Best way to run speaker cables around skirting?

Mint_Sauce · 3 Apr 2008 at 15:19

I've got some of those little tack things with the half loop that you hammer on to the skirting board but was wondering if there was a better way of doing it?

Hamish · 3 Apr 2008 at 16:32

If you want to do it properly you can get skirting board that is hollow behind which you can run cable through

MikeHunt79 · 3 Apr 2008 at 16:34

If you have carpet you can get flat speaker cable and run it under the carpet.

A[L]C · 6 Jan 2009 at 14:15

Hamish said:
If you want to do it properly you can get skirting board that is hollow behind which you can run cable through

Do you have a link for some?

neil_g · 6 Jan 2009 at 14:20

MikeHunt79 said:
If you have carpet you can get flat speaker cable and run it under the carpet.

watch out for gripper rails tho

whitecrook · 6 Jan 2009 at 15:39

If you have laminate or floors that can't be lifted (like carpet) you can get hollow edging quadrant to run cables through. Or you can get small mini trunking and affix to above the skirting for discreet way to run cables.

You shouldn't run cable under carpet where there is a lot of traffic, e.g. accross a door way / through the middle of the floor etc, as the wear can wear through the cable.

jontwhale · 7 Jan 2009 at 15:55

A[L]C;13226174 said:
Do you have a link for some?

b+q cheap skirting can be put on so it is angled at the top or if turned over, has a round edge at the top.... mine is round at the top which gave me a nice hollow atthe back for my AV cables

jon

Baggins_451 · 7 Jan 2009 at 16:05

Google for "Semi Circular Trunking"