Hiding Speaker Cables Under Carpet

If your speaker wires have to cross an open floor space common with surround sound speakers a readily convenient option would be to hide them under some type of throw rug or carpet runner.

Hiding speaker cables under carpet.

Setup and chat hiding speaker wire under the carpet bipolar setup. This video is about hiding cables with cordmate system model c110 with this product i will hide the speakers wires next to the baseboard on the floor. This is the fastest easiest way to hide wire. In rooms with wall to wall carpet you can often force wire between the carpet and the baseboard.

I understand you can run wires under the carpet and i d likely use 14 gauge because i wouldn t want something too thick if 14 gauge is good for a 8 foot distance. Sewell direct offers ghost wire that s a spool of 16 awg speaker wire about the width and thickness of duct tape. Not only can a rug offer personality and draw aesthetic attention to itself but it will help prevent tripping hazards. Unwind a reel of fish tape and guide it under the carpet.

If you have a carpeted room it is easy to hide your speaker wires between the carpet and your baseboards. Sound quality will suffer. If not i d want to get speaker mounts but my concern is wires. Unwind the wire until it reaches the other side of the room or the location where you want the cable to emerge from the carpet.

It has a strong adhesive on one side so it can be easily run along walls floors and under carpets. Place a thick piece of cardboard against the wall just above the carpet where one end of the speaker wire will be run. Use a stir stick is a great tool for tucking the wire between the carpet and baseboard. Slice a slit into the carpet where you wish the cable to pop through and then wire the cable to the speaker.

Fish tape is a tool that is often used for routing wires. This solution works well for hiding the wire from surround sound speakers in the rear of a home theater setup. Run flat cables under the carpet instead. Gently tuck the wires into the gap using a flat head screwdriver to push them completely under the baseboard and out of sight.

Then slip the end of a flat pry bar between the carpet and the cardboard. To use simply unwind the reel and the nylon or steel wire inside should get pushed out.