Thanks for the replies. Good idea to use the foul water drain box to get the cables down, altho for me they are the wrong side of the house to get anywhere useful. Once the cables are on the ground floor I’m not sure how I’d route them to where they needed to go, it would just be a lot easier to have a cable going down the outside of the house and then straight into the correct room/area. The ground floors are concrete so no chance of going under them!
Now I’m sure this is a very basic network question, but what is the difference between just routing a single cable and having a switch at the end of it to sevice multiple devices VS routing lots so there is one for each device? Is their bandwidth issues? Main concern is to my garden studio which will have between 5-8 devices needing network access eventually. The lounge will also need a few as well other then that each bedroom prob only needs 2 each.
Also I briefly thought about doing it all myself but I’m pretty sure it’s beyond my DIY skills! Who would be the best person to get quotes from? A sparky or a proper IT/network company? Not even sure where to look!
Thanks for the advice about heat in the cupboard, it would be simple to put a grill on the side of the wardrobe, and if still an issue as said I could find some where else for the server. It wouldn’t be doing a huge amount, mainly just a file server and sickrage etc. Although at somepoint I might upgrade it so it can transcode for plex.