New house under construction : Need suggestions for running ethernet cables and future planning

[gentletouch]

So My new home is under construction. The first slab is about to start.
Im planning to make the home future proof. So i think i will have conduit run by electricians and run cat6 cables. Even though at this point i am not planning to use the ethernet, wireless router just satisfies my needs.

What are your suggestions. If you were me, what things will you do keeping future in mind.

I will have a projector in our living room. And i plan to run the cat6 in one of my bed room and living room.


Floor plan

 

[USAFRet]

Be specific on your wiring specification.
Cat5e or Cat6a. NOT "Cat6".

 

[4745454b]

To be honest, if you are future proofing, I'd run cable to all rooms. Not just the living and bedroom. People never thought we'd need anything more than phone wire in the house. Now we don't want phone and want ethernet. Depending on budget you might even want to run fiber as well. I'd also try to get a cabinet. A place to hold NAS, router, etc. Central to the home if possible but I understand if everything has been drawn up by now.

 

[USAFRet]

How large a house?
1 floor or 2?
Crawlspace, basement, or on a slab?

Consider running a 1 or 2 Cat5e or Cat6a up to the attic. From there, you can run cable down to all the rooms off a switch, or all the rooms upstairs if a 2 level.

 

[little_me]

Conduits, yes
Central localtion somewhere for the panel, modem, router, switch and such, space in said place for a panel for the connectors.

Multiple outlets/room, if it has electric outlet, add antenna and cat6 (cat5e<cat6<cat6a<cat7 and it's shielding type F/FTP>FTP>UTP) although due to conduits, you can pretty much replace it later if needed.

possibly consider conduits and boxes on ceiling too, if you want easier power/cabling access to said projector and/or elsewhere.
If you consider using HDMI to projector, bear in mind that HDMI needs bigger conduit to fit through or.. if you use converters, most of cheap ones need TWO shielded cat6 cables to work. (yes, cheap ones require the shielded cable)
Also if you want to mount speakers in ceiling, consider using conduits for their wiring too so that in case you want to change something, it can be done.

Yes, it's a lot and will cost more but saves on longer extension cords, patch cables and such.

 

[4745454b]

I don't worry about cost too much. The addition of conduit while building shouldn't be much. The cables probably cost as much if not more. But having a house like this should increase it's value a bit. "plumbed in" cabling so people can do whatever they would should help resale value if it ever gets sold. And you don't have to look at ugly cabling while you live there.

 

[rsumner93]

Again to reiterate you need to specify which CAT. And conduits are great but rather than run through the attic I would place a smart panel somewhere hidden but accessible. Master closet possibly. Switches are fine but I would suggest using an Ethernet punch down block. They are called different things. This would help with designation and replacement. I like your idea of conduits. Dependent on your intended setup I would run coax and Ethernet through different conduits and into same smart panel as Ethernet cable creates an electromagnetic field around it that caninterfere with cable services. As a Cox installer this makes it much easier for many uses.

And with Wi-Fi. Its great but I prefer hardline. You have to remember that Wi-Fi runs on 2.4 GHz frequency. Microwaves, iceboxes, air conditioners, metal paneling, other wiring, glass, water, and just about everything in your house will cause issues and interfere. On the less commonly used 5 GHz its faster and harder to interfere with but does not reach as far. Also not all wireless devices can find this frequency. You will have much better performance and speeds with Ethernet hardline.

Choose your preference. Straight through UTP. Cross over UTP. Or shielded of either but DO NOT mix straight through and cross over Ethernet cabling. Try to do what you can to avoid cross talk but with CAT 6a you would lessen the chance of cross talk dramatically.

If you think there is a chance you might have telephone in your house run it to. Run the same CAT cable for it as CAT cable is used to back feed into the house but DO NOT get a power block. Most VoIP services do not support these and the future of telephone is VoIP.

If you have any questions feel free to PM me.

 

[gentletouch]

I think cat6a - Thats what Gigabit ethernet is right?
I am planning to run conduit, but not sure IF I would need cabinate. I am planning to put router near TV unit in living room.
I have uploaded floor plan above.

There will be no open cables, all the electrical wiring and network cables / speaker wires will be in conduits inside walls/ceilings under plaster. Electrician will install conduits during the construction.

There are no atticks, all concrete slabs.

Material and labour is very cheap here.
Electrician charges me less thn half dollar per square feet to do all the wirings. Network cables has to be installed by me (he will run it through conduits but i have to install sockets etc)

CCTV / TV And Cat6A can all go through the same conduit ?