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she's got a nice set of woofers on her

Good one!! Thats hilarious had a good belly laugh going there.

Poor planing . Originally I was going to go with B&W's or JM labs 800'S with stands. I had already put the drywal and outlets up when I decided to go with the axioms. To tell you the truth I would like to place the rear speakers higher on the wall but the window was in the way and the wife won't let me drywall over it. Who would want stupid windows in their house anyway they just let the light in and ruin the picture in your theater.

it should be easy enough to replace the wire outlets...right? it's not like they're misplaced by 5 ft. I think you would be much happier with the outcome overall. Just my 2 cents. Also, I think the wife would be much happier not having to look at the wires.

and we all know that if the wife is happy...our life is much easier.

So true!

If I get some ambition I may just move them although I'm not sure how I would cover up the existing holes? Right now I'm having a hard time leaving the couch I even had a hard time pulling myself away to post the pic's.

To cover up the holes, you cut some drywall that will fit in the holes and then you screw some pieces of wood inside the hole to act as backing for the filler drywall pieces. The wood is wider than the hole and you screw through the existing drywall to support the wood, Next screw the filler pieces of drywall to the backer boards and then tape and mud the seams around the hole. Next comes some sanding and painting, voila, hole gone.

Another alternative way to patch the hole if they're the size of an electrical receptacle or smaller..

Measure the hole and say it is 3" wide by 4" high get a piece of drywall that is 5" wide by 6" high.

Measure and mark out the hole on to the back of the drywall piece.

Score/Cut from the back of the piece around the marking and make sure not to puncture the drywall paper on front.

Pull off the drywall so you have the patch for the hole with the extra 1" perimeter of paper. This paper will be used as the tape and will help hold the drywall in place. The paper may curl slightly depending on how long it is around the border, which you can trim, but the compound/mud will keep it flat during install.

Get out your drywall compound/mud apply some to the wall or drywall piece and slid in to place. Apply your first coat lightly to reduce amount of sanding and apply 2,3 4 coats as needed.

I've used this technique numerous times in my bassment due to wire runs and it works really well. I'm not a trade man and taught myself to do drywall mudding repairs after watching many people doing it. The main thing is patience and not to overwork the compound/mud. Light coats will make sanding easier, and sanding will make your patch look good. Don't worry too much on how it looks the first couple coats until sanded.

It took me about 4 patches to get used to the idea of not making it look perfect while applying the compound/mud. Good luck.

I will have to try that next time I need to patch up a hole.

Thats a new technique to me too.

holy crap! I cannot even grasp the theory that you are trying to explain! Sounds like a Mr. Show skit! Sounds like...blah blah blah..slap some shiz in there...blah blah blah voila!



the other option is to buy a dry wall hole patching kit from (insert hardware store here) for about $10.