house re wire worth running speaker wire ?

danielle_door wrote: »

Hi Guys,
Bit of a lurker in these parts, but i am looking for some advice.
I just bought a house and it needs to be rewired.
has wireless tech come on enough not to bother with copper speaker wire being run to put in some ceiling speakers or a decent 5.1,
or will i regret it if i dont

Thinking of also putting in some cat 6 at the same time.

Looking for some advice

Regards
D

Danielle

You will definitely want to futureproof your home for Smart Home Technology like Audio & Video, its cheap to put the cables in now, it won't be when the house is finished and plastered up.

These are the standard wiring.
TV Points = 2 Coax + 2 Cat5e (or Cat6)
Network Points = 1 Cat5e (or Cat6)
In-Ceiling Speakers = 12 AWG CL2 Grade Speaker Cable to each speaker
In-wall Keypads (if you decide to go with a system like that) = 1 Cat5e (or Cat6)

All Cables would be run back to a central closet where all your equipment would be housed in a central AV Rack. Also good Practice to run the speaker cables past the in-wall keypad location so you are open to different systems.

With that wiring in place you are covering for Multi-Room Audio & HD Video in each room.

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gctest50 wrote: »

You should try run 2 cables to each network point

or maybe 4

Joking aside OP could run 2 but only 1 is required, and they will probably use WiFi anyway.

Don't know many people these days that use patch cables to hard wire into network points, unless the WiFi is really poor.

danielle_door wrote: »

thanks guys,
i am not sure i will go the home automation route at all,

ceiling speakers in kitchen, bathroom, and sitting room ,
i will have a NAS in the house also.

' 12 AWG CL2 Grade ' is this a specific type for fire hazards ?

Can ceiling speakers be good enough in a sitting room for the rears of a surround setup ?

Your correct CL2 grade is used for inside walls, its slows down fire spreading if the worst did happen.