Can someone explain this?
We just bought a new flat-screen television and mounted it on the wall. Like everyone else, we'd like to hide the wires in the wall. There will be some cabinetry under the television to hold cable box, etc., and we'd like the wires to come out of the wall behind that.
I've already contacted my electrician to do the work, so you don't have to yell at me about this.:) And I know that what I'm about to describe isn't code. But please explain this to me:
Instead of paying hundreds to the electrician, why can't I just saw a small hole behind the television and another behind the cabinet and run all the wires through. It's an interior wall, there's no insulation. The wires would only be behind the wall for three feet.
As a friend of mine says, "The wires don't overheat and cause a fire when they're sitting outside the wall, so why would they do that inside the wall?"
So, does anyone know the answer?