Entering the house

jAndrewH

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I've found almost all the information so far by searching here- except how to set up things for the different services entering the house.
 
The house we are renovating had a ton of cables, and a few boxes hanging on the outside walls for the different services entering the house. It looked awlful. I'm trying to find a solution that looks good where the cable and telephone enter the structure. I'm using a Leviton structured media center and an Omni lte plus HAI music distribution but I need something on the outside where the cables come in. During the rough in I plan to have a couple cat6, cable, and phone lines lead to the exterior where I want the service to enter. I know the cable and phone companies are not as OCD as I am about everything looking neat. The house is a historic Mid Century Modern home and I really would like nothing to detract from the design.
 
Can someone point me to sources for an enclosure where everything needs to enter the house?
 
The utility companies aren't generally going to allow an enclosure per se for you to bury all the points of demarcation in, as they typically want their points readily accessible for troubleshooting, unless you're planning on always being home to let them in to their equipment. Power is always going to require a meter socket and the interface between CATV, Phone, or whatever services you're looking at are going to have some point of demarcation between the utility provided cabling/hardware and your house wiring.
 
You could try something like a stainless Hoffman box, but that's not going to meet your criteria for "not detracting".
 
Without knowing the structure details, I can't truly suggest. Basement? Crawl? Slab? Utility room?
 
These look nice to me, but might not function for the utilities, or your construction.
 
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http://www.remotecentral.com/cgi-bin/mboard/rc-custom/thread.cgi?38496
 
Here just had bushes in front (with space) of the incoming cable / telephone / electric boxes / NG lines / water; ISP changed the cable, Electric company serviced the meter area a couple of years back and had no issues dealing with the bushes in front.

Neighbor had plastic plants/trees in pots which work fine too.  Never seen this before until the neighbor did it.
 
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