Plaster over old TV aerial socket

TELLIT01

If you want somebody to come in and do the job they are likely to charge a minimum of half a day labour so you'll be looking at £70+. As others have said, do it yourself for a fiver. Get a tub of premixed and follow the instructions. It will do what it say on the tin (tub).

CakeCrusader

<coughs https://www.ronseal.com/for-home/wood-wall-fillers/wall-filler/multi-purpose-smooth-finish-filler/&gt;



Ah, that's better. Just unscrew the screws and see what's behind it, it'll probably be just a hole for the cable, you'd need to disconnect the cable from the connector and pull the cable from the outside of the wall. Use the filler <coughs> to fill in the hole, then sand the filler so it's flush with the wall. Personally I'd cover it with a mirror or a picture and forget about it. Anyone who moves into your house after you may need it, not everyone wants cable TV and BT/Freeview work from a roof antennae.

J_B

coffeehound wrote: »

https://images2.!!!!!!!!!!!!!/df/4c/3a/d16ffc1298201284.jpg

nope, it doesn't seem to like that host

https://images2.!!!!!!!!!!!!!/df/4c/3a/d16ffc1298201284.jpg


EDIT -

Doesn't like it for me either!


Try this



https://tunyurl.com/y5atpmm8


Sodit - I give in ....

kingdave82

naf123 wrote: »

£100 is cheap if he had to paint the entire wall to match .

He won't be doing that. I've got the paint still in the shed from the last time it was decorated, so it should be a like for like match just painting over the patch (I hope!)

TELLIT01 wrote: »

If you want somebody to come in and do the job they are likely to charge a minimum of half a day labour so you'll be looking at £70+. As others have said, do it yourself for a fiver. Get a tub of premixed and follow the instructions. It will do what it say on the tin (tub).

CakeCrusader wrote: »

<coughs https://www.ronseal.com/for-home/wood-wall-fillers/wall-filler/multi-purpose-smooth-finish-filler/&gt;



Ah, that's better. Just unscrew the screws and see what's behind it, it'll probably be just a hole for the cable, you'd need to disconnect the cable from the connector and pull the cable from the outside of the wall. Use the filler <coughs> to fill in the hole, then sand the filler so it's flush with the wall. Personally I'd cover it with a mirror or a picture and forget about it. Anyone who moves into your house after you may need it, not everyone wants cable TV and BT/Freeview work from a roof antennae.

Must admit, I haven't had the socket off the wall yet to see what's behind there.

If it is more than just a cable sized hole, how do I fill that in?

Stick something like this in, and fill that with filler layer by layer?

CakeCrusader

I can't see the link, but if I hover over it I can see a galvanised steel knockout box link at the bottom of my screen. I'd imagine there's a square indent behind it along with a hole that goes straight through the brick. Unscrew it and take it off so you can see what you're dealing with. Just fill it in layers, a little at a time and leave it to dry in between (applies whether it's a small hole or a square indent).


You've looked outside to see where the cable goes, yes?? You don't really want a cable attached to nothing just hanging around outside your house.

pramsay13

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Davesnave

I filled two deep, ex-shaver sockets last week by putting odd bits of Celotex in them and then filling in stages: first with some tile adhesive I had over and then 3 layers of fine Tetrion, applied with a Japanese filling tool and rubbed-down with 120 paper between each one.

If I was paying someone to do that, the cost would be horrendous as there were 4 operations involved, but each one required fairly minimal skills. There isn't really a quick fix that would work as well,or I'd have used it. Someone really skilled might have got it to two, perhaps, but I'm not.

I wouldn't claim the fill will be undetectable in some lighting conditions, but it will do for me. This is MSE, not Grand Designs and I can spend £70 on something more important!

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Davesnave wrote: »

I filled two deep, ex-shaver sockets last week by putting odd bits of Celotex in them and then filling in stages: first with some tile adhesive I had over and then 3 layers of fine Tetrion, applied with a Japanese filling tool and rubbed-down with 120 paper between each one.

If I was paying someone to do that, the cost would be horrendous as there were 4 operations involved, but each one required fairly minimal skills. There isn't really a quick fix that would work as well,or I'd have used it. Someone really skilled might have got it to two, perhaps, but I'm not.

I wouldn't claim the fill will be undetectable in some lighting conditions, but it will do for me. This is MSE, not Grand Designs and I can spend £70 on something more important!

I second this :beer:

[Deleted User]

Hi,


here's the photie,

Norman_Castle

That photograph is depressing.