DIYbanter - View Single Post - routing speaker cable in chipboard floors

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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....

Everyones making life difficult here. The solution is enamelled copper
wire. It has almost no insulation, the 2 cores will need to be laid not
touching. You can lay it behind or under skirting, or on top of the
chip when you cover it, and wont need any grooving. Great stuff. Also
very cheap.

BTW never try to refit and reuse it, its a fit once only item.

NT

Trouble is, for decent resistance it has to be quite thick and
stiff...its useable though..