installing Bose speakers in my ceiling

[thc1138]

I am buying a new house and will be installing my Bose satelite speakers. I did this in my other house, but that had ceiling tile, this new house has drywall. How do you run the speaker wire from position of speaker to front of room? Any suggestions?

 

[ParadigmDawg]

Through the wall and ceiling...

I am buying a new house and will be installing my Bose satelite speakers. I did this in my other house, but that had ceiling tile, this new house has drywall. How do you run the speaker wire from position of speaker to front of room? Any suggestions?

 

[MDS]

You call an AV installer in your area and pay them $150 per hour to do it for you OR you get two people (one in the attic and one in the room) and fish the wire up the wall and over the attic to the ceiling location.

 

[ParadigmDawg]

Shouldnt take more than an hour or two to do it yourself.

You call an AV installer in your area and pay them $150 per hour to do it for you OR you get two people (one in the attic and one in the room) and fish the wire up the wall and over the attic to the ceiling location.

 

[pzaur]

Just to add some info on to the above posts:

Any wall that is interior only will most likely be completely hollow. If you are running wire through a wall that has one side touching the outside elements will have insulation in it. You'll most likely need some extra "support" to run the wire through the insulation. I used 14 gauge wire. It's a little thinner than a hanger and more flexible. I picked it up at Home Depot for a couple bucks.

-pat

 

[jimfitz]

Is the house one or two story? Is there a basement, crawl space, or concrete slab.

 

[MDS]

If doing it yourself, beware of firebreaks in the wall. If you encounter one you are toast unless you have a 6 foot long drill bit. The installers have a few different tools that help out and I chose to just pay the bucks and let them do it. Damn glad I did because it wasn't easy.

2 guys @75 per hour each x 6 hours but in the end it was worth it to me. I got to be the 'manager' and say 'I want this wire to that wall plate, a new CAT5 to that room and the equipment closet, blah, blah, blah.' They listened to me and only caused very minimal damage around one existing wall plate.