Crown molding that holds speaker wire?

[Corpboy]

Anyone seen anything like this? A cheap(er) crown molding that can hide speaker wires?

[Beta Man]

just get one that has a large enough top, or you could router out the back........


I'm thinking of putting molding up in our "front" room, that will have small lights in it, beeming light "Upward"

They are 10' coved ceilings.... so we want to create separation, and dimension... so we're thinking of putting molding up about 8' or so, and having lights accentuate the cove/curves in the ceiling We're obviously going to need wires for that, and we're told it's not tough to do... so speaker wire should be the same.....

I'm not sure, but to be safe I'd use In-Wall wires though... just to make sure there are no code issues.... if you had molding with a lip on the top, you could probably just staple it to the top of the molding though, and it would be out-of-sight....

[D]

Google WireTracks.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by db01

Google WireTracks.

good for hiding wires..... but I think (I could be wrong) he's looking for an actual crown molding.... i.e. architectural detail.

[Steve]

Isn't there some dead space behind crown molding to begin with?

[Scooby Blu]

Originally Posted by fireman325

Isn't there some dead space behind crown molding to begin with?

There is some space but depending on the size of the wire a router would make a nice snug fit.

[D]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

good for hiding wires..... but I think (I could be wrong) he's looking for an actual crown molding.... i.e. architectural detail.

I think they have a crown molding app. , but if not, I know somebody makes one.

[CosmoKid]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

just get one that has a large enough top, or you could router out the back........


I'm thinking of putting molding up in our "front" room, that will have small lights in it, beeming light "Upward"

They are 10' coved ceilings.... so we want to create separation, and dimension... so we're thinking of putting molding up about 8' or so, and having lights accentuate the cove/curves in the ceiling We're obviously going to need wires for that, and we're told it's not tough to do... so speaker wire should be the same.....

I'm not sure, but to be safe I'd use In-Wall wires though... just to make sure there are no code issues.... if you had molding with a lip on the top, you could probably just staple it to the top of the molding though, and it would be out-of-sight....

it's a good look, but i would go 9' on the crown.

[Hammie]

Originally Posted by CosmoKid

it's a good look, but i would go 9' on the crown.

I agree. You don't want to bring it down too low because then it will look like shelving. I've seen it usually anywhere from 6-12 inches below the actual ceiling depending on the look you want. Personally, I like the crown molding closer to the ceiling, but its just a personal thing.

[CosmoKid]

Originally Posted by louhamilton

I agree. You don't want to bring it down too low because then it will look like shelving. I've seen it usually anywhere from 6-12 inches below the actual ceiling depending on the look you want. Personally, I like the crown molding closer to the ceiling, but its just a personal thing.

Totally agree. A good guide is to chalk line a 1:1 measurement to your crown height.

EG.:
5 1/2 " Crown should be 11" from the ceiling as a base line which would give you a 5 1/2" visual empty space above it. Even if the crown is 5.5" size but not 5.5" height, if you know what I mean (5.5" crown will only be ~4" high). Visually, from the ground, it will seem like 5.5".

And remember, like video screens, bigger crown is usually better (especially with 10' ceiling heights).

My 5.5" crown looked huge when I bought it, but once I put it up on the 10' ceiling, it didn't look as big.