NC wrote:
I am trying to think of the easiest way to route cable in a house we
are looking to buy. When we move in, there will be no carpet on the
floors - and the bare chipboard under-flooring will be exposed. Can I
route a channel about 1cm wide and about .5cm deep in this to lay
speaker cable ? Skirting boards will also be missing, making it easy
to fit banana posts on wall plates in the desired speaker locations
(easy to poke the cable from the channels and up behind the
plasterboard). 'Normal' routing is difficult behind the plasterboards
as I dont want to have to re-decorate, feeding cable through using
rods is also very difficult due to doorways getting in the way.

We will be laying underlay then laminate over the chipboards. I could
try and put the cable ontop of the chipboards and under the underlay
(ie not cut a channel). Would 'flat' speaker cable allow this without
causing problems for the laminate ?

Help and advise much appreciated....

The speaker cable is normally flat anyway and will cause no discrepencies
under the laminate, in fact you could trail it around the perimeter of the
laminate, the gap your supposed to leave for flexing/expansion of the
laminate.