Philw101
Prominent Member
Hello all,
I hope you are well.
We recently moved into our first home and we are looking to do things properly with cable management, networking and future proofing. I understand most things do use Wifi now and while I understand that for laptops, phones etc this is fine, however for 4K video distribution I am wanting a little more stability. Therefore I am looking at wired Cat6a connections around the home. (Crazy that even new builds don't come prepared with this in mind)!. The overall plan is eventually to use a home automation system (like Control 4 or Savant) for each room.
My DIY knowledge is practically non-existent so looking to outsource this, we have received a quote from a networking company (rather than an AV company who normally charge through the nose for this stuff) and the costings is coming out at just over £4K. The work involves installing 36 new CAT6a connections (and connection up the exisiting six cat 6 cables in the kitchen) around the home (which will involve routing cables throughout the house and ceilings into a central location (cupboard near the front door)), testing, commissioning into a patch panel and providing a 15U rack. Each room will have at least 3 CAT6 connections, with the lounge having six and the study 4.
Being fairly new to the networking side, I am not completely au fait with the pricing here and whether this is on point or extraordinary expensive. Some advice would be greatly appreciated.
I hope you are well.
We recently moved into our first home and we are looking to do things properly with cable management, networking and future proofing. I understand most things do use Wifi now and while I understand that for laptops, phones etc this is fine, however for 4K video distribution I am wanting a little more stability. Therefore I am looking at wired Cat6a connections around the home. (Crazy that even new builds don't come prepared with this in mind)!. The overall plan is eventually to use a home automation system (like Control 4 or Savant) for each room.
My DIY knowledge is practically non-existent so looking to outsource this, we have received a quote from a networking company (rather than an AV company who normally charge through the nose for this stuff) and the costings is coming out at just over £4K. The work involves installing 36 new CAT6a connections (and connection up the exisiting six cat 6 cables in the kitchen) around the home (which will involve routing cables throughout the house and ceilings into a central location (cupboard near the front door)), testing, commissioning into a patch panel and providing a 15U rack. Each room will have at least 3 CAT6 connections, with the lounge having six and the study 4.
Being fairly new to the networking side, I am not completely au fait with the pricing here and whether this is on point or extraordinary expensive. Some advice would be greatly appreciated.