[mythtv-users] OT: Wiring a new construction home for A/V, Ethernet, etc

[stuart]

Yan Seiner wrote:
> On Mon, December 1, 2008 8:27 am, Matt S. wrote:
>> Hi!  Sorry for the OT, but I figured that the topic ties into this
>> community pretty nicely
>>
>> Any advice, websites, books, etc out there for wiring a home during
>> construction?  I'll be starting to build my house in the next month or
>> so from the ground up.  I've pretty much got carte blanche on what I
>> can do, and I plan to do most of the wiring for cat6, coax, phone,
>> A/V, speaker, etc myself to gain some sweat equity, and I'm just a DIY
>> kinda guy - which I'm sure most of you on this list can relate to.
>>
>> So... Where should I start?  I want to do it "right", and I want to
>> make sure that I'm futureproofing it as much as I can.  I've got some
>> general ideas and thoughts, and I'm no stranger to making cables, I've
>> just never done a full home setup before from the ground up.
>>
> 
> Don't run cable, run conduit then pull cable.  A 1" conduit can probably
> hold 3-4 cables comfortably.  

If you are talking to a builder, I think these are called "cable 
chases".  (You might talk to your builder about fire stop techniques for 
these tubes.)

> Run it all to a central location where your
> hub/server will be with no more than 2 ells and you're golden.

And I think these are called "home runs".

> You can always pull cable later as needed.

Lucky you, I'm still having to go through walls :-O.

> --Yan
>