A Ceiling Soffit Could Help Improve Your Home Theater

When most people think about a home theater they think of ceiling lighting, surround sound speakers, and a projector mounted from the ceiling. The only problem is that the ceiling can not always support everything that you want to put on it. One fad that is quickly catching on in home theater design is something called the ceiling soffit. This design puts a shelf onto the ceiling that allows users to hold a variety of home theater components like ceiling speakers, lighting, and even a little loft for a projector. Most soffits are constructed from wood or sheetrock, but if you have a heavier projector then you might want to look at alternatives. They also provide a safe place to run cables with out them being seen. Adds Jamie Wedel of The Home Theater Store, Kennesaw, Ga., “Soffits can also prove incredibly helpful, particularly when doing a retrofit installation where the room is already finished. The installer can use the soffit to run wiring to the front, side and rear speakers, as well as provide an HDMI, component video or Category 5 cabling run to the display. We also like to run AC power through the soffits to provide an outlet for indirect lighting, wiring to wall or column sconces and sometimes fiber optic starlight ceilings.”

[via Electronic House]

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