Wow... Looking at maybe trying this down in the new house I've moved into, still a bit apprehensive about it, but have to say, very impressed with your eye for detail,, not being content with the first plaster job, and ensuring a top quality finish. Many watching the video may not even have noticed the sunken mil plaster, but a true pro not accepting anything but the best quality.. Very impressed with the work, and top video too btw, very helpful ☺

@creativecrambo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the really nice comment Ross nice one mate I'm pleased the vid was of some help to you 👍 yeah definitely go for it mate 💯 also when it's your own house you can take your time abit Yeah I wasn't happy with it after the first go I had to give it that extra 10% 👍 Good luck in your new home mate and like I said thanks for stopping by the vid and for your kind words superb comment mate I like it 👍👍take care mate and all the best 👊.

Millions of times better 👍 Never understand why people always paint over wires then when you remove them you have a unpainted wall behind 😞 Great work again 👍👍

@creativecrambo

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's so much better not seeing the wires thanks for watching ivan 👍 cheers mate 👍 and that's a good point you made there I've been guilty of it myself but end up chasing them in the wall looks so much better 👍👍.

great video man. I love that you show the mistakes and admit to them. People should make more videos like you! :)

@creativecrambo

Жыл бұрын

Thanks alot mate 👍👍 yeah none of us are perfect it's just how you get over the problem and yeah really enjoyed doing this vid plus something you can do yourself thanks for the superb comment mate nice one, mind how you go and take care mate 👍👍 👊👌.

Great job Crambo !! thanks for posting this video!

@creativecrambo

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Johnray nice one mate and thank you for the kind words really appreciate them 💯 merry Christmas mate and happy new year 👍👌👊

Everytime he went to the top corner I was ready for him to scrape that glob off the ceiling 🤣 I never got to see it happen!!!!!

Thanks mate! This inspired me to hide my cables and it looks so much better… great informative video… cheers 👍

@creativecrambo

Жыл бұрын

Hi Zodiac thanks for stopping by the vid nice one 👍 Yeah it dose make a difference mate 💯 and I'm pleased I give you some inspiration to get it done plus now you have done it ,it will be easier next time thanks for your feedback mate and cheers 👍👊

Cant wait to try this. Got a mounted TV and the hanging cables dry me insane!!!

@creativecrambo

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by the vid Jamie nice one 👍yeah hiding the cables definitely makes it a finished job 💯 Thanks for subscribing mate really do appreciate it alot 🤜🔥🤛.👍👍.

Great job and my inspiration to sort out some new surround speakers!

@creativecrambo

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks alot Russ nice one mate 👍👍 yeah 💯 go for it mate it always looks great when you carnt see any wires thanks for stopping by the vid mate 👌👌👊

Great video. I have the same situation with exterior wires ,rendered surface , flat granite stones underneath , thanks for making.

@creativecrambo

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching the vid mate appreciate that alot , you got to work with what you got yeah so every job is different it's just how you fix it yeah if you're doing chasing out mate you got to allow for conduit so about an inch is about right leaves you cover for the final finish 👍 Good luck on your project mate all the best 👍 👊 And thanks for the kind words 👍👍.

Watching from Chicago, I have the same type of walls. Thank you for sharing this video. I'm thinking of adding an outlet box on the bottom and then wiring directly to the power source

@creativecrambo

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching mate nice one 👍 and a very warm welcome from me to you in Chicago👌👌👊 that's awesome, yeah that is a great way of thinking man and while you have done the chase why not Hope you get it all done man and works out just great, I appreciate you stopping by the vid and thank you very much 👍👍👊

Bought an old hose in rural Romania and really want to recess all the power outlets and switches/cables. Thought it might be more complicated but this seems pretty straight forward Cheers lad.

@creativecrambo

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by the vid MATE 👊 APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT and good luck with your new house in rural Romania 🇷🇴 👍 hope you get all them jobs done you need to make it yours it will be worth it in the end mate it's called self satisfaction and yeah I did it myself good luck mate and all the best 👊🇷🇴🇬🇧

PVA really helps prior to plastering otherwise wall sucks the moisture out of the new plaster and you get cracks like that. I must admit I try not to use an angle grinder (tempting though it is) as it takes days to get all the dust out the room plus tight fitting mask rather than cheap paper ones a must. Hammer and bolster definately more hard work but less fine dust.

