Specifing a New Build Or Retro Fit Network Install (Domestic)
Really the only way to get your House wired up is during the Building stage. After the exterior walls are up, the frames are up and roof is on and before the gyprock goes up.
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What you can do.
Select your cable type: Cat6 there is no point to have cat5e installed.. Put a pull wire installed along with Cat6 cable will future proof any install into 10years down the technology track
Select the Location and amount of your internal services: IE where you want all your wall plates and any other termination devices and how many runs per room
Select your fittings: IE your wall plates and mechanisms. Clipsal, HPM, PDL, AMDEX, Krone etc.
Pay them quickly: This and having at most 40- 90%% deposit ready for them to start the first fix. Once first fix is done and fully paid for be ready to pay them for the second fix with in a week of final termination.
On site: honestly there isn’t much you can do without direct supervision. Pre dill holes for your data Cabler on the day to make their day quicker. 60 -80% of a Cablers day is drilling holes… in the first fix. If your going for a cheaper/ mate way of data cabling… how ever most installers like myself won’t let you do that … heck on the first day I’d prefer not to see the client on site.
For a New build
Make sure you have your Plans ready in pdf or Jpeg format with the locations marked/ Colour coded to what you want where and how many.
Pick a space for your equipment to end up.
Suggested places: Garage, study/ home office and or under the stairs if you have them. The place will need good ventilation and or good in rack cooling.
This a rough guide/ Bare minimum on how many and in what rooms/ areas you may want to consider getting your Cabler to run stuff.
This Spec covers FTA, Cable and Single Cable Satellite TV Distribution, if you have either dual RG6/ Forgein Satellite service in mind then you will need to inform your Cabler of this.
Main Bed room: 4 x Data + 2 x TV
Minor Bed rooms: 2 x Data + 1 x TV
Study/ Home Office: 2 x Data + 1 TV on one wall, and 2 x Data on another wall
Home Theatre: 4 x Data + 2 x TV
Garage: 2 x Data + 1 x TV
For Two story Houses.
1 x Data in a high place for a WAP (Wireless Access Point)
Cabling in place for IP Security Cameras
Cabling in Place for front Door Intercom.
Areas that you may think are a waste:
1 x Data Behind the fridge.
2 x Data in the laundry.
And any area (single story only) where you may add a back to base security system. If you are building a 2 story house you will need to get all you’re cabling in place before the gyprock goes up.
For a Retro Fit
Basically the same as the New build but with only one - two days of actually installing ther eis no need for a "second" fix.
Misused Terms
Smart cabling/ structured cabling are practically the same thing. Both are future proofing measures ensuring you have enough cables at the other end to pretty much do anything your network/ media distribution