[ale] [OT] Residential Data/Voice/Video Wiring

[Dow Hurst]

Many companies doing in home wiring installations will do everything you 
want.  Prices vary alot so get several quotes and check the references.  
Recently I found that for pulling a couple of Ethernet cables and adding 
a couple of outlets that a person I know got three very different quotes.
Dow


Mike Murphy wrote:

> Oh! to add to answering the actual question: there are a lot of decent 
> small business out there that sell satellite (usually meaning Dish or 
> DirectTV) equipment/service/installation out there. Pairing them up 
> with an electrician and your own ideas should probably get what you 
> want, and up to code (but I'm not saying it will necessarily be cheap).
>
> I also saw a This Old House episode about this a couple of years ago 
> (I *think* it was the Marlboro House). They used a company to consult 
> on this part that was up there. I bet they belong to some industry 
> association that might have members here. Now if only I could remember 
> that company's name, so I could look up their website!
>
> Last idea: General contractors and electrical contractors that have 
> been building new housing in the atlanta area should have at least 
> enough experience in this by now to be able to find someone to 
> consult/help, or at least admit that they don't have a clue. That is, 
> of course, if said contract is honest...
>
> Mike
>
>
> Mike Murphy wrote:
>
>> so, lets say I were to start a business to do just this sort of thing 
>> (plus probably some home theater consulting/installation and 
>> satellite tv installation, etc.), would there be a market for it? My 
>> evil plan is to move north (by which I mean NORTH, like the 
>> mountains), and run a business in dawsonville or some such place, 
>> servicing the sprawl^H^H^H^H^H growing communities of the northern 
>> outer suburbs.
>>
>> Sure would be nice to get out from under the thumb of the my 
>> corporate overlords (which if you have picked this message up off the 
>> packet filter: just kidding; I love my corporate overlords!).
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> tfreeman at intel.digichem.net wrote:
>>
>>> Hopefully, three years of waiting has to do with a computer clock, 
>>> not wall clock...
>>>
>>> I'll take a semi-stab at this - in two parts. (Somebody chime in 
>>> where I goof please) First - basic problem is you want an 
>>> electrician. Second - run conduit, nice wide fat open conduit, over 
>>> all runs where getting access could be a hassel (like going from the 
>>> crawl space to the attic of a two story, or through a section of 
>>> roof which has minimal or no access.
>>>
>>> IMHO (&/or ignorant opion), the conduit will vastly simplify 
>>> enlarging/changing the wireing later when you (or the people after 
>>> you) figure out what is _really_ needed by making it easier to pull 
>>> more wire through blind parts of the structure. The electrician is 
>>> to keep the effort up to code.
>>>
>>> On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Token wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>>  I'm in the process of building a house.  So far, looking in the 
>>>> yellow
>>>> pages and other places I've been unable to find a company/contractor
>>>> that does voice/data/video cabling for residential stuff.  I'm 
>>>> trying to
>>>> find someone who is familiar with using satellite distribution as 
>>>> well.
>>>> That's been the real stumper.  I'm not looking for anything really 
>>>> fancy
>>>> like a whole house automation system or being able to route video
>>>> electronically and such.  I'm basically just want a distribution point
>>>> for cable TV, Satellite TV, Cable Modem Access, Ethernet, and plain 
>>>> old
>>>> telephone.  I want to be able to have access to all this in each room
>>>> and with some sort of patch panel in the basement.  I could do all 
>>>> this
>>>> myself but I'm not real familiar with the satellite splitter and how
>>>> that would all work with patching cable or Antenna HDTV signals.  I
>>>> figured maybe of some you folks would have some recommendations or
>>>> advice. Thanks,
>>>> Chip Gwyn
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>
>

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