@creativecrambo

22 күн бұрын

@@Ralphs-House Yeah 💯 pva will definitely bond the area mate without a doubt but didn't need it on this job as the mix I used was no need to pva or prime the area but yeah your 💯 spot on in what you say, and thanks for your feedback mate appreciate that alot all the best mate 👍 🫡 👊

You are amazing!

@creativecrambo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much 👍👍👌👌 happy new year to you michail 👍👍.

Thank you for that video as it is what i need to do. I would of fitted a double socket into the wall at the same time

@creativecrambo

2 жыл бұрын

Nice one ste hall 👍👌 hope yours turns out good yeah great idea with the double socket, 👍👍 thanks for stopping by the vid mate and I'm pleased it was of some help 👍👊.

Wow! I wish I was HANDY like that! Nice!

@creativecrambo

9 ай бұрын

Thanks alot mate 👍 NICE!! one 👍Appreciate you stopping by the vid man you take care 👌👊

Great content matey

Nice job. Wouldnt bother doing it for an extension lead, might aswell have put a proper socket. Otherwise 10/10

@creativecrambo

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by the vid mate nice one 👍👍👍 appreciate your comment 💯 happy new year to you 👌👍👍.

Nice job👏👏👏

@creativecrambo

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much appreciate that alot 👍👍👌👌👊🫡

This is the video i needed to see. Everyone else on youtube is cutting into drywall, looks proper smart how you've done it 👌 only wish I'd seen this before i wallpapered 😅

@creativecrambo

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by the vid bigwonder 👌👌👍👍 nice one man, yeah seen alot of those vids myself to Sounds like you might have to do ya wallpaper again to get the results you need at least you won't see the cables, thanks for watching mate appreciate it alot 👍👍👌👌 and must admit the cables look so much better hidden 💯 👍👍👈.

@travisash8180

2 жыл бұрын

@@creativecrambo If a job's worth doing then it's worth doing twice !

@creativecrambo

2 жыл бұрын

@@travisash8180 And your point is 🤔 you need to explain yourself abit more.

you could install a flush-mounted socket.😅

@deathbyteacup

Ай бұрын

This violates all kinds of electrical safety regulations.

Nice work 👍👍

@creativecrambo

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jake E 👍👍🤙 and thanks for stopping by the vid mate nice one 👌👌👊.

The traditional way to wire European houses is to pull single wires into conduit. Plastering in a cable is cheaper but if you have a fault you will have to chase the wall again and learn profanities in several languages.

@creativecrambo

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by the vid mate 👍 no need for any swear words at all when doing a job like this it's simple chase out the area you need to , add cable/wire in a conduit and make good simple as that your talking about something completely different 👊

Nice job and I liked the trick with the diagonal cuts on the chase 👍🏻

@creativecrambo

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by the vid isyt 👍👍 yeah doing them diagonal cuts makes it easier for the chopping out you got to make the job your doing easier for yourself it's very effective mate, thanks for your feedback mate appreciate it alot nice one 👌👌👍👍😉

@creativecrambo On interior walls how much of the brick and mortar wall should you chisel out or can you chisel out without effecting the structural integrity of the wall. I assume the reason it is what it is is because it's old and it's a weight bearing wall. Can you cut 1/2 way through. 3/4.Or would you need to use some type of metal tie/brace to distribute the load to both sides similar to a basement foundation window on a brick house where you slot out the sides on the top to hang the window on the brick, sorry for the non-jargon terminology and half baked question. Mostly concerned about structural integrity and point of no return and or what to be careful for when doing this. Thanks.

@creativecrambo

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by the vid mate 👍 The rule of thumb mate is no more than a 1/3 so the brickwork being 100mm thick then the chase would be about 33mm maximum the chase I did was about 25mm but that was from the finished plaster therefore I only chased out about 10mm into the brickwork that was plenty for the conduit and to have some cover over that with the finished plaster hope this helps mate all the best 👍 👍👊

Not a negative comment but why wasn’t a double socket installed rather than the extension lead?

@creativecrambo

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by the vid mate nice one Conor that would of been ideal mate but just saved myself some money 👍👊.

@conormcdade6021

2 жыл бұрын

@@creativecrambo with the cable guard thing would it be possible to drop a cable down at a later date?

