Hide Speaker Wire Carpet
For speaker wires you only need to pull up about 1 inch while category 5 wires need about 2 inches.
Hide speaker wire carpet. It s also the least certain and the only way to know if it will work is to give it a try. Run ghost wire along wall. Most speaker wires are too thick for under carpet installation as they will be visible and felt under the rug. 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.
There may be enough space for heavy duty cable or you may find it tough to push in even the smallest wire. It has a strong adhesive on one side so it can be easily run along walls floors and under carpets. Try to minimize the amount of carpet you pull up as much as possible. Step 1 lift the carpet.
In rooms with wall to wall carpet you can often force wire between the carpet and the baseboard. Special flat speaker wire made from insulated copper ribbons are one solution. Step 2 fish the wire. To lift the carpet up use your pliers to grip the carpet edge and gently pull it up from the tack strip.
Tuck the speaker wire under your baseboards. Not only can a rug offer personality and draw aesthetic attention to itself but it will help prevent tripping hazards. Gently tuck the wires into the gap using a flat head screwdriver to push them completely under the baseboard and out of sight. Sewell direct offers ghost wire that s a spool of 16 awg speaker wire about the width and thickness of duct tape.