When I installed all of my home network wiring, I knew that I would be
adding new wires over time, so I always left a string in each hole (running
from the top plate to the wall plate) so that when I invariably needed to
run another cable to that wall plate I wouldn't have to use a cable fish
again.
Each time I pulled a new cable to a given wall plate I would tie a piece of
fresh string to the new cable so I would have a new string for pulling the
next cable to that hole.
- sjl
Dave wrote:
It depends where you are going to/from and how much time, effort, and
money that you want to put into it. There's local at your TV and
throughout the house. If it's local then keeping wires out of sight is
probably the goal. This is usually pretty easy by keeping it behind
furniture and using cable ties to reduce excess cable on the ground. If
you're going across the house or across the room then keeping the cable is
still the goal but gets more involved. Wi-fi has been a great help with
this. When I finished off my basement many years ago I picked a place,
much like a wiring closet, for all of the data and phone to terminate.
That gave me a starting point. From there I ran the cables through walls,
between ceiling and floor, through the attic, etc. On the other end I put
in wall boxes with nice looking cover plates. Yes, it's extra work
fishing the cable around but later it's been extremely handy just to walk
up to a wall jack and plug in.
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