You want to change the setup of your room, move your installation to another place or change your bedroom to a home theatre with 7.1 and 5.1 or projector systems and connect to TV, Gaming setup, and Computer. Living spaces come in a variety of shapes and sizes.
Then it becomes difficult to arrange the wires. There may be a place in your room or house where it is not easy to hide the cables. But we will give you tips to keep the area clean and avoid the dangers of tripping. The perfect layout of wires will keep your room and home clean and beautiful.
1: Covering Them With Rugs & Runners
Rugs and runners on the floor can be used to hide wires from one place to another in a room.
However, the cables of the surround system are sufficient. Rugs and Runner may not cover all inches of exposed home speaker wire.
This method means you can change the setup of your room at any time. Without any hassle because some ways make it difficult to rearrange the installation of your room with the speaker’s wire.
You can relocate the cables and rugs quickly without the need for any installations or special tools whatsoever. This method is straightforward and can be done without any tools.
If the wire of the speakers is hidden under the thin layered rugs, it will also show the cut wire under the rugs. There is also a risk of wire damage from thin-layered rugs if your family is passing through the area.
For this, you will need thickly layered rugs, or you will first place the mat on the floor and then arrange the speaker’s wire. The size of the rug and the size of the mats should be the same.
This will prevent the pad rags from slipping. And an extra layer will be formed from which the wire will be hidden, and the speaker’s cord will not be damaged. But sometimes it happens that some people tie the carpet in the room in winter but take it out in summer.
Because some people like to sit on the floor in summer. If you do, you’ll need to rearrange your speaker wire in the summer. Then you have to move on to the other methods that we have given.
2: Tuck Speakers Wire Between Carpet And Baseboard
The baseboard is usually installed in every home. And the baseboard is raised slightly above the floor so that the carpet is stuck to the baseboard.
Before that, you need to remove the carpet from the baseboard and insert the speaker wire inside the baseboard to check if the wire is going inside the baseboard easily. First, you press the cord with your finger. If it is difficult with the finger, then you press the wire with some tools. But be careful not to use anything sharp. Nor should the wire be pressed. This can lead to wire damage.
If all goes well and the cord is going inside the baseboard, then measure the wire where you want to arrange the speakers. Measure the wire entirely by placing the speakers in this place, or you can force the wire with the speakers.
After setting up the speakers, gently press the totally wires inside the baseboard and then press the carpet inside the baseboard again. This way, the cord will not be damaged. This method is also quite simple and can save money. If problems arise in some places, you can use the rugs and runners method along with this method.
3: Use Flat Adhesive Speaker Wire And Paint
If some of the speakers in the home theater system are also included for mounting on the wall. Or ceiling speakers. So for that, you have to take the wires to the speakers in the walls and ceiling.
This method describes two types of cables. One is the wire that is commonly used with speakers, and the other is flat adhesive speaker wire. This method will make you work harder and will take some time.
Commonly used speaker wires
The first method I will tell you is that you will need a zip tie, a staple gun, and paint to match your wall. If the color of the wire matches your wall, don’t paint your walls if you want to.
But if you don’t like the slightest sign, you should paint it. You must first measure the wire from the speakers to the receiver. Then make a temporary mark to configure the speaker’s wire. Mark a maximum distance of 12 inches to keep the wire secure.
Instead of stapling the wires to fasten the wires to the walls, place the twist or zip ties on the marked area (Twists are better since you can undo them at any time and also twist cheaper than zip-tie ). Then tie the speaker wires tightly with a twist or zip-tie. Cut off the remaining part of the twist or zip-tie with scissors.
Flat adhesive speaker wire
In this way, we will tell you about adhesive-backed tape wire. With the help of this wire, you will be able to quickly arrange the wires of the speakers on the walls. It is thinner than the wire-up ID card.
You can paint on this wire and apply the wallpaper. You first measure it and then stick it to the wall in order. One of the features of this wire is that you can twist it at any time. This wire can be easily twisted at any angle. You will not need any staples or any other tools from this wire. If you are living in a rented house, then you have to use this wire without any fear.
With the help of this wire, there will be no marks on your walls. The flat speaker wire comes in 16 gauge with 2 and 4 conductors. With the help of which you can put more than 1 speaker.
After setting up the flat speaker wire, you will also need a terminal block. You will need as many terminal blocks as you want to connect this wire with. On one side of the terminal block, you will be able to attach the flat wire, and on the other hand, you will be able to attach the wire that comes with the speaker. The terminal block helps to connect the wires together. Once the wire is adequately aligned, you can paint it the same way.
4: Install Cable Raceways or Covers
When your home does not have a baseboard and carpet, or you do not want to use these methods and want to use a permanent way, you should use cable raceways or covers. Cable organizers know how to hide wires on walls and floors.
