Installing Home Network Wiring in a Friend's New Build House - An In-Depth Look

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This video has been in the works for a long time where I install full home network wiring in a friend's new build house. We will be running CAT6 cabling to several rooms, installing access points on the ceilings and terminating everything in a rack including a full UniFi setup with UniFi 6 Lite access points, a UDM-Pro router and a USW 16 PoE switch.

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:55 - DOG!
01:25 - A look at the existing install
06:10 - The initial plan
12:34 - Hardware we'll be using
27:09 - Figuring out cable routes
30:37 - Slight change of plan
40:13 - Installing the conduit
50:50 - Installing pattresses and trunking
1:01:08 - Running the cables
1:07:58 - Installing faceplates and keystone jacks
1:13:31 - Dealing with the existing network cables
1:16:49 - A faulty cable
1:20:12 - Typical builder's network wiring
1:22:05 - Fitting out the cabinet
1:23:37 - First power up
1:23:56 - Completed home network tour
1:26:53 - Conclusion

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This is a super long video however there are timestamps in the description and video seek bar to help you find parts that you are interested in.

camerongray
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Honestly struggle to find any channels which cover these kinds of setups that I am so interested in, let alone one that does it at such a good standard, with so much great information. Great job mate! Keep up the amazing content!

rayantooke
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I love the differences between UK/ US low voltage wiring equipment. The wall boxes are the most interesting! Really enjoyed this video, great job all around on the install. You handled the unexpected challenges well and the end product is very professional.

pealock
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Done this in my new build property. When I was fitting my LVT flooring downstairs I pulled the skirtings off to fit the flooring underneath. When I had them off I ran the cabling behind the skirtings from the ONT box and up through the soil stack in downstairs WC, straight up into the loft. I ran additional cables too for future proofing.

dblanche
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I loved it when you opened the cabinet and then randomly a cute doggy head with extremely floppy ears just appeared 😀 I bet those tickled when they brushed against your arm!

SproutyPottedPlant
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Cool. I did this in a house with dot and dab walls taking a lot of inspiration from your flat install. I did Cat6A cable for some future proofing (probably overkill). Wanted to run conduit but only 7mm cavity between the plasterboard and blockwork which is only just enough for the cable I used. Only thing I wish I did differently was use metal back boxes screwed into the blockwork instead of drywall backboxes which are more prone to breaking and give a less neat appearance.

gpk
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Fantastic job, your planning of everything is brilliant. Just wish you’d done all these videos before I wired my house

martuk
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Really enjoy the home networking videos. Gave me the confidence to do my own home network, the circular chipboard access covers were a godsend. Just wish I had the money now for a UDM-Pro!

xxdigiital
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Just moved into a new build myself and had the electrician run CAT6 throughout the property which terminate under the stairs where my cabinet is. I’m also using UDM PRO SE with one U6-LR.

Great video and gives a solid understanding to see how one would approach running some additional networking runs!

dankitch
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Fun project just finishing a similar project re wire / central heating re install, managed to re use some the old copper water pipes for audio/network cable runs, result!

paulhyland
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Nice work Cameron, tidy job and well thought out.

ted-b
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That's a brilliant install, nice work!

Nevexo
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Nice to see how you’ve done this, when I fun long flexible conduit runs I put a draw wire in (some 1.5 singles work well) before pulling the conduit into the walls/floors then you don’t have to struggle with all the conduit bends.

skreechy
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Great video as always dude. Your attention to detail always amazes me. I’m in a similar position to you where doing things like this isn’t my “day job”, but I get a good kick out of it so am more than happy to do it for friends and family. A piece of advise on the flexicon - if you use either a fish tape or rope pulled through with a bolt and magnet before installing it in the wall, it can make pulling cables through in one go possible. I appreciate that it’s not always going to work, but has helped me a few times :)

JoeRKsChannel
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Ive just run cat 6 in my new build. What I did was drill out a 45mm hole out of the integrated garage. Ran a 45mm pipe from the outside into loft. All network cables fed through there and then from the loft they dropped down into the respective areas. Didn’t have too much destruction or disruption to the existing walls internally.

karzolia
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For flexible conduit - wrap the end of the cable with a load of tissue so it’s tight in the conduit, then put a vacuum cleaner on the other end to suck it through. It works!

mattmanslim
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Just done something similar myself in a older house though, luckily we’re fully renovating, so the solid walls weren’t too much of an issue. Ran almost 700M of cable so far with another 300M or so t go. In total about 60-70 points. It’s way over kill but after only doing 8 in my last house and wishing I had more, I’ve gone overkill.

Oh and added 4 fibre runs too

isaaclee-mort
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Great job. My new build was a nightmare to run cables as I was up against brick walls. I'm still yet to find a nice solution for the wires coming out the ceiling to run across the wall under my stairs to the cab. That black sheath maybe the nicest thing I've seen, just need to work out how to make it fit with what I have

wvziccardi
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42:10 Just as a tip I have seen people use a bit of twine with some tissue paper tied to one end and then using a vacuum to pull it all the way through the conduit so you have a pull string/tab then when you pull the cables through also pull another another bit of string with it so you have a pull string so later someone can use that to pull additional cables down the road! ❤

JerrodLandon
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Why new builds don't put network cables in all rooms is beyond me without the drywall it will be quick and pennies to do

PabloTBrave