Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Smart Wiring - HELP!!! 3Oct 23, 2011 12:09 pm WOW - Thanks Anonyuser!!!! You have exceeded yourself in helping me here.....I really appreciate the time you took to respond. I have now requested smart wiring - as you never know ho we will need to use this in the future - fyi - the builder has quoted me $2300... I would rather pay this amount the start with then a higher price down the track Again thanks I do appreciate it ! Re: Smart Wiring - HELP!!! 4Oct 23, 2011 7:27 pm $2300 for cabling the house is pretty good My first quote came in at 10K including alarm and distributed audio in 1 room! It worked out to $200 or more per cable run, and some entry level home theatre speakers (5.1 system). I've managed to find a new person (or two) and its now down to around $1500 without the alarm or anything fancy, but its enough for me to be happy with Smart Wiring - HELP!!! 5Oct 24, 2011 6:53 am Hi With a fibre to the home (FttH)solution like Opticomm (and the NBN) you don't need a modem - the service provider puts a box on the side of the house or in the garage that terminates the fibre and provides an Ethernet Internet connection. You will still need a router if you want to have more than one computer or provide a wireless signal for things in our home (laptops, iPhones etc). You can get routers at the same sort of places where you would buy a modem (JB HiF, **** Smith, office works, your local computer shop etc) - just look for a box that doesn't have a modem in it - it will have a larger Ethernet socket rather than a phone line socket. Putting in he smart wiring is a good idea, especially with FttH - it is much harder to do it once the plasterboard is up. Also, with FttH your tv and Foxtel will be delivered by the Opticomm box, so you just need a single coax cable from there to anywhere you want TV and another if you also want Foxtel at that location. The two Foxtel cables are only necessary if you have a satellite dish for Foxtel. Paul Re: Smart Wiring - HELP!!! 6Oct 24, 2011 9:54 am Thanks Paul - I am slowly getting my head around this! We already paid for somfy motors for the blinds. The quote above was purely for “pre-wiring” so the blinds company can install the motors and blinds. That’s why we… 5 16910 Shelly switches require a paid subscription for full access to all features which is ridiulous given the lifespan of a home and if you were to sell it or buy a home with… 2 4569 Hi there, long-time lurker but first time posting. I've bought a house 2 and a bit years ago and last year we had some major water damage on a converted pergola area… 0 8001 |