Running Surround Sound Speaker Wire Under Carpet

Use flat wire for your rear speakers.

Running surround sound speaker wire under carpet.

This solution works well for hiding the wire from surround sound speakers in the rear of a home theater setup. I have no attic and no basement or crawlspace to run wires. Previously i simply stapled the wire to the baseboard but it looked bad and toddlers like to yank them. They do make flat speaker wire that can run under carpet.

If your speaker wires have to cross an open floor space common with surround sound speakers a readily convenient option would be to hide them under some type of throw rug or carpet runner. Most speaker wires are too thick for under carpet installation as they will be visible and felt under the rug. I also don t have carpet so i can t just stuff speaker wires under the edges. Gently tuck the wires into the gap using a flat head screwdriver to push them completely under the baseboard and out of sight.

There may be room to run speaker wire there. Here are five tactics for a clean installation starting with the simplest. If you are going to the trouble of wiring your speakers under the carpet then you might want to rent a router from home depot and route a 1 4 channel in your plywood subfloor and run your cable through there. Surround sound is terrific.

Not only can a rug offer personality and draw aesthetic attention to itself but it will help prevent tripping hazards. Spring clips are very easy to work with. This really is the simplest way for running wires for surround sound speakers if you have a carpeted room and you can get from one location to another without encountering a non thresholded doorway. I d go with a decent 12 gauge speaker wire just to be on the safe side.

Special flat speaker wire made from insulated copper ribbons are one solution. If you have a carpeted room it is easy to hide your speaker wires between the carpet and your baseboards. Even then there are options. The spring loaded mechanism holds the wire in place.

Running surround sound wires via baseboards and baseboard moulding. Carpets are laid down through the use of tack strips. The difference is that after adding the felt pad and carpet it s hard to tell where the wire is. Speakers have one of two different types of speaker wire terminals spring clips and binding posts see illustration below.

Simply press down on the clip insert the speaker wire and release. Speaker wires under baseboards. Untidy wires snaking from receiver to surround speakers. Flat speaker wire is designed to be tucked under a rug or concealed behind.