How To Run Speaker Wire Through Walls

In the example shown here you cut two holes in the wall one for a wall plate and another for an in wall speaker.

How to run speaker wire through walls.

Place a tie on the wall where you want speaker wire to be held before stapling the tie across the middle. Strip the wires and attach them to the wall jack or run them to the device. Carefully push the top low voltage box into the wall cavity just enough that you can easily access the tube from the bottom hole. Extend the fish stick so that it protrudes out of both the top and bottom holes and you can tape it to the wall temporarily.

But rather than using the staple gun to pin wires directly you ll staple the twist zip ties. First of all use the right wire. Then retract the fish tape to pull the cable through. Cut out a single gang low voltage box hole in the wall behind your av gear and cut out a 1 inch square at the ceiling.

Carefully extend the fish tape from one opening to the other. Run wire through hole. Now place the wire right above the staple and then fasten the tie. Next drill two holes in your wall s bottom plate which is accessible from the unfinished basement ceiling.

Feed the wire through the back of the outlet box insert the box in the wall and mount it in place. Route both pairs of speaker wire around the room securing it to the top of the furring strips. Get expert advice on how to fish electrical wires through walls and ceilings with only a few common tools. If you need to go through an air duct be sure the the wire is plenum or cmp rated.

Use a fish tape to get two pairs of speaker wire run from the low voltage box up the wall and out the 1 inch access hole. Routing wire through an unfinished basement. Pull the cable through with a fish tape. Drill destination hole in floor.

Since you re not stapling the actual speaker wire there s no risk of damage. 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. Make sure the tape is smooth so the cable can slide through the opening. Fish the wire for proper installation.

Running electrical wires allows you to add additio. Speaker wire should be 16 gauge stranded and 2 conductor with one red and one black wire. While running it through the baseboard first pry off the board then find the studs and make a wire channel. Label both ends of each cable for easy identification before pulling it.

One hole goes below the wall plate and the other goes below the in wall speaker. Push the fish stick up through the tube and out of the top low voltage box. Tape the end of the fish tape tightly onto the cable with electrical tape.