Speaker recommendations?
06-06-06 | 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by abintra
The ceiling above the living room has no insulation and easy access to run cables up there, etc. Only the exterior walls, both due to the insulation and the roof sloping to meet that wall make it very difficult to access it.
Putting anything on that back wall at this point means trying to get a cable down that wall. The only easy way I can see to accomplish this is to cut the ceiling to put the cable through a foot or so before reaching the back wall and then drapping the cables down the wall which isn't appealing.
House is completed upon move in, short of the actually moving in. We could have exposed wires coming out of the ceiling and down that wall, see above, but obviously that isn't the most desireable way to go. Even then, small surrounds versus moderately sized bookshelfs hanging on that wall isn't what we want (seems like I'm spending more time explaining things rather than receiving help on models to further research).
Could have been pretty simple but not being able to get cables down that exterior wall makes things very difficult without compromising on having a living/dining room emphasized with large speakers and cables exposed or bracing small surrounds somewhere off the ceiling.
Putting anything on that back wall at this point means trying to get a cable down that wall. The only easy way I can see to accomplish this is to cut the ceiling to put the cable through a foot or so before reaching the back wall and then drapping the cables down the wall which isn't appealing.
House is completed upon move in, short of the actually moving in. We could have exposed wires coming out of the ceiling and down that wall, see above, but obviously that isn't the most desireable way to go. Even then, small surrounds versus moderately sized bookshelfs hanging on that wall isn't what we want (seems like I'm spending more time explaining things rather than receiving help on models to further research).
Could have been pretty simple but not being able to get cables down that exterior wall makes things very difficult without compromising on having a living/dining room emphasized with large speakers and cables exposed or bracing small surrounds somewhere off the ceiling.
I used to be a custom installer, and have run into all sorts of problems like this. If you get yourself a 6' flexible shaft drill bit ($30-50) you should be able to cut a small hole (coverable by a wall plate) in the wall and drill up through the walls top plate into the attic. If you use in-walls the larger hole will make it easier to do the drilling. The two things that will make it difficult are the insulation in the wall (since this is an outside wall), and the fact that it will be hard to reach the top plate from the attic due to the slope of the roof, but it can be done. P.S. I am considering the B&W CCM Cinema and CDS6 S3 for my new cinema room.
06-06-06 | 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian Shannon
Unfortunately that usually cannot be done.
I understand why the builder has refused, if it is something they did not install they do not want to be liable which is an all too common reality in our society today.
And the bottom line is that until closing the builder is paying for the house.
I understand why the builder has refused, if it is something they did not install they do not want to be liable which is an all too common reality in our society today.
And the bottom line is that until closing the builder is paying for the house.
Sorry to change the subject.
06-07-06 | 01:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Jeff K.
I used to be a custom installer, and have run into all sorts of problems like this. If you get yourself a 6' flexible shaft drill bit ($30-50) you should be able to cut a small hole (coverable by a wall plate) in the wall and drill up through the walls top plate into the attic. If you use in-walls the larger hole will make it easier to do the drilling. The two things that will make it difficult are the insulation in the wall (since this is an outside wall), and the fact that it will be hard to reach the top plate from the attic due to the slope of the roof, but it can be done. P.S. I am considering the B&W CCM Cinema and CDS6 S3 for my new cinema room.