@creativecrambo

2 жыл бұрын

@@conormcdade6021 Yeah 💯 mate theres plenty of room for that ,👍 its something I can do at a later stage, there's always something to do mate thanks for your advice and comments 👍👍👊.

Is it definitely ok to run a std outlet power extension behind the wall like you did there?

@creativecrambo

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah definitely safe mate💯 all behind a plastic channel no cables come in contact with any plaster/filler all good thanks for watching really do appreciate it sorry for late reply aswell my bad 👍👍👍👍 .

@hks-lion

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure you’re not allowed to run a flex cord in a wall…

Really helpful video, thanks for sharing! What I’m wondering is if you needed to change the cable for whatever reason, wouldn’t it be ‘stuck’ to the filler at the bottom? Obviously it’s loose going up as it’s behind the plastic casing, but I’m wondering about the bottom?

@creativecrambo

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by the vid mate nice one 👍 yeah that's not a problem to sort out mate the cables are free from any obstruction so you could replace if need be you just got to go for it if something happens to the existing cables or think ahead and allow for more cables to be added in the majority of cases the cables should be just fine in the wall the cables I did are covered with a conduit so they should be easy to replace or add to if need be Thanks for your feedback mate much appreciated Thanks 👊🫡

Do you have to use plaster? What about wall filler as I'm planning on doing this on the chimney breast

@creativecrambo

Жыл бұрын

Hi mate 👍 it all depends on how deep and how much you got to cut out if you're just doing a chase out like I did plus conduit then a filler will do but anything bigger then use bonding coat then a skim coat of finish plaster all depends on what you got to finish plus the depth of it I'd use bonding to fill it in then a finish plaster all depends on your budget mate thanks for your feedback appreciate it 👍👍👊

That seems a lot of work to go to and then just bury an extension lead in the wall instead of extending the ring main down (or even a spur from the ring) and installing a proper socket. Especially as, while I was writing this, you made that comment about "if a job is worth doing, it is worth doing properly"!

@creativecrambo

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that was a proper job John like I said in the vid at the end of the day mate this vid is about how to hide cables/wires in a brick wall and that's how it should be done proper job like I said thanks for stopping by the vid and your feedback 👍

I would have sunken the powerpoint into the wall as well and tidied up the ceiling. I'm going to do a similar job but it's for 4 x Cat 5 cables from my security cameras on an internal wall. The external walls are double brick and easy to run cables in between.

Can’t wait to do this, my tv cables are driving me up the wall

@creativecrambo

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah definitely go for it mate its loads better 💯 the worst part is the chasing out but got to be done thanks for stopping by the vid mate nice one 👊👍.

shouldn't electrical wires be inside conduit?

@alfiewhitehead2891

Жыл бұрын

No, they don't have to be 👌🏻

My only question is, did you nail the conduit? how did you ensure the nail didn't go through the cable? or did i miss something?

@creativecrambo

7 ай бұрын

Jack I think you missed quite abit I didn't nail the conduit 😂😆 thanks for watching what you did see anyway 👊

is it okay to hide the power cable behind the wall, as in electricity and that?

@creativecrambo

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by the vid endoneezer 👍 Yeah 💯 the cable is protected with the plastic conduit and is absolutely safe as houses and nothing to worry about, to hide the cables it's got to be done 👍👍👊.

Where can i get the cable cover for in the wall? Cant find it anywhere

@creativecrambo

Жыл бұрын

Hi Scott 👊 Your talking about conduit yeah, just type in conduit it's what the cable goes in comes in different sizes for what you need if you carnt find it I'll find it for you mate 💯👊 let me know 👍 😉

How deep u go for the chase in the brick work?

@creativecrambo

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by the vid dave nice one mate 👊 yeah about 1inch deep mate you got to allow for some plastic conduit plus some plaster finish brick work is 100mm deep so definitely 1 inch chase out Thanks for the comment appreciate mate 👍👍.

The dust from that grinder 🤯🤯

@creativecrambo

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Andy 👍 yeah definitely dust mask and windows open for that job that was probably the worst part of the job but had to be done 👍👍.

I'm thinking of doing this but I want to run some sort of plastic tube of some sort behind the wall and have cable pass through plates, so that I have the option to change out or add cables later. Could you go deeper into the wall if you wanted to run a plastic tube through? If so what would you recommend?

