Speakers in garage on wall

[bigbearcountry]

I am adding a 5.1 speaker system to my garage. I am wondering peoples thoughts on putting speakers them on the house wall of the garage. Would This be against code? I would have a vapour barrier sealed on the warm side of the wall (interior of house).

Thanks for you help!

 

[Stuart in MN]

On the wall, or in the wall? If they are surface mount there should be no issues. The wall between the house and garage needs to be a fire barrier (the exact requirements may vary depending on what state or country you live in) so I would be less enthusiastic about cutting a hole in the wall to flush mount the speaker.

 

[Brian_WK]

I think they make baffles for this that are fire rated. Otherwise I always have just seen them boxed in with sheet rock in the wall and sealed with fire caulk.

Brian

 

[bigbearcountry]

They would be recessed into the wall. Building mdf boxes might be a good idea, I would loose some space for insulation, but would gain a fire stop. Decisions, decisions...

 

[slow]

I cannot imagine MDF being rated as a firestop.

 

[bigbearcountry]

Yes, drywall would be better. Also, I was thinking of switching out insulation with roxul to help increase fire rating.

 

[dave*99]

What is on the other side of the wall (in the house)? The sound will carry into that room a bit, so let's hope there are no sleeping babies or TV watching family members.
I hung my speakers from the ceiling with chains. This transmits very little sound into the family room adjacent to the garage.

 

[sands35]

I did that on a house I used to own - in wall speakers on a common wall with house.

Problem was the garage wall was common with the dining room. So you could hear the bass notes in the house when I was in the garage.

Wife wasn't very happy.

 

[GTO]

Speakers on a wall in a garage ?
Code violation ? What is this crazy talk ?

 

[sands35]

On a wall? nope. In a wall? Who knows. Probably not. Lots of stuff cuts holes in a fire wall. Switches, outlets, lights, etc. Not sure if in wall speakers are made of V0 plastic (chars, doesn't burn) though.