I recently had our drywall replaced due to flooding. Our coax cables are now just hanging out of the new wall and I need to install cable jacks.
Is there a way I can mount the coax wall plates to the drywall without an electric box in the wall? I'd rather not cut the drywall if I don't have to. I don't seem to remember the cable company ever doing that either. I've found a few articles mentioning television jack mounting brackets but the local home stores don't seem to have those.
Any tips?!
You could use something like this:
Cut a hole in the sheetrock according to the template, and when you tighten the screws, the tabs tighten against the back of the sheetrock to hold in place. You then pull the cable through and use a plate like this:
They make low voltage wall plate brackets that work well for this purpose. They should be in your local home improvement store with the various connectors for cable, telephone, and network wiring. I've used this one from Leviton. You cut back the drywall to the inner border of the bracket and fold back the tabs into the wall to hold it in the opening. As Edwin says, give the tabs a gentle crimp to make it tight to the drywall:
Same idea as the boxless and does not require cutting and adding the male/female plugs on each end. The continuous cable will also not have any loss of signal from the plugs.
I ended up just getting some plastic anchors that I put in the drywall and then mounted the wall plate directly to those. That seemed like an easier, less messy solution. I know it won't be as strong, but at the end of the day this is only for a cable jack and nothing will be pulling on it.
Thanks so much for the great advice everyone!
