hiding wires...

**scapegoat** · 06-03-2008, 10:08 PM

I've got a 7.1 (only using as 5.1) onkyo surround sound and I'd like to hide the side speaker wires under the carpet... but I'm unsure as to to the best way to get the wire under the carpet and to the receiver...

I don't need people tripping over these wires, or fucking up my system while doing so... its also unsightly...

so, how do I do this?

**AdictedToPoker** · 06-03-2008, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by scapegoat

I've got a 7.1 (only using as 5.1) onkyo surround sound and I'd like to hide the side speaker wires under the carpet... but I'm unsure as to to the best way to get the wire under the carpet and to the receiver...

I don't need people tripping over these wires, or fucking up my system while doing so... its also unsightly...

so, how do I do this?

I would try to pull off the molding by the floor and try to stuff it down there.

**Xavier** · 06-03-2008, 10:11 PM

Get a pair of needle nose pliers, grab the carpet at the wall and pull it up. It is attached to the floor with a little spike strip and those are usually about an inch from the wall so you can tuck your wires between the strip and the wall and then just replace the carpet and push it firmly back into the spike strip.

Pretty simple.

**CHAOS** · 06-03-2008, 10:24 PM

xavier would know... iirc he does installs for a certain communications company

**scapegoat** · 06-03-2008, 10:24 PM

I forgot to mention there is approx... 15-20 feet that the wire needs to travel under the carpet...

**Munky** · 06-03-2008, 10:26 PM

Ok here's one for you Xavier...What do I do down in a basement without carpet + pets & no way of getting it through the walls without tearing them apart.

**scapegoat** · 06-03-2008, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Munky

Ok here's one for you Xavier...What do I do down in a basement without carpet + pets & no way of getting it through the walls without tearing them apart.

easy, travel along the base of the wall all the way around.

**Munky** · 06-03-2008, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by scapegoat

easy, travel along the base of the wall all the way around.

Its the entire length of the house LoL. You know how much wiring I would need!!!

I'm thinking about just getting a wireless system that way when I move it'll fit wherever I go.

**scapegoat** · 06-03-2008, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Munky

Its the entire length of the house LoL. You know how much wiring I would need!!!

I'm thinking about just getting a wireless system that way when I move it'll fit wherever I go.

how about the ceiling in the basement?

if its a drop ceiling you may be gold...

I dunno if I'd trust a wireless speaker system... maybe bose...

**Munky** · 06-03-2008, 10:47 PM

Nope ceiling is plaster.

I've been trying to figure this out for 4-5 years now LoL.

06-03-2008, 10:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
scapegoat SOT Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 372 gXboxLive Leaderboard: 77^th	hiding wires... I've got a 7.1 (only using as 5.1) onkyo surround sound and I'd like to hide the side speaker wires under the carpet... but I'm unsure as to to the best way to get the wire under the carpet and to the receiver... I don't need people tripping over these wires, or fucking up my system while doing so... its also unsightly... so, how do I do this?

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06-03-2008, 10:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
Xavier SOT Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Coatesville, PA Posts: 1,049 gXboxLive Leaderboard: 9^th	Get a pair of needle nose pliers, grab the carpet at the wall and pull it up. It is attached to the floor with a little spike strip and those are usually about an inch from the wall so you can tuck your wires between the strip and the wall and then just replace the carpet and push it firmly back into the spike strip. Pretty simple.

06-03-2008, 10:24 PM	#5 (permalink)
scapegoat SOT Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 372 gXboxLive Leaderboard: 77^th	I forgot to mention there is approx... 15-20 feet that the wire needs to travel under the carpet...