Installing Flat Speaker Wire Under Carpet

I also don t have carpet so i can t just stuff speaker wires under the edges.

Installing flat speaker wire under carpet.

I ve just moved house and am having new carpet put down in a couple of weeks. If blockage occurs or you experience difficulty. To use simply unwind the reel and the nylon or steel wire inside should get pushed out. Unwind a reel of fish tape and guide it under the carpet.

Push one end of the fish tape or undercarpet tape under the carpeting between the carpet and pad guiding it in the path intended for the wire. Some of the places i have checked for say 14g flat wire were pretty expensive. I am also curious about running speaker wire under carpet. Unwind the wire until it reaches the other side of the room or the location where you want the cable to emerge from the carpet.

Overlap 6 inches of four conductor flat speaker wire with the exposed end of the fish tape and wrap the junction with electrical tape making the junction as unobtrusive as possible. Previously i simply stapled the wire to the baseboard but it looked bad and toddlers like to yank them. The easiest way is simply to tuck the wires in under the baseboard along the walls there is a small space between smoothedge the sticks with the nails pointing towards wall and wall even better if there are baseboards which will give more gap for tuckage. I have no attic and no basement or crawlspace to run wires.

Some wires like those coming from your tv can be hidden behind walls or you can run other wires under your carpet. Speaker wires under baseboards. To do so follow these few steps. While wires such as coax can leave a ridge that is noticeable when steeped on others like category 5 cables and speaker wires lay perfectly flat and can be easily hidden.

I don t mind paying more but i want to make sure that it is of good quality as i would like to use it for my lcr s as well. Is that flat speaker wire still of the same quality as typical round speaker wire.