Anyone ever run spearker wire through there walls?

[Hav0k99]

First are there any good B&M or online stores that offer great prices on speaker wire and face plates? Second any good guides out there to get for doing this?

I have new laminate floors with new baseboard put in and I want the 4 speakers mounted for surround sound slightly above ear level when sitting on the couch. There are ony 3 walls to use. Rear, Left and Front. This is a newer house with attic and crawlspace.

Edit: Now with pics

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Home Depot for your wall plates and wire.

If you have a crawlspace you have it made. Are these inside or outside walls? (referring to where the other side of the wall faces)

 

[Hav0k99]

rear north outside wall, left east outside wall and front inside southern wall.

 

[thirdeye]

Work with the crawlspace if you can. You'll probably want a second set of hands/eyes to help you out though.

EDIT: You could also run the wires under the floor if that's accessible. That's what I did in my living room. I wire terminals in all 4 corners of the room flush mounted to the floor. Then my speakers plug right into there. Another set of terminals behind the entertainment center in the floor as well.

 

[spidey07]

Make sure you get in-wall rated speaker wire.

 

[Hav0k99]

Originally posted by: thirdeye
Work with the crawlspace if you can. You'll probably want a second set of hands/eyes to help you out though.

EDIT: You could also run the wires under the floor if that's accessible. That's what I did in my living room. I wire terminals in all 4 corners of the room flush mounted to the floor. Then my speakers plug right into there. Another set of terminals behind the entertainment center in the floor as well.

I want the terminals up higher on the walls. See pic in first post

 

[Linflas]

When I originally installed my DirecTV dish I had my brother, who is an electrician, come and help me with it. He had this drill bit that was about 4-5 feet long that we used to drill down from the attic or up from the basement to run cable through the wall. It was actually a lot easier than I anticipated. The only time we had to use the long bit was if we were in a section that had a cross member otherwise it was just drill a hole and use fish tape.