Re: A newbie builds a house

["Steve Clark" <steev@xxxxxxx>]

I suppose a few more wouldn't hurt. I was thinking of 2 in every room
except the bathrooms and cable is relatively cheap. The issue then
becomes, where to route them all to. I'll need a patch board
somewhere. Possible locations are under the stairs (a bit cramped) or
in the loft (plenty of space and shouldn't need frequent attention).
I see Letsautomate do a video splitter which looks suitable for
spreading TV and video around.

John, what do you do with the cable to the light switches? Is it
instead of mains?

Thanks for the massive and quick response folks.

Steve

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Dr John Tankard" <john@s...> wrote:
> > The one glaring thing is the number of CAT5 lines you're thinking
about.
> > I would recommend a _minimum_ of 8 CAT5 points per room. The
marginal
> > cost of adding extra CAT5 points at time of first-fix electrics
is very
> > low. The likelyhood of running out at some point within the first
two
> > years is very high, and the cost of retro-fitting once the
decorating is
> > done is also high.
> >
> >
>
> I overlookd that, I agree with mark, I put 2 or 3 cat5 to every
room and up
> to 8 in some rooms, but its not enough, I also have cat5 to every
light
> swith in the place.
>
> John