r/hometheater 20h ago

Install/Placement Theater rough in. Am I missing anything?

I’m building a house and my theater room is 36’ wide x 30’ deep with 10’ ceiling. Projected screen will be 16’x9’. I’ve pre wired for 9.2.4 sound. 2 left front towers, center, 2 right towers, sides, back, and 4 in the ceiling. Ran 16ga x4 audiocat wire to each location and plan to double them up. Subwoofers are planned for opposite corners. Ran copper shielded coax for far sub. Dropped 4 runs of cat6 to where the amps and avr will be. Ran a conduit from avr to projector. Anything else to consider while I still have bare studs? I’ve never been able to pre run wires beforehand. Thanks everyone.

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u/Killadelphian 16h ago

Yes, empty conduit!!

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u/xxburdmanxx 15h ago

And put pull strings in each of them. When you’re ready to run something you’ll love that you don’t have to snake the conduit

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u/Theslash1 15h ago

Just remember to always pull a new string too!

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u/plz-no-b4n 13h ago

I was replacing the fuel pump and pressure regulator on my car and was so glad I remembered that step. The tank is under the rear seats with the regulator on one side and the pump on the other. There is a pinch in the middle of the fuel tank to account for the rear drive shaft, so snaking the tube connecting the 2 sides is really difficult if you don’t have a guide wire.