Recent content by braidman

The conclusion I've come to from research is... it May work.. So I will test out that aspect and see if it will work. If it doesnt I guess I will have to run double cat5. Seems like the cost is the same either way, it just creates a wall space problem.

My Hdmi runs are 30 and 35ft. Here is where the shelf will be: In the under stairs closet. So there are several reasons I'm not putting everything in there. For one my boss wants to still have room and access to store things under there.. Blu-ray/Xbox - disks need to be inserted...

My boss is renovating his basement and has hired me to do side work with technical aspects of the basement. In particular I installed a sweet network covering the basement (and 5 ports upstairs). How much to charge? Next is the A/V system. I'm speccing out a 7.1 system using the Pioneer...

Also... My work is renovating. Taking away walls, adding additional desks, and therefore data lines. So we worked out there this evening. Running 8 lines. The main difficulty being the 12ft high ceilings put all the work to be done way up in the air. That and it needs to be done (lines run...

This is what the duct looks like. We worked down there all afternoon. I would have taken more pics but they don't really tell anything. I will have to spend several hours tacking all the lines we have run sometime this week. We're nearly done with cable laying down in the basement.We...

Because there is an air duct now located right below my cables. That air duct is gonna be boxed in with framing and drywall (and my cables). I'll take a picture next time I go over there. The framing is progressing rapidly, I'm really glad I got those cables in there before it progressed...

No, the whole basement is going to be finished, some of the brick is going to remain, but not alot. I went over this morning and the A/C duct has been run atop (underneath) most of my cables. Other than the 4 cables to the tv, no more than two are going any one place. The pictured area is...

The switch will be next to the Den in a closet under the stairs (currently being built) (behind the lines in the picture).The area where I ran all the cables parallel along the joists will be "furred in". The Den will have a "tray" ceiling. The area around the edges will be boxed in in other...

Maybe I wont get the $2 jacks, but I cant afford $6 either. I will go back to the local supplier, his were $4...

I may end up getting a Flex bit if I cant find one to borrow. I may Order most of the parts today and try to get the wireless and upstairs jacks in place. Then he doesnt have to wait a month...still thinking about it.. Why are toolless jacks garbage?

Anybody know where I can get a fancy brass box/plate/cover for/with an RJ45 connector?

Me and my friend got started on it tonight. Laid cable for 6 drops and 11 jacks. The good thing is the drywall is actually not going up for at least a month. Electro Freak - Really friggin broke, with the first kid on the way. The boss is kinda throwing me a favor, but I want to do a...

Crossing them at right angles. There are some after I cross them but I should be able to keep at least a foot away. The electrical isnt finalized yet (some of the walls arent framed yet either). How close is too close? Is there a good way to shield one section?

jeffmoss26 - You Charge $100 Per Drop! PLUS materials (on a large job)? Does 24ports and 14drops count as large? I dont want to be greedy... BurntToast - I went out on the internet looking for that information, took a few searches but i did eventually find something on how much other ppl...

My current number has 30% added as a padding. I'm hoping that would cover tool buying or rental. thefreeaccount - should I be putting it in EMT? I am thinking of adding a thick pipe (like 2 or 3 in pvc) of some kind to run to the TV but as I said I need to know more about the ceiling before...