Re: Finishing Wiring Closet

["BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Have a look at what I did here:
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/69336384mTbggL

All the cables and conduits come into one stud bay. The section of
backboard over the stud bay is actually a hinged door to allow access to
the conduits.  Large holes were bored behind the 110 blocks to brong the
wires through the rear.

 Longtime Lurker wrote:
> Hey gang,
>
> I'm building a new house. I've already pretty much decided
> what wiring I want (a lot) and where/how to run it. My question
> involves the finishing of the wiring closet.
>
> I would like to wire it more like a commercial building, due
> primarily to the large number of cables I will be running. This means
> that I will be terminating the cables on patch panels in a
> freestanding rack, instead of using wall-recessed HA panels.
>
> So, I'm looking for suggestions as to how to bring lots of
> cables from the wall/ceiling space into the wiring closet and to the
> rack such that it looks nice, neat, and finished. And, of course, it
> has to meet fire code. FYI, the ceiling is not a plenum.
>
> Yes, I could just chop a hole in the ceiling and dangle them
> down. But, that would hardly look very nice. I'd really like to end up
> with something that looks like I know what I'm doing, versus an
> explosion in a sphagetti factory. :-)
>
> Thanks!