter hasn't used them before. If you really need to, maybe you or they could just do a YouTube search, there are some how to videos on there http://camdenbuild.blogspot.com.au/ by invite only please pm me Re: Relocating power points on new wall - help! 4Oct 13, 2013 10:39 pm I thought plaster was different to gyprock - being in WA all internal and external walls are brick with plastered walls? Re: Relocating power points on new wall - help! 5Oct 14, 2013 6:33 am mazstar1980 I thought plaster was different to gyprock - being in WA all internal and external walls are brick with plastered walls? Not sure if they do plaster or plaster sheeting but my old house was brick and old fashioned plaster. The plaster was a similar thickness to gyprock though so repaired it with that and it looked fine. Given the time and skill required to get a good finish the old way I'd be surprised if it isn't plaster sheets. See if you can unscrew one of the plates (to avoid a shock maybe the tv antenna one) and see for yourself. http://camdenbuild.blogspot.com.au/ by invite only please pm me Re: Relocating power points on new wall - help! 6Oct 14, 2013 9:54 pm mazstar1980 Plaster as referenced to gyprock is the sheet material 10 - 12mm thick- paper faced with a gypsum plaster centre and is nailed or screwed onto timber studs or ceiling joists. The joins are then set with finishing cement and sanded smooth. Plaster on brick walls is usually sand and cement mortar trowelled on 12-15mm thick to a sponge finish. For a smoother surface it can be plastered again with a finer gypsum/lime mix that can be trowelled to a very smooth finish. Stewie Re: Relocating power points on new wall - help! 7Oct 15, 2013 10:07 am Being on an outside wall, you have a cavity between the external bricks and internal brick wall. You can run the new power down the wall cavity from above by removing a couple of roof tiles. An electrician should be able to do that easily for you. The 'old' power points will have a couple of screw holes and holes for the electrical cables in the wall that you'll need to fill. You can do this yourself with a non-shrinking filler from Bunnings, etc. Overfill the holes slightly to allow for some shrinkage and also to sand off to a smooth finish. Leave it a couple weeks before painting to be sure it won't shrink and develop small cracks. If it does, just add a little more filler but dampen the existing surface with a little water first. Once you paint over it, you probably won't notice it was there. I used to live in WA and I used to repair holes because we'd change our minds on where pictures were hanging and I'd have to patch the wall. If you're referring to Eufy homebase, then just put a switch between a datapoint and put the homebase elsewhere near another device in your home unless you want teh… 9 13845 Our relationship with the owner is good, but I'm not sure if I want to impose putting a pole on their property. Your conversation with your neighbour must have gone well… 4 9315 Would also like an opinion from anyone that has used xcem over hebel for floors. Thanks 1 14221 |