Hi all,
Apologies for the long post and for not being very technical!
I recently purchased my home and have had an extension built for an open plan kitchen diner and have gutted the rest of the property - plaster stripped back to brick, ceilings and joists exposed, floors in some rooms dugout for wet underfloor and new electrics and plumbing to go in everywhere.
It’s a detached property and I have a rough idea where I intend on having my TV - in the living room on the chimney wall, chimney won’t be in use, along with some points in the dining space of kitchen diner and bedrooms if I ever choose to put TV’s in there.
I’ve got to get an electrician to come in shortly to wire the whole property and I feel like I have one shot at getting this right.
The electrician is suggesting to have all the AV and networking kit wired under the stairs with the main Virgin / Sky / BT TV and broadband feeds from outside running under the floor of the converted garage (floor currently dug up for wet underfloor) in to the space under the stairs using a conduit.
My first question is: is it wise to run the main feeds from outside under the floor using a conduit that will be concreted over? What happens if I ever need to change the feeds, will it be easy for Sky or Virgin or whoever to change the cables? I’ll look to get the driveway done in a year or two too, so anything I should think about In terms of a conduit
From under the stairs the electrician suggests running either Cat 6 cables in to all the points of the house where I might want to hook up a tv or require network connectivity, but this will run under floorboards and behind the plaster.
My concern is if this fails how would I change them and I’m also aware 8k isn’t possible over cat 6 using an extender, so what other options do I have?
He (electrician) has also suggested a full smart home system, whereas I was just thinking of using Google Nest and Philips Hue and the like over google Assistant or Alexa etc. Does anyone have any recommendations for smart home systems to look in to?
Lastly, any advice you can give on things to look out for or think about? And is there a rough the budget I should have in mind for full rewiring with a new consumer unit along with wiring of networking and AV cabling?
Appreciate any help.
Thanks in advance,
Lurchie
Apologies for the long post and for not being very technical!
I recently purchased my home and have had an extension built for an open plan kitchen diner and have gutted the rest of the property - plaster stripped back to brick, ceilings and joists exposed, floors in some rooms dugout for wet underfloor and new electrics and plumbing to go in everywhere.
It’s a detached property and I have a rough idea where I intend on having my TV - in the living room on the chimney wall, chimney won’t be in use, along with some points in the dining space of kitchen diner and bedrooms if I ever choose to put TV’s in there.
I’ve got to get an electrician to come in shortly to wire the whole property and I feel like I have one shot at getting this right.
The electrician is suggesting to have all the AV and networking kit wired under the stairs with the main Virgin / Sky / BT TV and broadband feeds from outside running under the floor of the converted garage (floor currently dug up for wet underfloor) in to the space under the stairs using a conduit.
My first question is: is it wise to run the main feeds from outside under the floor using a conduit that will be concreted over? What happens if I ever need to change the feeds, will it be easy for Sky or Virgin or whoever to change the cables? I’ll look to get the driveway done in a year or two too, so anything I should think about In terms of a conduit
From under the stairs the electrician suggests running either Cat 6 cables in to all the points of the house where I might want to hook up a tv or require network connectivity, but this will run under floorboards and behind the plaster.
My concern is if this fails how would I change them and I’m also aware 8k isn’t possible over cat 6 using an extender, so what other options do I have?
He (electrician) has also suggested a full smart home system, whereas I was just thinking of using Google Nest and Philips Hue and the like over google Assistant or Alexa etc. Does anyone have any recommendations for smart home systems to look in to?
Lastly, any advice you can give on things to look out for or think about? And is there a rough the budget I should have in mind for full rewiring with a new consumer unit along with wiring of networking and AV cabling?
Appreciate any help.
Thanks in advance,
Lurchie