Adding network cabling to a newbuild house

[oolon]

Always wire them back to one location, That means you will be able to connect any room to any other room using two structured cable runs, there are many more thing that can run over CAT cables than just ethernet. I use an CAT 5 KVM, and a USB over cat 5 adapter. Of course I am buying a 3 story house so I might break that rule however if I do I expect I will regret it, there is no good place on the first floor to route all the cables so its ground or top.

You can get single gang sockets that take 3 modules and vertical modules that take 4.

Some links to other wiring threads CAT wiring and this one and this one and this one!

More about hiding cables, here. and here.

The tools you might need is here.

[Spud1]

Just to update this thread a bit.

I've confirmed what I want with the builder now - the sparky is running the cable for me, and providing the backboxes..£120 for the job, which is pretty good imo. I'm providing the cable (300m box) and he's doing the rest. Got a total of 18 sockets all running back to one location, and all i'll have to do when I move in is put on network faceplates, and wire them up, simples!

Thanks for the advice - he's running double the cable I was originally going to use for future use, should work out well

[GoNz0]

alert electrical have a range of rj45 box's that match the other sockets they do.

[spac3d]

Well worth it mate. Got full TV, RJ45, and Telephone through the entire house here. 3 sockets in each room, including lounges and a hallway. All working through a simple 10 port switch and then onto the router.

[Saracen]

I think I may be a bit late here with this, but how long do you expect to be in the house? If it's long-term, I'd be inclined to go Cat-6. It's more expensive, both on cable and fittings, and more problematic to install, but gives extra frequency headroom. Right now, you probably won't see a lot (if any) difference, but it preserves future-proofing. Ideally, of course, go straight to fibre, but given the cost, that probably isn't a go-er.

So it comes down to economics. Were it me, and with a new build (or a major retrofit that involved chasing walls, let alone stone floors) I'd fit the best I could afford provided I expected to be there long enough to get some benefit. Right now, for me, that'd be Cat-6.

[oolon]

Right now, for me, that'd be Cat-6.

No that would be Cat 6e, Cat 6e can do 10 Gb ethernet, Cat-6 can only support 2.5 Gigabits of bandwidth (which nothing uses). I believe also cat 6e uses an STP (shield twisted pair) rather than UTP (unshielded).

[spac3d]

Opted for Cat5e on cost issues really, can't see internet being greater than 100MBit + in rural wales ever. lol

[dirky]

I have one of these so far:

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/29495/...28mm-Pack-of-2

but unsure if the front faceplate / modules - do I need modules if I get something like this:

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/22729/...JACK-FACEPLATE

[Spud1]

I think I may be a bit late here with this, but how long do you expect to be in the house? If it's long-term, I'd be inclined to go Cat-6. It's more expensive, both on cable and fittings, and more problematic to install, but gives extra frequency headroom. Right now, you probably won't see a lot (if any) difference, but it preserves future-proofing. Ideally, of course, go straight to fibre, but given the cost, that probably isn't a go-er.

So it comes down to economics. Were it me, and with a new build (or a major retrofit that involved chasing walls, let alone stone floors) I'd fit the best I could afford provided I expected to be there long enough to get some benefit. Right now, for me, that'd be Cat-6.

At least 5 years or so I guess - I did look at Cat6e but its 3x as expensive to use..I did consider it though, but to be honest I don't see that i'm going to need a 10GBe connection in my house in the next 5 years, not when gigabit is barely needed (aside from transferring files to my nas). If I could afford it I would have done it..but that extra £80 can pay for a microwave