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re: Custom house - stuff you forgot
Posted on 9/7/14 at 10:34 am to Nobs
Posted on 9/7/14 at 10:34 am to Nobs
None of the built in av stuff had any appeal to me. You live in a house for a long time....and av tech changes dramatically in ten years, much less 20. Been in a high end custom house from the late 60s? All of the once high tech stuff like room to room intercoms, built in hi-if, and metal grilled speakers everywhere sure do date a place as time passes.
Re wired networks, I don't have an alarm or security cameras, and my broadband wireless reaches halfway up the block. No dean spots in the house. The cables you pull today probably will be obsolete in a decade anyway.
Attic decking is smart, as is a slightly larger attic stair opening. Nothing worse than having beaucoup attic storage but not being able to fit the things you need to store through the bitty pull down stairs.
Re wired networks, I don't have an alarm or security cameras, and my broadband wireless reaches halfway up the block. No dean spots in the house. The cables you pull today probably will be obsolete in a decade anyway.
Attic decking is smart, as is a slightly larger attic stair opening. Nothing worse than having beaucoup attic storage but not being able to fit the things you need to store through the bitty pull down stairs.
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Posted on 9/7/14 at 11:30 am to hungryone
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None of the built in av stuff had any appeal to me. You live in a house for a long time....and av tech changes dramatically in ten years, much less 20. Been in a high end custom house from the late 60s? All of the once high tech stuff like room to room intercoms, built in hi-if, and metal grilled speakers everywhere sure do date a place as time passes.
I don't have a dog in this hunt, but I will draw a distinction between built-ins and wiring. A better corollary would be homes that have phone jacks in every room. Is it necessary with the rise of wireless home phones, or even no home phone at all? Of course not. Does having these phone jacks in the wall bother prospective buyers? I doubt it.
Posted on 9/7/14 at 11:45 am to hungryone
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Re wired networks, I don't have an alarm or security cameras, and my broadband wireless reaches halfway up the block. No dean spots in the house. The cables you pull today probably will be obsolete in a decade anyway.
You worry about that in ten years. Why short yourself now bc of what might happen in a decade?
Posted on 9/7/14 at 2:03 pm to hungryone
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The cables you pull today probably will be obsolete in a decade anyway.
Here is how I dealt with that issue. The outlet boxes that are dedicated to networking/audio/ video have plastic conduit running from the outlet box up through the wall to the attic. Makes it east to pull new cables in the future if technology changes or to accommodate new equipment. Cost of doing it was very little.
What I wish I had done was place the water hose connections on the outside of the house around 4 feet off the ground to avoid squatting or bending over to make a connection, at least around the garage and patios/deck areas.
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