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Network and cable install - Remolding house

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jale

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Hello, I'm currently remodeling my house and have it down to studs, so I want to take this opportunity to wire up the house.

What type of cat5e should I be running - Plenum vs Riser?
What type of coax - RG4 or RG6 quad shielded?

Can cat5e and coax be run through the stud hole without causing interference?
Should I staple or secure the wires to the studs?

Thanks!
 
Now is the perfect time to install conduit. This would make it vastly easier to add or change things later. Run it even in places where don't need it now, as you might some day in the future. Stay at least a foot from and AC lines. If you have to come near one, cross it perpendicularly.

Check with your local building codes, but you shouldn't need plenum-rated cable. Cat5e is fine. Cat6/6a will gain you nothing but cost and installation difficulty.

Never heard of RG4. RG6, preferably quad-shielded, is preferred. There's no problem with running ethernet and cable/satellite coax alongside each other.
 
Don't use metal staples. Plenum is a waste. Riser is fine.

Cat 5e is good. RG6 QS is good. You can run them together no problem.

Run more than you think you need.
 
Conduit, conduit, conduit. Twice as big as you think you might ever need.
Using Flexible Raceway ("Smurf Tube") is generally easiest, because you don't need to worry about elbows, and it'll usually be easier to pull wire through because you don't have a bunch of right angles for the wire to bind up at.

For 2 inch you'd be looking at $1.50 per foot retail. Just remember to leave a pull string in each run.
 
Hey jale,

I would recommend you put 2 locations in each room of your house and try to put them on opposite walls. For example in my living room I have a location I put on my tv wall then I put another location in on the opposite wall where my couch is. What's nice about this set up is if you say end up using a laptop or something on the couch you can plug directly into the wall on the same side (i'm not a huge fan of wireless and always prefer wired connections).

As for the amount of cables. I usually pull 3 cat 5e's (dedicating one for voice and the 2 for data) and then 1 coax RG6. If it's a entertainment location where you know your going to have TV, gaming consoles, and what not I pull 5 Cat 5e's total and the 1 coax (RG6).
 
Cat5e will be fine.
Run conduit, you'll thank me later.
 
For people who say run conduit have you really ever pulled wire through conduit or do you just wish you had it?

Cause I have tried to pull wire through it, sure it is great the first few pulls but once you have a few wires in it that conduit no matter how big it is, forget about trying to pull more it becomes a tangled mess even for a one with just a slight 45 degree bend.

Just pull more wire than you could ever imagine needing, running conduit will reduce the amount of wire you can pull through a single wall since it will take up space.

Also with conduit, if you do run it make sure to seal both ends when done otherwise you just created a chimney for any fire you may have in your house. You can use insullation to make it removable.
 
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