****EVH's house building thread****

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Thanks for the kind words guys, I didn't think I'd get much interest.

Some shots of the fresh plaster after it has been applied.

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The carpenter putting up the door linings. If you look the 1/2" board that did house the TV bracket in the bedroom has vanished. We chose to mount some batton between the stud work, so it could be plastered over and the bracket mounted flush later. The final picture showing that double cupboard again.
 
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Looking really good.
How much work did you do yourself?
Leave the building to the experts and going to do the cosmetic things yourself? Or did you chip in with the building. I don't think I'd be confident living in a house I had a hand in building!
 
What will all the cables control?

I'm currently renovating a house and have stripped the plaster from the attic and the master bedroom. I've also removed the ceiling from the bedroom (the attic floor is above it) I've gutted the kitchen and plan to knock through the chimney that divides it and the dining room into a 9m x 3.6m room.

I've never thought of any gadgets until seeing this thread so what type of things could I install?
 
bigjimmyauk said:
Just out of curiosity how much did you spend on all the cables.

Great thread btw looking forward to seeing the rest of it and yes i'm very jelous :)
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I bought 4x 305m boxes of Low Smoke Zero Halogen CAT6 (LSZH) at ~£75 each and I have about 15ft left! That's 1220 metres of CAT6 :eek:

As for the speaker cable I got it through AVForums. Ordered a drum of 300m and have a little left over. Cannot remember how much I paid, think it was something like £1.40 a metre.

The 15m screened sub cable was also bought through AVForums (different seller) but I forget how much it cost because I ordered it with saturday delivery, which bumped it up.

The WF100 coax was bought on a 250m drum from Satcure for £69.99. Still have some left as the the runs were only singles. It is handy for making interconnects though.


Ahleckz said:
Looking really good.
How much work did you do yourself?
Leave the building to the experts and going to do the cosmetic things yourself? Or did you chip in with the building. I don't think I'd be confident living in a house I had a hand in building!
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I did zero of the building myself. The only thing I've done is run AV / network cables / sound as I used to do it in a previous job.

JBuk said:
What will all the cables control?

I'm currently renovating a house and have stripped the plaster from the attic and the master bedroom. I've also removed the ceiling from the bedroom (the attic floor is above it) I've gutted the kitchen and plan to knock through the chimney that divides it and the dining room into a 9m x 3.6m room.

I've never thought of any gadgets until seeing this thread so what type of things could I install?
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Well phones can be plugged in to a RJ45 socket with a simple adaptor, turning any of the 88 runs in to a possible phone point.

I use 1 pair of CAT6 to run HDTV on, and of course as already mentioned there is IR control of all the devices that can run on it. I'd take a gander at home automation sites and see what is possible. There are literally hundreds of applications available.

Azza said:
Looks awesome EVH! :)

No radiators?
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Underfloor heating downstairs, radiators under the windows upstairs.
 
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EVH said:
Well phones can be plugged in to a RJ45 socket with a simple adaptor, turning any of the 88 runs in to a possible phone point.

I use 1 pair of CAT6 to run HDTV on, and of course as already mentioned there is IR control of all the devices that can run on it. I'd take a gander at home automation sites and see what is possible. There are literally hundreds of applications available.

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So where do all those cables go to control everything?

can you plug a bluray player into a cat6 socket at one side of the room and use it to play a movie in another room, is that what you mean by HDTV?
 
SideWinder said:
Would be hilarious if he replied with:

"Arghhh! Bugger! :mad:"

:D
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:D

bigjimmyauk said:
Is the house finished and your just doing this over a few days or is there still work to be done??
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Currently decorating, so it's not far from done.

As stated, we want to move in by October so I don't mind posting updates every week or so from now.. I think I would have been lynched if I'd done that from the beginning!

JBuk said:
So where do all those cables go to control everything?

can you plug a bluray player into a cat6 socket at one side of the room and use it to play a movie in another room, is that what you mean by HDTV?
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They all terminate in a 19" rack under the stairs.

Technically, yes, you can plug any HD source in to a socket (you'd have to use 2 CAT6 points) and have it appear anywhere in the house, you'd just have to change the patch leads.

Obviously, I want a HD matrix, so I can press a button and have the source routed anywhere but it's certainly possible doing it "manually". You'd need CAT5/6 -> HDMI baluns on either end of the run.


Azza said:
Ah ok awesome. :cool:

Laminate all around apart from kitchen and bathrooms then?
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Tiled kitchen, bathrooms, hallway and utility. Carpets in the living room and bedrooms.
 
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EVH said:
In this picture you can see the hatch to the loft. It's 400mm wide and 600mm long. It's a killer to squeeze my 6ft 1" frame up there, so I'm applying to get it widened with the building inspector, because we'd have to cut some trusses to do so. I also don't fancy getting the Christmas decorations up and down that gap.
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That's what kids are for. ;)

PS - lovely house.
 
EVH said:
They all terminate in a 19" rack under the stairs.

Technically, yes, you can plug any HD source in to a socket (you'd have to use 2 CAT6 points) and have it appear anywhere in the house, you'd just have to change the patch leads.

Obviously, I want a HD matrix, so I can press a button and have the source routed anywhere but it's certainly possible doing it "manually". You'd need CAT5/6 -> HDMI baluns on either end of the run.
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so the matrix controls the routing of the source over the cat6?

how many outlets will you have in each room?
 
JBuk said:
so the matrix controls the routing of the source over the cat6?

how many outlets will you have in each room?
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Yes, you don't need a matrix.. you could have it output on a HDMI distribution amp but then every room must watch the same source. A matrix allows multiple rooms to access multiple sources.

Each room has 2 double gang sockets (4 CAT6 per double) and a single gang socket (2 CAT6 per single), and a ceiling CAT6 for IR.


Jono said:
Love it :)

Just kinda skim read... any idea what the build cost?:
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Yup, see: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=17186680&postcount=12
 
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Some more pictures of the plastering. At this point (July 2010), the house has been pink plastered in every room except the downstairs toilet and the hallway.. and that's because there is a python of cables in there!

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As you can see the living room is taking shape. Note the 5.1 speaker points under the TV.

I can utilise the ceiling speakers for 7.1 if I wish, but we'll see how / if that need arises.
 
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