House wiring (non-electrical) guide?

Westford

Can anybody recommend a good source of information when it comes to wiring a new house? I'm talking about all the non-electrical stuff.... coax / Ethernet / speaker/(and anything else i haven't thought of). I have no plans to go over the top in terms of automation, but I would like to build in a certain amount of future proofing into the house. Most of the web sites seem to come from sellers or manufacturers, and are therefore product specific. At this point I'm not really interested in the end solution.... more the recommended or typical requirements when it comes to the cabling i.e. advice and ideas on what cable to use, how much of it to run to which rooms, typical configurations for AV systems, etc.
Any recommendations on general info websites, or books, or any publications, are welcome.

muffler

I will move this to home entertainment - you may get more replies there

Homer

www.abitana.com is a very flexible system that allows any socket in any room be assigned to carry the services in the house. phone/pc/tv/broadband etc. Its as future proof as i've seen and supports HD connectivity.

Website explains the product very well and there's quite a few people in Ireland installing the product.

conax

Westford wrote:

Can anybody recommend a good source of information when it comes to wiring a new house? I'm talking about all the non-electrical stuff.... coax / Ethernet / speaker/(and anything else i haven't thought of). I have no plans to go over the top in terms of automation, but I would like to build in a certain amount of future proofing into the house. Most of the web sites seem to come from sellers or manufacturers, and are therefore product specific. At this point I'm not really interested in the end solution.... more the recommended or typical requirements when it comes to the cabling i.e. advice and ideas on what cable to use, how much of it to run to which rooms, typical configurations for AV systems, etc.
Any recommendations on general info websites, or books, or any publications, are welcome.

the difficult part here is that you probablly want a working TV system before you upgrade to a controled multiroom system, or a building block system.
most generic system rely on the star configuration with speaker cables and CAT5 to each room. In addition you can also star your coaxial cables in the same fashion. your sources can be fed back to the hub from the main TV point or all equipment located in the hub. this way you can have a working system umtil you decide to upgrade to a multiroom system at a future date.
having said that there are many other different methods of pre-wiring.

titsonabull

Probably the best site on the net for home automation which is not product specific is


http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/



Best of luck. I’ve just finished the first fix on my house. Went with C-bus for the lights and I’m going with the cofort alarm system. The TV’s, LAN, AV distribution I’ve not decided on yet, but I’ve ran wires for what I would like and I’ll buld the system as I go.

T.O.A.B

Pocky

Instead of going with an outdated Cat5/6 that is also limited on bandwidth when it comes to TV, specific SAT as this goes up to 2.1 GHz and Cat5/6 has a max of 600 MHz, take a system that has at least the new MultiMedia spec of 1200 MHz (IEC 61156-7) or one that exceeds it to give you flexibility.

look at www.IrishHomeNet.com