Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler in-wall wiring HELP!

I need to get my wiring run for my surrounds, subwoofer and cable tv. I need to do it soon, because we need to paint the living room, and I don't want to have to cut holes in the walls of a freshly painted room.

The problem is, I have NO CLUE how to do this, and absolutely no confidence that I could do it on my own. You should have seen the mess I made of simply trying to hang a pair of M2i's on the wall.

Who the heck do you hire to do something like this?

I really need to get it done very soon.

Any competent electrician should be able to do it for you, assuming you have access to either a crawlspace or the attic.

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assuming you have access to either a crawlspace or the attic.

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The problem is that this is all being done in the downstairs living room. We have a small attic space, but it's upstairs.

I got a quote today of $500...yikes!

do you have access under your room from the basement?

*sigh* I wish I had a basement.

They don't seem to make them out here in LA. Even the houses I've looked at don't have basements. Seems odd. Such a waste of space. With as much as land costs out here, you'd think they'd be taking advantage of as much of it as they could. I sure as heck know I would! Maybe I could start digging now. You think the HOA would notice/mind?

I see you're an HVAC installer...I'm in the middle of getting estimates right now. Jimminy Jesus that's expensive! I don't even need any duct work installed and they want $5000 - $7850. [censored]...this owning a home isn't all it's cracked up to be.

yeah, most contractors are gonna charges several hundred just to get into the walls. If you do that, make sure they quote you to close up and refinish the holes.

Another option for you is to put the wire "on the wall". Paste the wire to the wall, plaster, sand, paint and voila...

Decorp

I don't think those Cali earthquakes mix too well with basements. That'd be my guess as to the reason why you don't find them out there.

I think it's actually the water table. That's the reason I've heard for the Bay Area.

theres not a lot of basements out here due to the fact the ground is made of whats called caliche.. under the top 6-8 inches of surface dirt, is a layer of caliche that is essentially fossilized clay that is as hard as rock. it can be dug thru, but it is a much more expensive cost to do so, than it would be to just add a second story to your home.

PS-changed avator.. felt like a change

bigjohn

you could always take off the baseboards and run it in the small space under there thats usually left for the flooring, and then when you get to the area where you want the speaker, well get out the drywall saw! run the wire up between the studs and patch the hole with some tape and mud, sand it and paint it. Might not look too great since your no drywall pro but heck, at least you'll have sound lol.