Wood floor and speaker wire

rainman31
rainman31 Posts: 76
edited September 2008 in DIY, Mods & Tweaks
I am wanting to put wood flooring in my theater room. I am wondering solutions for the speaker wire and cables. Can you run speaker wire under the floor? I have seen people run it be hide types of moldings along the baseboards. Also run it through the wall. The only way I have done it is under the carpet. Do you have any suggestions for different ways I can do this to make it look good. I hope I put this in the right forum.:)

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  • ShinAce
    ShinAce Posts: 1,194
    edited February 2008
    You already found your answer, conduits. Plastic moulding that snaps together to put along the wall.
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  • Midnite Mick
    Midnite Mick Posts: 1,591
    edited February 2008
    There is no way I would run speaker wire between the hardwood and the sub floor.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,132
    edited February 2008
    Personally, I wouldn't do either. Rainman31 are you good at sheetrock repair [this would be the best]? If not, do you have wood baseboard trim and do you have to pass by any doorways, radiators, windows that touch the floor or any other obstruction? Also, do you have a router?
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited February 2008
    Go beneath the subfloor if you want?
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  • fumoffu
    fumoffu Posts: 80
    edited February 2008
    Depending on the type of "wood" floor installed there may be a gap between the edge of the floor and the wall. What type of wood floor 3/4 solid, 3/8 engineered, laminate? Were you planning on replacing the baseboard?
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited February 2008
    Just hide the wires behind the baseboards, or you can try flat speaker wire under the floor.

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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited February 2008
    Another choice.
    http://www.goertzaudio.com/flatwire.html
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  • ledhed
    ledhed Posts: 1,088
    edited February 2008
    We have a basement under our living room so the surround's cable is run under the floor and through the joists.
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  • rainman31
    rainman31 Posts: 76
    edited February 2008
    Thanks for the ideas

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    3DO
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    Velodyne DPS10 sub
    Polk Audio 2- RTI 12's
    Polk Audio CSI 5
    Polk Audio 4- FXI 5's
    Pronto 7500 LCD remote
    Gefen HD video 1080p scaler
    Mitsubishi TV 73927 1080p

    Future purchase Rotel RMB 1095 200x5 THX
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited February 2008
    Through the crawl space is the way I do it. Then just up through the wall, and mount wall plates to accept your wires.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited February 2008
    You could always go up the wall across the ceiling then back down. Given this house is on a slab and a single story.

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  • HB27
    HB27 Posts: 1,518
    edited February 2008
    I know this is a late post but this is still a viable answer. It works great with no problems. I've got a couple of buddies running it for the WAF.
    http://www.ghostwiring.com/
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  • diablo1
    diablo1 Posts: 4
    edited September 2008
    yes you can run under wood flooring ! BEFORE FLOOR INSTALL , Providing you have a wood base , and not concrete , Router a 1/4" Depth & Width Line Wherever your speakers are going to be Located , I did this to mine worked great ! With the liner and the panel in place you would never know it was under . Thanks
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