ᐅ Which communication lines should be planned for during a renovation?
Created on: 12 Jul 2020 19:45
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dr.evil96
Hello everyone,
I am currently renovating a semi-detached house. My plan is to equip (almost) every room with up-to-date communication cabling. What do you think are the most practical cable types for this? I’m considering 2x CAT7 cables, coaxial cable, and telephone wiring for each room.
I also want to keep the option open to replace these cables later. So I’m thinking of installing them inside M25 corrugated conduits, with 2 conduits going into each room.
Additionally: who has experience pulling cables and could share some tips? Unfortunately, the cable routes require a few bends. The conduit lengths would be about 3–15 meters (10–50 feet).
Thanks in advance for as many suggestions and advice as possible!
I am currently renovating a semi-detached house. My plan is to equip (almost) every room with up-to-date communication cabling. What do you think are the most practical cable types for this? I’m considering 2x CAT7 cables, coaxial cable, and telephone wiring for each room.
I also want to keep the option open to replace these cables later. So I’m thinking of installing them inside M25 corrugated conduits, with 2 conduits going into each room.
Additionally: who has experience pulling cables and could share some tips? Unfortunately, the cable routes require a few bends. The conduit lengths would be about 3–15 meters (10–50 feet).
Thanks in advance for as many suggestions and advice as possible!
Tolentino schrieb:
According to a certain DIN standard, conduit pipes are required for utility cables. There was a recent thread about this. Try searching for one by @kati1337. Or maybe she can help directly... Here is my thread about it, where the DIN standard was also quoted somewhere.
In the end, I had to insist my electrical contractor install everything within conduit pipes.
About the thread itself: We installed one Cat7 LAN outlet in each room. Both of us work in IT, but I don’t see a need for Cat8 anytime soon. If someone wants to, it’s certainly possible, but it’s a crystal ball question and not worth debating.
In the office, we have two duplex outlets (so 4 ports), and in the living room one duplex outlet (2 ports). All other rooms have only one port each. Duplex outlet, but only one port used.
For us, wired networking is mainly important for gaming first-person shooters or in the office where we still want to set up a NAS. Everything else runs more and more reliably over Wi-Fi nowadays.
We had coaxial cable run from the attic to the living room “just in case,” but we won’t be installing a satellite system and it was probably money wasted. I don’t think we’ll ever get so old that we end up adding a satellite system after all.
We completely skipped telephone wiring. We also didn’t order a traditional landline connection since fiber optic will be installed. On the landline, only my mom calls anyway, and that can be done via VoIP.
In the office, we have two duplex outlets (so 4 ports), and in the living room one duplex outlet (2 ports). All other rooms have only one port each. Duplex outlet, but only one port used.
For us, wired networking is mainly important for gaming first-person shooters or in the office where we still want to set up a NAS. Everything else runs more and more reliably over Wi-Fi nowadays.
We had coaxial cable run from the attic to the living room “just in case,” but we won’t be installing a satellite system and it was probably money wasted. I don’t think we’ll ever get so old that we end up adding a satellite system after all.
We completely skipped telephone wiring. We also didn’t order a traditional landline connection since fiber optic will be installed. On the landline, only my mom calls anyway, and that can be done via VoIP.
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dr.evil9613 Jul 2020 22:04Then the cables will probably need to be installed in conduits. So it will likely be CAT7 and coaxial cables. Do you think two M25 corrugated conduits per room are enough if I want to pull through one CAT7 duplex cable and one coaxial cable? I am most concerned about this and the feasibility of pulling the cables through.
Sure, why not? You can test it when installing the corrugated conduit. It also depends on factors like the bending radii. If necessary, instead of pulling through a duplex cable, you can just pull a single cable.
Maybe in 20 years, Cat13 cables can be installed in completely different ways. For example, all my living spaces are adjacent to an empty chimney shaft, or cables could be run under the baseboard, and so on. In any case, Cat7 cables should really last a very long time, potentially indefinitely.
Maybe in 20 years, Cat13 cables can be installed in completely different ways. For example, all my living spaces are adjacent to an empty chimney shaft, or cables could be run under the baseboard, and so on. In any case, Cat7 cables should really last a very long time, potentially indefinitely.
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