@creativecrambo

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching kabeer 👍👍 yeah it definitely can be done you might want to use some pvc oval conduit they come in different sizes there ideal for what you need, you can go deeper but if your going into brickwork remember the brick is only 65mm thick and blockwork is 100mm thick , use some cable entry sockets, you just got to chase out enough so it sits back flush the boxes are about 35 to 40mm thick hope this was of help 👍👍👊🏻.

Good video mate. Im going to buy a new tv and want to mount it on the wall above the fireplace so its a brick wall. I want to hide the cables that connect the tv to my sky box. Is it possible to get someone to drill holes through the wall and the side to fish the cables through to hide them? Cheers mate

@bushrabegum714

Жыл бұрын

I think i should mention that the fireplace is gas powered so idk if the gas tank would get in the way like.

@creativecrambo

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by the vid mate and thanks 👍 It's not that easy to just drill afew holes and try and get cables through mate you will be going into the cavity wall there will be loads of obstacles to pass like wall ties your better off doing a chase mate much better job plus with the conduit you can add more cables if you need them nice and easy mate 👍

If you ever needed to access the cables again would it be possible?

@creativecrambo

5 ай бұрын

Hi Chris 👊 Yeah 💯 mate the cables are in a conduit easy to take out if you have to thanks for stopping by the vid mate nice one 👍

@chris1232123

5 ай бұрын

@@creativecrambo thanks for your reply. So you'd just need to scrape back some of the plaster to get to the conduit?

@creativecrambo

5 ай бұрын

@@chris1232123 the cables come in from top or bottom of the conduit if you need to change anything you can pull them out or if you need to add more cables then up size the conduit to allow for more cables to be added 👊👍

Should have pav chase scrim and bonded then plastered bosh done no too coat filling 😊

@creativecrambo

4 ай бұрын

Yeah every job is different mate 👍

I'm not a plasterer but I knew the plaster would shrink due to brick's drawing the moisture. Brick should be sprayed with water or PVA and 2/3rds water

@creativecrambo

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by the vid Keith 👍yeah PVA is so good to use 💯 but think the main reason it sunk back was the depth of the chase out I did I was on to it from the get go and the final finish was achieved Happy new year 👍👍.

what did you use to fill it back up?

@creativecrambo

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by the vid mo nice one 👍I used a one coat plaster to fill it in but had to do a final fill at the end as the plaster sunk back abit I used a fine fill at the end to get a perfect finish hope this helps 👍👍.

Sorry I thought I commented on this but I must not of hit enter.. 😄.. Beautiful job my friend..

@creativecrambo

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you my good friend your a top bloke mate 💯 hope you been ok and all is good 👊🏻👍👍👌😉

I have several questions brother. What country are you working on? And if it’s USA, what state? Was there any space whatsoever between brick and Sheetrock?

@creativecrambo

Жыл бұрын

Zapata thanks for stopping by the vid mate nice one brother I'm from the UK 🇬🇧 the house is an old 1960s built and is all brickwork 👍👍👊

@zapataalonzo9177

Жыл бұрын

@@creativecrambo I see.

@creativecrambo

Жыл бұрын

@@zapataalonzo9177 No worries mate thanks for your feedback take care 👍👍👍

@zapataalonzo9177

Жыл бұрын

@@creativecrambo the reason why I ask is because I recently did a an electrical job. In a brick house. And I am always looking for new eyes . Thank you brither

@creativecrambo

Жыл бұрын

@@zapataalonzo9177 THANK YOU BROTHER And nice to meet ya even if it is in a message nice one 👍 all the best mate 👍

why not put some pipes in the wall so you can draw new cables if needed?

@creativecrambo

2 жыл бұрын

That's a good idea Simon but there was no need for it on that one I'm using a fire stick plus I've done that on four other TVs but yeah it's a great idea thats for sure thanks for stopping by the vid mate 👍👍 merry Christmas 🤜🔥🤛 .

is it white cement or POP?

@creativecrambo

2 жыл бұрын

Arindam thanks for stopping by the vid mate 👌👍👍 I used one coat plaster for the in fill cement not ideal will probably crack out sorry for late reply 👍👍.

