RE: To Run Fibre or To Not Run Fibre

["michael.furlong" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Simon

I got enough strange looks from the contractors as I put in about 400
runs of cable, home run lighting circuits, central vac system and MHRV
ducting;)

My loft has office/storage/plant room in it anyway so I really
couldn't have done it your way although it sounds handy. Hopefully I
have enough cable to do everything I want as I really went overboard
with it. I guess I am using less than 10% of the connections
currently.

It will probably be 5-10 years before I build again but if I go for a
bungalow I will certainly look at doing it your way.


Cheers
Mick



-----Original Message-----
From: Simon McCaughey [mailto:simonmcc@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 31 May 2004 14:59
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] To Run Fibre or To Not Run Fibre


Mick

Our house is indeed 2 storey, and we used bison slabs for the first
floor!
All the ground floor connections go through the slabs and straight up
the
upstairs room wall. Most of our walls lined up very well, and those
that
didn't we managed to gently track around onto a nearby wall (i.e.
conduit
not 100% vertical), but all the runs are good *almost* straight runs
(very
easy to put cables into)

The exceptions are the kitchen and the conservatory. The kitchen was
redesigned (minor) after all the tracking was completed, giving us a
phone
point where there previously was a unit. The conduit for this one goes
up to
1st floor, then out through the cavity into the roofspace of the
adjoining
single storey family room. From there it can be routed up to the
"real"
attic. The conservatory was obviously difficult because there are no
walls!
So all the conduit runs under the floor and goes to the attic via
another
room.

There is no problem with this approach if you're prepared to spend
long
enough planning it ,and it took me a *long* time!!!

Also be prepared for strange looks from contractors/electricians when
they
see the amount of conduit you want in....

See www.ccso.co.uk/sb for details on the house, and
http://www.ccso.co.uk/sb/conduit.html
for pics of the conduit (I lead
an
exciting life :)

The only thing hard-wired is the alarm cabling, and most of it is
Cat5E FTP
http://www.ccso.co.uk/sb/images/viewer/inside_6.jpg.50.html

Simon




----- Original Message -----
From: "michael.furlong" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 1:44 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] To Run Fibre or To Not Run Fibre


> Simon,
>
> I thought about doing this but for various reasons I didn't. Main
> reasons were..two storey house so would have needed to line up rooms
> above and below..breton slab construction whch rests on the  ground
> floor walls so would have needed to drill through it for each
conduit.
>
> Is your house two storey and what kind of construction did you use?
>
> Just wondering as next build will probably be a bungalow and I would
> aim to have easy access just like you have done.
>
> Cheers
> Mick
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon McCaughey [mailto:simonmcc@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 31 May 2004 12:54
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] To Run Fibre or To Not Run Fibre
>
>
> "David Millard" wrote:
> > An amazing opportunity has become available to me, that being to
> build
> > my own home which will hopefully be started within 2 months. I
> intend to
> > run dozens of Cat 5e, coax for CCTV and speaker cabling but I am
> also
> > wondering about running fibre and if I do run fibre what sort I
> should
> > be looking to run. I know there is lots of knowledge on the forum
> and
> > I’m hoping to make use of it during this project.
> >
> > Any advice would be greatly appreciated
>
> David
>
> I have just moved into my new house, and like yourself, we built
this
> from
> scratch. I designed the house in such a way that I have straight
runs
> of
> conduit from at least 2 positions in each room, up to the attic.
This
> means
> walking across the attic floor, it looks lie I'm growing conduit:)
> [although
> you cant see it anymore with insulation] I can now completely
re-wire
> all my
> phone/network/TV etc points whenever I need to, so fibre in 5 years
is
> no
> issue.
>
> There was a lot of extra work involved, a lot of extra tracking,
> (+++extra
> cost) but it was well worth it! - this computer is currently
connected
> in a
> position which I had no intention of wiring for a PC, but I had the
> flexibility to do it....
>
> Hope that helps
>
> Simon
>
>
>
>
>
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