Wiring House for Ethernet & Coaxial Cable
Hi, a house is currently being gut renovated and I’d like to run telephone, ethernet and coaxial cables through the walls. Can anyone point me in the direction as to who I would need to contact to get cost estimates and who can do this type of work? Is it possible I can have the…
Hi, a house is currently being gut renovated and I’d like to run telephone, ethernet and coaxial cables through the walls.
Can anyone point me in the direction as to who I would need to contact to get cost estimates and who can do this type of work? Is it possible I can have the telephone company and cable company do the coaxial and telephone wiring and I can find someone else to do the ethernet wiring? If you can provide your experiences with this type of work, that would be great.
CMPXCHG… I need to get some wiring done in my house (Prospect Lefferts Gardens). Were you happy with the work you had done? Who did it?
Thanks for all the advice, I was able to get the house wired @ $30 a drop. Each drop had coaxial, cat5 and telephone.
Arkady – as per redundancy, I was on a tight budget but on average, each room as 2 drops. I would have preferred 3.
Juno106 – Thanx for the advice, I was thinking about having the hub in the office too, but after hearing your story, I had it moved to the cellar.
I am a homeowner who went through all this. The electrician ran all the coax and Cat-5. When it came time to terminate the inputs the price was a bit over the top so I learned how to do it myself with some help from these forums. The one regret I have is where I asked to have the “hub” placed. At the time I thought it would be good to have it placed in my office on the second floor. A new addition to the family made my office a nursery – not that horrible but still not the most optimum set-up. As previous posters have said, pick a good central location like a basement. Most of the advice above is great, but I would ignore the people who say wireless is the way to go. Yes, you should have a wireless access point as well as the wired connection, especially when you need to transfer huge data files.
Best advice, pull extra runs.
Pick a central location that makes sense (basement?) for home runs everywhere.
Down the road your current choices regarding usage and technology can be future-proofed for minimal expense.
We have occasionally pulled fiber runs but “dark”. Fiber terminations are tricky and expensive, but the cable itself with no terminationa at this time is inexpensive.
By asking your questions on this forum, you are already ahead of the game. You are avoiding the electricians making these decisions for you.
Bruce
My electrician pulls the data/COAX cables as part of his package. When we are building something with a complex audio-video system, I prefer for my low-voltage sub to handle it. I also use them for commercial work, but in reality they cost more than my electricians because they pull the cable and manage all of the terminations and the software end of the installs.
My electrician will not handle the terminations however.
Also, electrical and data schematics are not required by the DOB.
Running lv wires with open studs is a cake walk–do not hire anyone for this work. Only a fool would contract low voltage work to an electrician. Just decide what you are trying to accomplish and let us know. Some useful comments above.
I, too, am a network architect (former RCDD) and old home renovator, and say BS to needing a network architect to place cable/telco/data cabling in your house. As others have said, trying to figure out where you want your outlets and where your communications “hub” will be is the toughest part. You may use wireless or not, but the future owner may want wired as an option. Go for wired. You can have the electricians run it while they are running the electrical, or a low-voltage company as has been suggested. Unfortunately, many electricians are not particularly good at terminating and testing coax and Ethernet cabling, so you will want to ask hard questions. What grade cable, why, how do they test, what jacks for voice, what for data, what manufacturer of outlets and patch panel, and why? If they do not appear particularly informed, pass on them. Let me know if you want some free advice on products and solutions. I should have some time later next week.
I used Altin. He’s a nice guy and came when he said he would but he is sloppy. Sloppy in the sense that boxes were not set deep enough on either the brick walls or the plaster walls, they were at different heights in the same room and really crooked – each in a different way. Sloppy. They had to be redone by the wall guy.
I have a great guy named Altin. His pricing is reasonable and I stand by his work. He does all my electrical work and is insured. Tell him Bill sent you. Altin’s number is 646-369-7594