The decision to install speakers in their speaker to a wall or ceiling is a good way to get a sound system performance without having to get the look and feel of your living room. The following tutorial will give you all the information you need to consider the installation of your own speakers to a wall or ceiling. It contains an overview of tools for the job and the type of skills required to assume the project is required.
Planning andPreparation
Planning and preparation is the key to a successful installation.
It 'easy to get carried away and want the practical side of immersing the assembly of the system as quickly as possible, but a well thought out preparation can anticipate all potential pitfalls and avoid them before you end up with unwanted holes in the walls and ceiling. It is advisable to start planning before you buy speakers, if possible, as this will allow you to ensure that theSpeakers and is compatible with the positions you want to install it
Speaker Placement
The essential part of your preparation will determine the positioning of your system. In most cases, this means that a balance between performance and visual privacy. This balance will be different for each individual installation, as it depends on your room and your personal taste, but there are considerations to take into account the audio.
For stereo speakersTo be effective, really need to be organized by the same listening position, and the same goes for the surround speakers, while the subwoofer can be placed almost anywhere in the room, because they reproduce low frequencies are omnidirectional
On Wall speakers must be installed in interior walls, exterior walls, as is usually brick or stone, and is therefore not advisable to install a speaker in its belly. On wall speakers can be mounted on exterior walls, if necessary, with wallAnchors and brackets.
Once you have decided where the speakers, you need the structure of the wall is suggested to the speaker mounted internally or want to investigate setting. You must use a stud finder to locate where the studs in the wall or ribs, as in the need to be mounted between two wall studs or ceiling speakers.
Wiring
When it comes to running cables to the system, you can perform out-of-a-wall wiring, or you can useIn wall wiring. For in-wall wiring is the easiest option, as the speaker cables are run along the surface of the walls, and can be hidden by furniture and carpets, and held in place by small clips. In wall wiring requires a little preparation work 'more, because you will need to route the wiring inside your walls, behind the plasterboard, and supporting studs.
What do you need?
In terms of tools, you need a stud finder to locate wall studs, and AC cordPipes behind the wall. You need a drill and drill the corresponding specification in your cabinet, and you need a drywall saw, a carpenter's level and strippers.
As for skills, you would need to be comfortable with the cut in the drywall and repair of exploratory holes or voids visible. This guide describes the basics, such as trying to find studs or ceiling joists, but if you are not familiar with the hiring of this can be a licensed plumber to leavefor you.
At the beginning of the installation
After selecting the location of the speakers and your preparation is complete, the next step is to ensure that selected sites are not viable. You must use the stud finder, check behind the walls and ensure that there is no AC power or water pipes in the desired location to place your speaker system.
You also need to be sure, where are the studs or beams, as in cases in wall or ceiling speakers havefill the space between them, and preferably halfway between the two as close as possible. It is worth to try to knock the wall, and to locate the studs / beams, as stated in general a change of tone, if you have a single pass. It 'impossible to be sure what's behind the wall, without drilling, but the more you can find out without drilling, the better.
After the wall or ceiling in the best possible way and checked visually with the pin markerand you are sure that there are no obstacles, then it is time to do a small pilot hole through the surface to explore space. You will be able to use a thick piece of wire or a bent metal coat hanger to create products around behind the wall and the feeling of obstacles. When drilling the pilot hole, drill slowly and pay attention in the wall, so if you happen to hit a hidden pipe or fitting may be able to react in time. For maximum safety, let's turn off the powerSupply in the area you are working, and to avoid drilling into live power lines, pressure or with your scanner or wire hangers.
The manuals contain the size of a spokesman for wall mounting, and often include a model that is used to draw on the wall or ceiling. Use the pilot hole to ensure that there is nothing to prevent the speakers anywhere in the model, and remember to use a spirit level to ensure that the speakers are arranged in series. IfThe speakers are quite large, as the subwoofer, you may need more than a pilot hole for the control of disk space.
Not on the wall or ceiling, you cut pilot holes for each position of the speaker, as if one of the places raises a problem, you may need, is to rethink your entire layout, and if this is the case, then you'll at least just yet small pilot holes to fill, rather than a cavity full size speaker.
Assembly Speaker
Once youpilot holes, and they all decided to have sufficient width, height and depth to the desired location, mounted speakers, you can start cutting the wall. When cutting the wall of a hole to start in a corner and then saw a portable drywall. Cut the whole piece at once, to keep the cavity clean. If you cut a finish painted or plastered over, it is best to outline the cavity of the first gate, to minimize crackingthe surface.
Now you're in a hole in the wall of the right size for wire and install speakers, like having the manufacturer's instructions. Be careful when screwing the chassis speaker in place, as if you pull on it, you can bend the frame or tear the surface of the wall. If the speaker has integrated tone control then it is better to listen to your system and put it in front instead of fixing the speaker grilles.
Painting and Finishing
It is oftenneed to paint the frame and grille of the speakers around them are in the room who want to do in this case with the mixture, then you must be very careful not to paint to get the speaker driver itself. This should completely before painting the units must be provided. When it comes to painting the current grid, the best way to use a spray paint in different light levels is to clog the holes in the same grid, if you paint is not an option, butthe grid with a thin brush, then make sure that the paint before application, usually 5:01 dilution is recommended as a guide. This allows for a smooth as possible. As with all elements of the installation, you will find, if necessary, the manufacturer's instructions, if you are not sure about the painting of the device.
I hope this helps you to do the job without tears, I think I covered all the pitfalls you may encounter.
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