Wood floor and speaker wire

[rainman31]

I am wanting to put wood flooring in my theater room. I am wondering solutions for the speaker wire and cables. Can you run speaker wire under the floor? I have seen people run it be hide types of moldings along the baseboards. Also run it through the wall. The only way I have done it is under the carpet. Do you have any suggestions for different ways I can do this to make it look good. I hope I put this in the right forum.:)

[ShinAce]

You already found your answer, conduits. Plastic moulding that snaps together to put along the wall.

[Midnite Mick]

There is no way I would run speaker wire between the hardwood and the sub floor.

[treitz3]

Personally, I wouldn't do either. Rainman31 are you good at sheetrock repair [this would be the best]? If not, do you have wood baseboard trim and do you have to pass by any doorways, radiators, windows that touch the floor or any other obstruction? Also, do you have a router?

[BaggedLancer]

Go beneath the subfloor if you want?

[fumoffu]

Depending on the type of "wood" floor installed there may be a gap between the edge of the floor and the wall. What type of wood floor 3/4 solid, 3/8 engineered, laminate? Were you planning on replacing the baseboard?

[PolkThug]

Just hide the wires behind the baseboards, or you can try flat speaker wire under the floor.

http://www.soundstage.com/pics/reddawn1.jpg

[Face]

Another choice.
http://www.goertzaudio.com/flatwire.html
They're available from 15ga to 9ga, copper or silver, and their HT line is plenum rated.

[ledhed]

We have a basement under our living room so the surround's cable is run under the floor and through the joists.

[rainman31]

Thanks for the ideas

[zingo]

Through the crawl space is the way I do it. Then just up through the wall, and mount wall plates to accept your wires.

[disneyjoe7]

You could always go up the wall across the ceiling then back down. Given this house is on a slab and a single story.

[HB27]

I know this is a late post but this is still a viable answer. It works great with no problems. I've got a couple of buddies running it for the WAF.
http://www.ghostwiring.com/
HB

[diablo1]

yes you can run under wood flooring ! BEFORE FLOOR INSTALL , Providing you have a wood base , and not concrete , Router a 1/4" Depth & Width Line Wherever your speakers are going to be Located , I did this to mine worked great ! With the liner and the panel in place you would never know it was under . Thanks