HairyLeg
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What type of construction are the internal walls?I'm looking for some advice please! We are in the middle of a complete renovation of a large 4 bed house with attached 2 bed annexe. floor plan below, floor space approx 280m2.
This project is requiring a complete rewire, due to start mid june.
We currently have Vodafone ISP on their fibre2 rate- this is coming in via copper but we are literally 10m from the box to getting speeds of 80mbps.
The main house (lounge and hall on floor plan below) has thick granite walls. the rest of the walls are block.
I am looking for advice about how best to achieve total coverage for the house. I've been looking at lots of options but I'm not sure what would be best bearing in mind the current work being done on the house (running new cables everywhere so no major bother to add in cat6 cable too).
The router will be located in the lounge.
My electrician was suggesting powerline. Would this be the best option to extend wifi to the whole property?
At the moment will be running the annexe and house on main internet, long term (5 years+ down the line) may run the annexe as a holiday let so would look at getting their own connection).
Any advice would be really appreciated, as the house is a complete building site, would like to make the most of it and run cables if this will be the best system but just not sure what system to use with this!
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Stud partitions or brick/block work. If they are stud partitions (ie. timber frames with plasterboard fascia) is there any internal thermal insulation like Celotex/Kingspan PIR board? (this is the stuff that has Aluminium outer jacket) or Rockwool type fibre rolls??
Answer to these questions will have a direct impact on how effective any type of Wifi solution might be and ultimately how many WAP's (Wireless Access Points) you might need. If the internal walls are uninsulated studs then 2 quality ceiling mounted WAP's downstairs and 1 ceiling mounted upstairs will be sufficient to cover the building footprint.
If you are going to put ethernet cables in then go with Cat.6a from the outset. It's not your problem whether they are easy or difficult to terminate, its your electrical contractors job and to provide you with a test certificate on completion. Likely you'd only need two or three (office, behind the infotainment system) and they would be terminated into RJ45 wall plates or socket outlets
It's fun reading posters spend other peoples budget with *** abandon though
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