@sixstringrock9

2 жыл бұрын

@@creativecrambo Thank you so much. This thing is new to me as I have very less knowledge in it.But I got the idea about one coat plaster, just because of your video. I hope this will be strong enough that won't be crack in future. Thank you once again.

@creativecrambo

2 жыл бұрын

@@sixstringrock9 When you use the one coat plaster you might have to do a final fill all depends on how deep you do the chase out the plaster draws in when drying, ideally should be bonding and finish plaster if to deep thanks for reply mate👍👍 hope I was of some help 👍👍 .

@sixstringrock9

2 жыл бұрын

Actually I need some additional points in my house and I was thinking to cut the wall for wiring lines approx. 1.5 inches deep then I will use the same one coat plaster to hide those wiring lines as you did in this video. 🙂🙏❤️

@creativecrambo

2 жыл бұрын

@@sixstringrock9 yeah will work out just great man use conduit over the cables then plaster and make good keep an eye on any shrinkage job done hope it goes ok for you let me know how you get on 💯 👍👍💪👊.

As I plasterer it was killing me to watch u repeatedly go over a bit at the top (left) and see a tiny hole not filling haha. Good video mate. I done this today thats why I'm on watching videos here. I cut mine with a kango just and bonded the wire straight in. I'm a bit worried that I should of put some sort of plastic strip over the wire. I knew I should off but someone told me it'd be ok and I took the lazy way out. Another 2 mins would of done it right!! I'm not gonna blow up my aunts house am I? Ps. No hole at the end :)

@creativecrambo

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Stephen 👍👍 yeah nice close attention to detail there mate I wasn't happy with the first coat with the one coat plaster, the problem was a couldn't get hold of any bonding or finish plaster,lol i got there in the end mate , i thought that's why its called one coat 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️ 👍👍.

@creativecrambo

3 жыл бұрын

As long as you didn't catch any wires mate should be ok next time just put some plastic channel over them like you said it only takes 2min 👍👍.

@stephenhamilton4699

3 жыл бұрын

@@creativecrambo have to do the other rooms too, def gonna do the same as u with the plastic! Yea you'd assume the name "one coat" would only need the "one" coat lol. From my experience of years of plastering, Iver never used one coat nor has any builder supplied it to be used. I'd be very skeptical of one coat ever doing something like this. Filling my patch now and any patch/track I've ever done ya need to fill it and let it sit for a wee while. Go back and give another wee lick over it because it always sucks back in. If need be one more final one. Dont need to wait for it to go rock hard or anything. That sanding stuff is the best of the lot I think. Even if it does suck in (working in your own house) it's no problem at all. Just fill the next day then sand the next day. Typically the longest, cleanest and easiest way. No one on earth completes a job in their own house in a day that they could do in someone else's haha. As I tell my girl, she doesn't need to remind me to do something every 6 months 😂

@creativecrambo

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephenhamilton4699 Yeah man you know it ,what looks a 5min job never turns out that way I'm the type that has to get it nearly perfect or I'm not happy lol if you carnt get the material's you wanted then you got to try other options as the jobs got to be done in the end I did get that making good nearly perfect and I'm fare to say I was pleased with the end result, good luck with the rest of your chasing out and making good and thanks for the feedback, all the best mate 👍👈.

pro

@creativecrambo

Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate 👍 👊

Not a brick wall though!!!

@creativecrambo

7 ай бұрын

Yeah definitely is a brick wall 15mm of plaster then into brickwork 💯 thanks for stopping by the vid 👊

Just Not good enough.

@creativecrambo

6 ай бұрын

🤔 don't see much on your channel lol 😆 😂 🤦

Why not install sockets for both cables? Also that extension lead has no place plastered in a wall. All that work and it still looks a mess 🤦‍♂️

@creativecrambo

10 ай бұрын

For some one who has only 2 vids to there name with no reaction who are you to say about what I did your comment was a little to passive aggressive in my word's 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

@creativecrambo

10 ай бұрын

🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

European regulations require cables to be run through conduits. By burying the cables directly into the wall, it will be impossible to pull a cable if a fault occurs in the future, necessitating the chasing of the wall again. Additionally, using an extension plug instead of installing a wall socket is completely unacceptable. This doesn't look like a proper job, mate. To be honest, more like a bodge job!