Installing In-ceiling Speakers

[BillTriesDIY]

Hey, guys got myself into a bit of a pickle here... So I started renovating my living room and want to install these POLK ceiling speakers however this ceiling is solid concrete and I currently only have one socket installed that was previously used for my hanging fan. Now I have no idea how I'm going to install the conduit piping for all the wires to go through and connect... Any ideas, please need help!

 

[Silentrunning]

Bill, where do you live that you have a concrete ceiling? Is this a stand alone house or a condominium?

 

[BillTriesDIY]

Stand-alone House, double story and the living room is downstairs.

 

[Silentrunning]

Bill, I am going to have to think on this for a while. Maybe we can get @Doghouse Riley in here. He knows a lot more about such things than me.

 

[Doghouse Riley]

If it were my house, I'd fit a suspended ceiling. I wouldn't fancy having conduit on the ceiling.

My wife wanted spotlights in our kitchen. So I batoned it out 4" below the original ceiling. I used the wiring to the

original two ceiling lights, connecting it to four spotlights each. The original light switch on the wall remained. I then plasterboarded it and got a plasterer in to skim it.​

I guess if I wanted speakers in the ceiling, I could have fitted them at the same time.
No one notices that this ceiling is a bit lower than any of the other ceilings on the ground floor.

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[BillTriesDIY]

@Doghouse Riley Actually, not a bad idea, can't believe didn't think of that thanks! Still open to other ideas if they are still coming in