STLMIKE
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- Mike
I'm buying a new house that I don't want to hardwire for 7.1 surround, and I can't run the wires around the baseboards -- the floorplan is too open. My HT equipment has to go in the living room, and I want 7.1 surround.
Hardwiring thru the walls is beyond my technical capabilities, and I don't want to hire it done. Also, as the speakers need to be mounted near the ceiling, I don't want the wires running thru the attic with 4 wall plates visible throughout the living room for the surrounds. (I wouldn't mind it personally, but I don't think that this house lends itself to built-in HT wiring, and it could create issues when selling the house.)
My idea for an easily removable solution is to paint PVC or ABS pipe to match the colors of the room and use it as a conduit that will be secured to the wall. Both the conduit and the wiring could be easily removed, however, when I sell the house (if the buyer doesn't want it). All that would be left would be to plug up a few screw holes and touch up paint.
The living room has a 10' ceiling -- the PVC will run at 9.5', with the speakers mounted directly below the conduit (I will be using Infinity OWS-1 on wall speakers for all 4 surrounds).
In addition to running the PVC around 3 of the 4 walls in the room, I will need 2 vertical spans: one from the receiver up to the horizontal spans and one back down to the sub -- which is located on the opposite side of the room from the receiver.
I will be making a total of three 90 degree turns, and I will have to have to use five "T" joints (four as exit points for the speaker wire going to the surrounds and one for the vertical span going down to the sub).
As far as wiring, the 4 surrounds will use 12 ga wire and the sub will use an RCA cable w/multiple extenders.
My idea for securing the PVC to the wall is to use large decorative hooks (like one would use to hang a large planter or chandelier from the ceiling), mount them sideways, and place the PVC inside of the hooks like one would hang up a jacket. I'd mount these hooks every couple feet or so.
Any suggestions on running the cables, connecting the PVC, and/or securing the PVC to the wall? Has anyone ever tried this or something like it before?
OR -- is there some kind of pre-made molding that would accomplish the same thing? I would still want it to be easily removable for when I sell the house (if necessary).
Thanks for any advice -- Mike
Hardwiring thru the walls is beyond my technical capabilities, and I don't want to hire it done. Also, as the speakers need to be mounted near the ceiling, I don't want the wires running thru the attic with 4 wall plates visible throughout the living room for the surrounds. (I wouldn't mind it personally, but I don't think that this house lends itself to built-in HT wiring, and it could create issues when selling the house.)
My idea for an easily removable solution is to paint PVC or ABS pipe to match the colors of the room and use it as a conduit that will be secured to the wall. Both the conduit and the wiring could be easily removed, however, when I sell the house (if the buyer doesn't want it). All that would be left would be to plug up a few screw holes and touch up paint.
The living room has a 10' ceiling -- the PVC will run at 9.5', with the speakers mounted directly below the conduit (I will be using Infinity OWS-1 on wall speakers for all 4 surrounds).
In addition to running the PVC around 3 of the 4 walls in the room, I will need 2 vertical spans: one from the receiver up to the horizontal spans and one back down to the sub -- which is located on the opposite side of the room from the receiver.
I will be making a total of three 90 degree turns, and I will have to have to use five "T" joints (four as exit points for the speaker wire going to the surrounds and one for the vertical span going down to the sub).
As far as wiring, the 4 surrounds will use 12 ga wire and the sub will use an RCA cable w/multiple extenders.
My idea for securing the PVC to the wall is to use large decorative hooks (like one would use to hang a large planter or chandelier from the ceiling), mount them sideways, and place the PVC inside of the hooks like one would hang up a jacket. I'd mount these hooks every couple feet or so.
Any suggestions on running the cables, connecting the PVC, and/or securing the PVC to the wall? Has anyone ever tried this or something like it before?
OR -- is there some kind of pre-made molding that would accomplish the same thing? I would still want it to be easily removable for when I sell the house (if necessary).
Thanks for any advice -- Mike
