RE: Wiring up a new timber frame

["Rob Mouser" <rmouser@xxxxxxx>]

Before I reply I must admit I am NO expert but have just completed a
similar wiring project. Two bits of experience really:
1) Yes, either get an excellent electrician or wait until he is done,
their cable flows can move without warning. We actually ended up with
the lecky and the network guy onsite together and let them fight it
out,
actually worked quite well as they worked together keeping 240v and
CAT5
apart.
2) Lubrication is good BUT not water based jelly!

-----Original Message-----
From: steevc [mailto:steevc@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 02 May 2002 20:50
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Wiring up a new timber frame


After several years of tallking it looks like work on our new house 
will start this month. Suddenly we have lots to sort out. Obviously I 
want to put in loads of cable for any potential uses. I know more or 
less what I want, but I'm interested if anyone else has done a 
similar job and what hints they might have. In theory it should be a 
simple matter of drilling holes in various bits of wood and threading 
the cables through.

I'll probably go for 4xCAT5 to each point. Is it easier to do them 
all at once?

Does lubrication help? Oooer!

Advice I've seen is to do data cables after the electrician has done 
his bit so they can be kept apart, but this could narrow the window 
when I can do my bit. I'm planning to do that data/video myself with 
some help.

I want to allow for surround sound in the living room. As I'm not 
sure what system I'm getting yet I want to have some way to put in 
whatever cables I might need. I'm fairly sure where the TV will go, 
so I need a way to get the cables to the opposite corner. I'm 
thinking of either trunking in the walls or something in the floor. 
The floor will be solid, but I wondered if it would be possible to 
put in trunking when it is laid.

Node zero will be in the loft. Some lights will be X10 or Comfort 
relays. The X10 units may be positioned nearer the lights for ease of 
cabling.

I'm planning to be at the meeting next week so I'll bring along some 
plans if anyone is interested.

Steve