SilverSaloon
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Hi
as some of you know I am fully renovating my property at the moment.
We are getting the whole house re-wired for electrics by an electrician. however i plan on running wires myself for things like TV signals etc. Many of the walls are new stud-work and floors are all up so access is very good so this is my chance to try and "future proof" stuff a bit, atleast for the next few years. My kids are still quite young but I want to allow for near-future technology in the bedrooms. I know wifi is probably all you need for many applications nowadays however some of the walls are old thick stone walls so wifi may be restricted so I want to add in some wiring to assist decent performance of whatever is in use.
My question is what to install right now.
I thought:
- 3 cat5 cables running into each room coming from a main "hub" somewhere where the router will live. Someone told me 2 cat5 cables can take HDMI signals so this is worth doing to every room that may have a TV. and I thought a 3rd cable would be useful here.
- coax cabling for TV - for the Sky or freeview.
- trunking in some rooms from attic so new wires can be easily pushed down through the wall & studs to the socket in the future
is this a good/bad idea? anything else?
thanks in advance!
Derek
as some of you know I am fully renovating my property at the moment.
We are getting the whole house re-wired for electrics by an electrician. however i plan on running wires myself for things like TV signals etc. Many of the walls are new stud-work and floors are all up so access is very good so this is my chance to try and "future proof" stuff a bit, atleast for the next few years. My kids are still quite young but I want to allow for near-future technology in the bedrooms. I know wifi is probably all you need for many applications nowadays however some of the walls are old thick stone walls so wifi may be restricted so I want to add in some wiring to assist decent performance of whatever is in use.
My question is what to install right now.
I thought:
- 3 cat5 cables running into each room coming from a main "hub" somewhere where the router will live. Someone told me 2 cat5 cables can take HDMI signals so this is worth doing to every room that may have a TV. and I thought a 3rd cable would be useful here.
- coax cabling for TV - for the Sky or freeview.
- trunking in some rooms from attic so new wires can be easily pushed down through the wall & studs to the socket in the future
is this a good/bad idea? anything else?
thanks in advance!
Derek
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