Network ports throughout the house = why not.
Prewire for whole house audio = might as well.
So it started this past weekend, thanks to Brian Thomas of CopperDrop (thanks to John LoPicollo for setting me up with him). 100ft of home theater cables, 500 ft. of 2+2 wire bundle (the green stuff below = 2 cable + 2 cat5 for data/phone). 1000 ft. of cat5 for audio control and 1000 ft. of speaker wire (or more, still need to do the second floor). Good thing we have a real crawl space! And praises to the guy who invented auger bits, probably a relative of the inventor of the sawsall. But a wireless drill - even a 19.2volt - can handle about 5 joists before a recharge. And the batteries don't charge in that time. But probably just as well. . . the shoulders and elbows can only handle some much torque at a time.
The cable, phone and internet will be distributed from a panel in the closet under the stairs (green cable in the first pic below). The whole-house audio will be handled from the same cabinet that will hold the home theater in the living room (1/4 way there in the second pic below). Oh, and i waited for the electrician to do most of his stuff on the first floor (third pic below) so I wouldn't get in his way.
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