[I-Hate-Hulse]

Thanks everyone - I think I'll try a few electricians for now. The home AV guys seems to come at a premium. I too have had Shaw staple coax to the exterior of a house and drill in and and somewhat wary of having them do this.

The best option seems to be to route it up through the floor boards (there is a 2nd floor above unfortunately) from the joist below and along it back to the panel where I can tie into the splitter.

Doing this however, it would seem like I have two options:

1) route it up inside the wall and have it come out to a proper outlet (possibly a reno box as some have mentioned).

2) Drill straight up through the floor and have the cables sprout up from the floor.

I'd much rather prefer 1) but given this is an exterior wall I'm wondering how this will work with the vapor barrier / insulation behind the drywall. Or is such a small hole not an issue?

EDIT - Thx JDiddy - Gave Creative a call - $100 a hour is not much more than what electricians want. I'm counting on them to do this neatly!