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I bought a new construction (I wasn't specifically looking for a new construction so it was already done when I got to it) and was really disappointed to see th
by cashewchoo 6y ago
I bought a new construction (I wasn't specifically looking for a new construction so it was already done when I got to it) and was really disappointed to see that:
- no conduit in the walls
- no ethernet in the walls
- coax to every room but it all terminates outside the house
which I'm sure meets most people's needs but was annoying for me. And it would've been so cheap to do it "right."
So I'm relegated to relying on the fact that I have very conveniently located unfinished half of basement and garage where I can do lots of cabling and just pop through the wall right at the end.
- derekdahmer 6y agoIt sucks but you just gotta do it! I just moved into a 100 year old house and my first home project was wiring the whole thing for ethernet, resulting in a funny situation where my house has gigabit ethernet cables running past the original knob and tube wiring in the attic.
- jedberg 6y agoDepending on how lazy they were, you might be able to use the coax as a pull string for the Cat5e.
- bratch 6y agoThis was my first thought too. I have done this successfully to get Cat5e everywhere in a house that used to have coax everywhere. If you do it, I recommend attaching multiple pull strings to the coax, then pulling the coax out, then using one of the new pull strings for the Cat5e - otherwise you risk the Cat5e and the coax becoming detached from one another in the wall.
- balls187 6y agoAs https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=toast0 https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=toast0 stated, check your phone cables, they should be cat5e or even cat6. With new construction you almost should have a levitron panel near by.
- mizzack 6y agoCut the coax before it leaves the house and run MoCA