bohornback
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Hey all,
Building a home and need some advice on what wiring to run based on desires/limitations.
Desires:
1) hard wired internet (cat6) in living room and all 5 bedrooms, master closet, and closet under stairs next to family room.
2) coax in "other" bedrooms for tv box.
3) closet next to family room will house all electronics related to family room A/V (blu-Ray, dvr, surround sound)
4) master closet will hold electronics for master bedroom (same as family room)
5) home run everything to yet decided location (haven't even broke ground yet so I have some time)
6) not really interested in multi-zone distribution of audio or video.
7) not sure if I want to deal with hard wiring for security although a camera at front and back doors and one in baby's bedroom that I can see on any tv would be sweet. (Yes I know this is getting into whole house distribution)
Restrictions
1) builder is flexible but I'm not sure how crazy they will let me go. They seemed fine with home running everything related to data and coax.
2) I don't know if they will just let me run conduit throughout the whole house. I know they will let me run it for tv above fireplace.
Type of people we are:
1) pretty much just watch movies and tv. Will be streaming a lot of stuff through internet most likely.
2) home automation sounds neat but I'm not sure how much I would really use it.
Throughs on setup:
1) family room closet:
- 2 R6/2 cat6
- 2 hdmi ports
- all surround sound will terminate here for reciever.
2) family room
- 2 R6/2 cat6 and 2 hdmi above fireplace.
3) master bedroom closet:
- same as closet for family room
4) master bedroom:
- same as family room but ports will be at wall mount location.
- 2 cat6 on wall of bed.
5) other 4 bedrooms:
- 2 r6/ 2 cat6
6) cat6 to front and rear doors for cameras
7) cat6 to one or two bedroom cielings for camera.
Is there anything I'm missing based on desires.
One question i have is location of distribution panel. House will be two stories. Laundry room isn't very big but is an option. Wife ok'd master closet (shocker) which would might make it easier to get everything ran (proximity to attic)
Please give me any and all feedback (including telling me I'm dumb for not including or including certain things!!
Thanks all!
Building a home and need some advice on what wiring to run based on desires/limitations.
Desires:
1) hard wired internet (cat6) in living room and all 5 bedrooms, master closet, and closet under stairs next to family room.
2) coax in "other" bedrooms for tv box.
3) closet next to family room will house all electronics related to family room A/V (blu-Ray, dvr, surround sound)
4) master closet will hold electronics for master bedroom (same as family room)
5) home run everything to yet decided location (haven't even broke ground yet so I have some time)
6) not really interested in multi-zone distribution of audio or video.
7) not sure if I want to deal with hard wiring for security although a camera at front and back doors and one in baby's bedroom that I can see on any tv would be sweet. (Yes I know this is getting into whole house distribution)
Restrictions
1) builder is flexible but I'm not sure how crazy they will let me go. They seemed fine with home running everything related to data and coax.
2) I don't know if they will just let me run conduit throughout the whole house. I know they will let me run it for tv above fireplace.
Type of people we are:
1) pretty much just watch movies and tv. Will be streaming a lot of stuff through internet most likely.
2) home automation sounds neat but I'm not sure how much I would really use it.
Throughs on setup:
1) family room closet:
- 2 R6/2 cat6
- 2 hdmi ports
- all surround sound will terminate here for reciever.
2) family room
- 2 R6/2 cat6 and 2 hdmi above fireplace.
3) master bedroom closet:
- same as closet for family room
4) master bedroom:
- same as family room but ports will be at wall mount location.
- 2 cat6 on wall of bed.
5) other 4 bedrooms:
- 2 r6/ 2 cat6
6) cat6 to front and rear doors for cameras
7) cat6 to one or two bedroom cielings for camera.
Is there anything I'm missing based on desires.
One question i have is location of distribution panel. House will be two stories. Laundry room isn't very big but is an option. Wife ok'd master closet (shocker) which would might make it easier to get everything ran (proximity to attic)
Please give me any and all feedback (including telling me I'm dumb for not including or including certain things!!
Thanks all!