[plug] wiring a house

[Bernd Felsche]

Mike Holland <myk.list at westnet.com.au> writes:
>Ari Finander wrote:

>> if I go with my wife's DIY spirit and try and do this ourselves,
>> are there any good guides to doing this in the double brick and
>> tile sorts of homes built in Perth in the late 70's?

>The good news is that you have a nice roof-space to run the cables.
>The bad news is that its really hard to drop them through brick walls.

>To get down the gap between the double-bricks of the outer wall,
>you need to get up on a ladder and remove roof tiles.

Or at least in the narrow space immediately above the cavity.

>The inner walls almost certainly have no conduits, so you need to
>gouge a hole from ceiling to outlet, put in cable, fill, plaster
>and paint. Thats how they build 'em.

>The solution is to drop the cables from the ceiling into a wardrobe

One solution, Grasshopper.

>or other cupboard. (late 70s - has built-ins?)
>Or discretely behind a door in the corner. Just remember to get beige
>cables, not blue :-)

If you're going to wire non-Austel :-) why not put the RJ45 socket
in a ceiling-mounted "wall-plate"? You can then choose a decor-
compatible cat 5/6 cable for the drop.
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