And keep the room/house clean with speaker wires. We will tell you about two types of cable covers that allow you to carry wires from walls to floors and from floor to ceiling. There are many types of cable covers in which rubber and plastic covers are commonly used. Cable covers are available in many colors and designs. You can use the design and color of the cable cover to your liking. You can also apply any color on before or after applying.
Rubber Covers
In these covers, you can configure more than 1 wire. Many rubber covers have thinned so that you can put them on top of the baseboard and pass through the door. With the help of rubber covers, you will not have to work hard.
You need to replace the speakers. And then cut and arrange the rubber cover according to the size of the wires to be passed through. Take the size of the rubber covers and cut it easily with scissors.
You will need to use double-sided tape to attach the rubber covers. This way, you can easily adjust your speaker’s wires by attaching a rubber cover. With rubber covers, you can also pass it under the door. Because of the double tape, you don’t even have to put any new holes or nails on the walls.
Plastic Covers
Plastic covers are a low-impact way to run wires along with the trim. The plastic cover often comes with a complete cut. It includes adhesive tape, anchors, joints, bending joints, and other adhesive components.
With the help of which you can attach it to the walls and in the corners. The plastic corner is different from rubber corn. The rubber corner is a little easier this way. But you should use plastic for corners.
You cannot pass these covers through the door. After setting up the plastic cover, you have to install the speakers wires in it. Some plastic covers are made in two parts. That is, you can take off the top part and arrange the wire in it. And some are not in two parts.
For them, you have to insert the wire from one corner and press it so that you can arrange the wires. This method is also quite common. Plastic covers also come in different colors and many different designs like rubber covers.
5: Run wire inside walls
If you want to install speakers inside the walls and even in the ceiling, you have to plan for this first. You can insert speaker cables through basements. And if your receiver will control the speakers in more than one room.
So you don’t even have to make small holes in the walls to send the wire to the other side. Use speaker wall plates to underground speaker wires, and this will keep your work clean. These plates are similar to switch light and power outlets. Installing speaker wires inside walls is difficult in other ways and will take more time than other tasks.
But if you want to do this job, you may need an artisan for this job. Because working underground is not as easy as doing other things. You will also need some tools for this task.
With the help of which you will insert the wires inside the walls. But the job is as clear as it is difficult. But if you later change the system setup of your room or home, it can be difficult at the moment, so do it thoughtfully so that you do not have any problems later.
6: Crown/Chair Rail Molding
You have often heard or seen Crown/Chair molding, and may have Crown/Chair molding in your home, which are attached to the ceiling and walls at the border. Crown/Chair Molding presents a beautiful map.
And they make the house/room attractive. They come in a variety of designs that are given a different color to the walls and ceiling. With the help of Crown/Chair Molding, we can use it to hide the wires of the speakers. When the crown/chair molding is attached to the wall, there is some space in it with the help of which you can install the speaker wires from this space. And then you force the speakers with the receiver.
7: Monster Flat Speaker Wire
Monster flat wire also looks like some flat adhesive wire. Monster flat wire is not as thin as flat adhesive wire. Nor can it stick to the wall like a flat adhesive wire.
But we can use this wire under the carpet and with the baseboard. This wire does not need a terminal block like adhesive flat wire. We can easily remove the cover from the top like a regular electric wire and apply a vortex.
The wires that come with the speakers will not be long enough for us to arrange them in our house and room. With the help of this wire, we can use it for wiring in the house. This wire can be extended to increase the wire of the speakers.
8: Use Light Strips
Obviously, you want to have 7.1, 5.1 or many other speakers in your room/house. Whether it is a gaming room or home theatre, if lights are installed in them, then these lights present a beautiful scene.
The LED light comes in a variety of colors, and a variety of lengths. The LED light also comes with an ac adapter and even with USB, which you can also use with remote, and some LED lights that can control with mobile.
You can pass the speaker wires with the help of these LED lights. Enjoy your movies, TV shows, cartoons, and gaming with LED lights and your home theatre system.
3 MORE EASY WAYS TO HIDE WIRES
Prepare yourself for work before you start your speakers in the room/home. Find out what is needed and put your speakers in the same place before arranging them to see if they are arranged in the right place. In these eight ways to complete the tools and other things.
- Useful tools to have on hand.
- Wire strippers.
- Tape measure or ruler.
- Pliers.
- Utility knife.
- Scissors.
- Twist/zip ties.
- Bubble level.
- Staple gun.
- Cordless drill.
- Jigsaw.
- Hammer.
- Stud finder.
When you arrange the speakers in different places, you will need more strings. And choose the best quality wire to buy wires for your speakers to avoid any damage.
And if you happen to be renting the space you live in, permission with your landlord before making any permanent modifications to the home. Finally, whichever way you go about hiding speaker wires, try your best to ensure that the speaker wires do not touch.
