should I pre-wire my house with CAT6 cable?
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If you have an attached garage, I would run them there as well. Literally every room that is not a closet.
Wow...9.2. That is overkill. 7.1 is usually more than enough but I guess it does...
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One thing if you can get them to do it is to put some outside outlets under the eaves it is handy for lights as well as cameras.
should I pre-wire my house with CAT6 cable?
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You might be in a crazy market - but I'm also in the middle of a home build. We hired an AV company outside of the builder's markup (and definitely NOT an electrician) and our CAT6 runs are all $31...
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Don't have them install an access point at those prices but you might want to prewire. $60 bucks more per run is ridiculous for Cat-6. They won't let anybody else do the work, will they let you...
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All the advice here is spot on. Conduit is a smart choice for new construction you can run wires later if you want. Your builders prices are pretty crazy. If you have access you could do the work...
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Terminate everything in punch-down blocks and patch panels, not RJ-45 jacks; it is so much easier to do that way, especially for a novice. Cost difference will be pretty small.
should I pre-wire my house with CAT6 cable?
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Do you have a schematic to share or a link to the materials you purchased? We are doing the same type of build and I'd like to consider the same.
should I pre-wire my house with CAT6 cable?
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I just like the flexibility ... easy to update cables as needed.
should I pre-wire my house with CAT6 cable?
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It absolutely is overkill. Everything I did was overkill, but since there were no walls it was cheap and easy to do too much than not do enough.
Bah, had a tough time attaching it while mobile....
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theres cat7 already available. but run conduit
should I pre-wire my house with CAT6 cable?
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Some flexible conduit is a good option, but it can be expensive. It's worth calculating the cost per foot. IIRC, cat-6 runs about $0.09/ft and 1/2" ENT which is pretty small runs $0.24/ft.
My...
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Most of the wire I got from Monoprice. I went with Cat6 1000' bulk cable for ethernet runs. I picked yellow and orange for no particular reason. I ran two drops per room, and strategically in other...
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When I built my house my builder gave me a week between final open wall inspections and when he sent out the drywall crew.
I went overboard.
I wired 2 RG-6 Quad and two Cat6 to every room in...
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All good advice my 2 cents:
- CAT6 may not be necessary now, but is good for future proofing
- Consider double runs to multiple locations from a central "closet" - A LOT easier to do this now...
should I pre-wire my house with CAT6 cable?
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If the walls are open, then running the wires yourself is a piece of cake imo. That said, your builder is indeed ripping you off at $60 a line just to upgrade the cable.
I would go Cat 6 as the...
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It's more complicated than this, at this point it probably isn't "your" house, ownership will transfer when construction is done and all inspections have passed.
If somebody doesn't know what...
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I am sure if you tell them you will back out of the deal if they insist on ripping you off, you will see them switch tunes in a hurry. No builder in his right mind is risking a new home build or the...
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Gotta go with several of the posters who suggested conduit.
My initial house has 33 home run Cat 5 cables and 31 home run RG 59 coax.
I added a 1200 sq ft addition a few years ago and instead...
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We are building a new home and need to decide on pre-wiring. Currently we are planning on having Ethernet jacks in family room, office, and master bedroom. The standard cable run is CAT5E, but the...
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Running cat6 is better than cat5e, but running conduit is probably the best option as komondor mentioned. Running conduit now allows you to easily pull whatever you need at a later date. If you can't...
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unless you do large file transfers, there isn't much benefit of cat6 over 5e. I'd probably do more runs in the house than 3.
seems like a lot for an wireless access point. if they put the...
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Just a suggestion. When I built my house, 2400 sq ft two stry, I went overboard in wiring. Ended up with 30 home run coax cables to attic as well as 32 4 pair Ethernet cables also home run back to...
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Beautiful overkill, dude. :thumbup:
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Often builders will let you tour the house before the drywall is up. Take lots of photos, they will serve you well for future wiring and many other issues.
Running cables in exterior walls is...
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he's probably under contract if he is using a builder. i doubt any builder would build a house for someone without one.
if he lets himself on property to do it, the builder can actually just rip...
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Thanks for the feedback all. This is a production builder so unfortunately I am limited in my options. They do offer a SmartTube conduit run from the attic to the structured wiring box in basement...
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I would run this into a box into at least each room to a central point with pull strings.
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Builder won’t allow an outside company to come in for pre-wiring. So my choices are to use them and their high prices, or go without it.
should I pre-wire my house with CAT6 cable?
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This is true.
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I am sure there is a contract with the builder. However, it really comes down to whether the OP owns the property currently or is just under contract and waiting for completion to close on the home....
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Your pic is missing :sadwalk:
This is what i'd do if I were building a custom house + a hard wired alarm system and security cameras.
However this is overkill for most people. As few as 6 well...
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Quoting myself and others from some old threads. Search function for old posts in the tech support forum is badly broken so it's hard to find some of the old content.
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