What hiding the wires actually involves

A floating TV, one with nothing running down the wall to a power strip on the floor, is the single most requested look we get. What most people picture is a cable getting fished behind the drywall from the TV down to an outlet, and in the simplest houses that is close to what happens. In practice it is a job with real variables in it, which is why In-Wall Cord Concealment on a first floor runs $140 with the parts included or $89 if you already have them, and a second floor runs $110 and $69 for the same reason.

Why the floor changes the price

A first floor wall on a slab or over a crawl space, especially an exterior wall backed against a fireplace, is more likely to have fire blocking, insulation, or ductwork inside the cavity that a fish tape has to work around. A second floor interior wall is more often a clean run between studs with nothing in the way. That difference in what we are actually pulling cable through, not the length of the cable itself, is what separates the two prices. We do not know which one we are dealing with until we open an access point and look, which is also why we do not quote cord concealment sight unseen over the phone.

Where a recessed outlet fits in

Hiding the HDMI and cable box wiring is one problem. Hiding the power cord is a separate one, because building code does not let a power cable simply live inside a wall cavity the way a low voltage cable can. That is what an Add Electrical Outlet Behind Device job solves, starting at $150. A recessed, in-wall power kit lets the plug sit flush behind the television instead of visible above the outlet cover, and where the run calls for it we install a fire safe power kit rated for that specific use. This is exactly the kind of detail where your installer should confirm what applies to your specific wall and wiring, since every house is a little different underneath the drywall.

• First floor cord concealment, parts included: $140, or $89 if you supply the parts.
• Second floor cord concealment, parts included: $110, or $69 if you supply the parts.
• Outer wall cord management (no in-wall routing): $69 with parts, $49.99 without.
• Adding a recessed outlet behind the screen: starting at $150.
• A fire safe power kit is added wherever the run requires one, not on every job by default.

Doing it right the first time

The reason this is worth explaining before you book, rather than after, is that a cord concealment job done badly is hard to fix without opening the wall a second time. Feeding a cable through a cavity that already has insulation or blocking in it takes patience and the right fish tape attachment, not force, and a rushed job can leave a cable pinched against a stud or a nail plate that was never installed to protect it. We check for both before we start pulling, and every finished job, cord concealment included, carries the same lifetime workmanship warranty as the rest of our work.

If you already have a TV mounted with a cord hanging down the wall and you are just now deciding you want it hidden, that is a common enough call that we do not treat it any differently from a same day mount and conceal. Tell us the floor the wall is on and whether you already own the in-wall rated cable and outlet kit, and we will give you the exact number from the list above rather than a range. Over 500 jobs across Middle Georgia later, hiding the wires is still the single detail that makes a mount look finished instead of installed.

Not every wall needs a full in-wall run

Some houses, especially exterior walls with brick veneer or a concrete block core, are not good candidates for fishing cable through the cavity at all. That is what Outer Wall Cord Management is for, at $69 with parts or $49.99 if you supply them. Instead of routing inside the wall, the cable runs down the surface inside a low profile paintable channel that matches the wall color closely enough to disappear from a normal viewing distance. It will never be as invisible as a true in-wall run, but it is a real option for a wall where in-wall routing is not practical, and it costs less because there is no cavity work involved.

TV mounting and cord concealment are usually the same visit, which is why the Clean TV Install bundle pairs a TV mount with exterior cord management starting at $219. One customer, Sarah Jenkins in the Lake Sinclair area, put it plainly after her install: the TV mounting came out flawless and the hidden wiring made the whole room look clean. That is the actual goal of this work. Not a fancier looking cable, but a wall where you stop noticing there was ever a cable at all.