ᐅ Installing LAN Cabling in a Purchased Prefabricated House – Timber Frame Construction
Created on: 5 Oct 2021 14:06
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Hello,
my wife and I have purchased a prefabricated house from 2013 – Danwood company. I have been planning for some time now how to install LAN cables throughout the entire house.
I believe I have found solutions for almost everything. However, there are still some open questions for which I have not yet found answers.
1. If I install recessed LAN sockets inside interior partition walls, will this significantly affect sound insulation? Does it affect anything else?
2. Is it possible to drill through entire interior walls without damaging the mineral wool insulation? I mean, is there a risk that the wool might tangle around the drill bit (400mm (16 inches) length) and get wrapped around it?
3. Is there a way to mount a TV on a wall with a vapor barrier? Would plugs/anchors and screws severely damage the vapor barrier? Are there special anchors for this? It’s probably not recommended, but what do you think?
For everything else, I have planned the following: On exterior walls (walls with a vapor barrier), I will run the cables on the surface. For interior walls, I will use a router to mill a groove into the walls (drywall/wood) to lay the cables inside. To install LAN sockets, I will drill holes similar to those in masonry walls (only interior walls).
If you find any mistakes in my plan, please let me know. If you have ideas on how to retrofit cables inside the walls, please share them as well. Unfortunately, the house does not have any conduit pipes. Everything was installed together within the insulation inside the walls.
Best regards
my wife and I have purchased a prefabricated house from 2013 – Danwood company. I have been planning for some time now how to install LAN cables throughout the entire house.
I believe I have found solutions for almost everything. However, there are still some open questions for which I have not yet found answers.
1. If I install recessed LAN sockets inside interior partition walls, will this significantly affect sound insulation? Does it affect anything else?
2. Is it possible to drill through entire interior walls without damaging the mineral wool insulation? I mean, is there a risk that the wool might tangle around the drill bit (400mm (16 inches) length) and get wrapped around it?
3. Is there a way to mount a TV on a wall with a vapor barrier? Would plugs/anchors and screws severely damage the vapor barrier? Are there special anchors for this? It’s probably not recommended, but what do you think?
For everything else, I have planned the following: On exterior walls (walls with a vapor barrier), I will run the cables on the surface. For interior walls, I will use a router to mill a groove into the walls (drywall/wood) to lay the cables inside. To install LAN sockets, I will drill holes similar to those in masonry walls (only interior walls).
If you find any mistakes in my plan, please let me know. If you have ideas on how to retrofit cables inside the walls, please share them as well. Unfortunately, the house does not have any conduit pipes. Everything was installed together within the insulation inside the walls.
Best regards
Schimi1791 schrieb:
You need to make sure that the router and the access point have different IP addresses.It’s like in Highlander—there can be only one. Every device needs its own unique IP address, otherwise, chaos is inevitable. However, it’s important that the IP range (usually the first three numbers of the IPv4 address) is the same. Otherwise, the devices won’t be able to communicate with each other.
Electricians can install the cables and usually terminate them at the patch panel or network outlet, but for most of them, that’s where their knowledge of networking ends. But that’s actually just the beginning when it comes to networks.
Schimi17917 Oct 2021 14:19hanse987 schrieb:
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Electricians can install cables and usually terminate them at patch panels or network outlets, but for most of them, the networking process ends there. That’s actually just the starting point when it comes to networks.K1300S schrieb:
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That is a completely different discipline. Electricians deal with electrical engineering, while networks, apart from their electrical basics, are primarily related to communications and information technology. Even most master electricians have never heard much about this.
...Now, don’t be too hard on electricians. I am fully aware of the professional field of a traditional electrician. But even here, there are plenty of opportunities for specialization and further training that go far beyond the classic job description. I know both very well personally as well as their professional environment. Neither of them work as classic (trained) electricians anymore. Their affinity for (network) technology goes far beyond simply using a smartphone or similar device.K1300S schrieb:
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that not everything works for laypeople without any knowledge.
...I completely understand that. But as a layperson, you first need to know what kind of knowledge is required in order for the technology—or whatever it is—to function properly. Where should the basic knowledge stop then?K1300S schrieb:
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that’s why it’s not the technology’s fault that it doesn’t work by itself.
...But I’m not blaming the technology …K1300S schrieb:
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In this context, it can very quickly lead to completely wrong assumptions being made.
...It can ... but it doesn’t have to 🙂 A carpenter has already helped me with a guess in a completely different field. If I soon hear that—whoever it may be—has problems with an access point and LAN that are similar to mine and I can help that person with my advice, they will surely be grateful. I don’t need to mention that I might not have any additional knowledge beyond that.K1300S schrieb:
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Brainstorming is something completely different though. 😉Yes, brainstorming usually refers to a group. Ideally, and depending on the problem, it consists of both laypeople (!) as well as experts from various fields, and it is much more complex than simply giving advice. One of the core ideas is to allow no (!) criticism or evaluation of the contributions. Because creative approaches can develop even from suggestions that initially seem nonsensical.
Schimi1791 schrieb:
Their (network) technical affinity clearly goes beyond just using a smartphone or similar device. Sorry, but if that were true, they would have known about IP addresses. I was already familiar with that as a student, but then again, it comes back to the question of what exactly “technical affinity” means. 😉 Schimi1791 schrieb:
Brainstorming This doesn’t require brainstorming or creativity, just straightforward knowledge, since the “problem” and its solutions are well known. However, if you want your involvement in this matter to be acknowledged, that’s fine by me. It simply has to do with basic networking principles, nothing more.Schimi17917 Oct 2021 15:44K1300S schrieb:
Sorry,
... That’s not necessary 🙂
K1300S schrieb:
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This doesn’t require brainstorming or creativity, just straightforward expertise,
... I never claimed brainstorming was necessary. Still, a suggestion or a guess can lead to success even without direct expertise...
Schimi1791 schrieb:
Imagine if everyone had the (basic) knowledge to design floor plans. Then we would probably have significantly fewer posts here.I rather think that then we would be playing "floor plan card games" here ;-)https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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