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Posted by mm on July 19, 2007, 1:06 am
On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:22:04 -0700, Andrew Sarangan
>To isolate noise and heat from the computer, I want to place the
>processor box in the basement and have the monitor and keyboard on the
>floor above. I need to penetrate the basement wall (which also happens
>to an exterior wall),
After reading ahead, I come back here and ask, So you mean you want to
go only half-way through the basement wall, is that it?
> run straight up about 6 ft, and then penetrate
>the wall again to get into the room on the upper floor. The run should
>be no more than 10 ft, so I am not worried about the cable length or
>signal integrity. However, I am not sure if the cavity behind the wall
>extends all the way between the basement level and the upper floor, or
>if it is closed off at floor level.
Yes, it's closed off at floor level, unless you have some very strange
construction.
> I don't want to open up the
>drywall and find out that I can't route the cables after all. The DVI
>cable would need at least a one inch hole to get through, so drilling
>something that big through structural lumber would be out of the
>question.
>Any thoughts?
Why not just go throught the ceiling of the basement and the floor
above it? What room on the first floor are you going into. What is
the floor made of. How many cabinets does it have?
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