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Fallschirmjager · 2006-01-12 23:03:16

fellow modders, lend me your drilling expertise over the christmas i have almost completed the wiring of my living room for wall mounted speakers for my soon to be bought HTPC. wiring inslide the plaster walls was a pain in my arse, and the odd wall looks like something out of black hawk down, but a qiuck splash of filler…

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13-01-2006 12:03am

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Fallschirmjager

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fellow modders, lend me your drilling expertise

over the christmas i have almost completed the wiring of my living room for wall mounted speakers for my soon to be bought HTPC.

wiring inslide the plaster walls was a pain in my arse, and the odd wall looks like something out of black hawk down, but a qiuck splash of filler and it will be grand.

however i have a BUILDING QUESTION

i also need to run cat 6 cable from downtairs to upstairs. here is the question (and excuse my building ignorance)

if i poke the cable behind the plaster board, and using metal fish tape to push it thru, when i get the the ceiling, do builders run wooden supports around the edge that i would need to drill thru? sorry about how i worded this but my building experience is pretty horrible. i checked google but i an not sure the US site i refernced are safe enough for how houses are built here.

i am hoping to drive the cable into the attic and drop it back down inside the plasterboard walls upstairs.

anyone tried this and know the answer before i begin this mammoth task. i could drill outside and up but i want to avoid this if i can.

also i do need cat6, wireless wont suffice for what i need.

anyone got an suggestions?

thanks

fj

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#2 13-01-2006 12:56am
mad m

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Try posting here for answers to your question:http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=116

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#3 13-01-2006 11:11am
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cool dude but as of this morning i got my answer...and unfortunately yes it does...so i will have to chomp out a good piece of plaster board to dripp the hole..

thanks for replying tho

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#4 13-01-2006 11:12am
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afaik there is wood behind the plasterboard between storeys in a house, it is very fiddley to get a wire from attic to livingroom, it would take you ages.

What type of network traffic you using (streaming video/dvds/music)??? if soi would definitly recommend cat6, gigabit is so much better and smoother then 100meg. after changing to gigabit id never go back. wireless is usually useless for streaming video

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#5 13-01-2006 12:03pm
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STP if you're running it by any power leads - or just in general. Will be hardwer to crimp, and you'll need STP heads aswell as patch leads and wall sockets etc.

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