Cost To Run Speaker Wire Through Ceiling Attic

Fish cables through existing walls with fish tape or a fish stick.

Cost to run speaker wire through ceiling attic.

Advice for running speaker wire through attic i m trying to run two speaker wires from my living room to my kitchen and i ve decided going through the attic is probably the best option. Terminate the cables in low voltage electrical boxes. If you need to run the wire to a first floor ceiling for a ceiling speaker then you are going to have to cut and patch some drywall. Exact prices will depend on the extent of work needed to run wires through the walls studs or the floor ceiling joists.

I recently bought 200ft of 16 gauge speaker wire. If you want the wires concealed in the wall and the room has no attic or crawlspace access costs may go up considerably. While running it through a basement drill two holes on the wall ceiling and drill two other holes on the mounting plate for running the wire through the wall and connecting to the speaker. Running audio video cables behind walls is similar to running electrical cables but a v cables should be at least a foot away from electrical cables to prevent interference.

Fishing wires through the ceiling. My problem is that there is thick batting insullation and i can t see where the fish tape came out. While running wire around a door frame detach the molding run the wire through the frame and after completing the task reattach the molding. I have a cathedral ceiling in my living room and i have drilled a hole in the ceiling and ran a fish tape through it to re run the speaker wires that are already up there.

Hi i plan to run speaker wires for my ht through the attic. Cut the holes that the wire will pass through to enter and exit the attic. Using a stud finder determine which way the joists run the ceiling. If you will need to fish wiring through a wall drill a hole through the wood plate in the attic only.

I ve already got a tv antenna up there with a wire coming up from living room but i have some questions about dropping the speaker wires into the kitchen wall. Just found through a friend of mine that the speaker wires need to be shielded if i plan to run them through attic and also i need a permit. The hole in the ceiling is on the edge of the ceiling where it slopes down and i can t really get to it in the attic. And use semi rigid.

How much drywall you need to cut is based on how well you select the wire path.