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Thx @Whoaru99 I’ll buy the cable. @tangent do you have an opinion on camera placement? I’m all in at this point. Nothing to lose.

That cable is 2x as expensive as the cat 6. I just checked my second tv box (wireless) and it doesn’t even have a coax in plug. Again, coaxial is strictly for cable tv like directv dish etc correct? That’s the only reason I would need coaxial?

For coaxial cable, should I run from TV#1 location (where main box will be) to TV#2, #3, #4, etc location? Or from CWP to TV#1, then another to TV#2, etc etc?

Also, would you do recessed lights on the tongue and groove area on main entrance? I can wire for them tomorrow before they finish installing it. Planned on having 2 lights on each side of front door. Not sure how the recessed would look there, or if they would serve any purpose. Can always wire...

There will be stairs leading to front door (obviously). Not there yet.

Yep, leaving plenty of slack on those staples. It’s what I had on hand so that’s why I used them @tangent. The holes through trusses was a noob mistake that cost me $300 for engineering fees. Inspector said it was a big no-no so I had to get an engineer come and measure holes and distance etc...

It’ll all look better once drywall is in, lol. Joking aside, I’ll take pics tomorrow am

@tangent can you please clarify the purpose of these cat6 locations (with red question mark) please? The one on first floor bonus room I was going to use as an AP. Cheers!!

Where would you put access points? I was thinking pantry (2nd floor) and wet bar (in bonus room first floor). I have a couple ubiquity unifi lite AP’s. Wet bar will be in corner of bonus room adjacent to garage. This is pantry’s new location. Already have a cat 6 run to each.

Hmm. Because of insulation? You’re probably right. Poor choice on my part. I was going to do 2 inches of closed spray in walls. I’ll make sure that bay gets 4 inches. Equipment will be limited to an AVR, one 12 channel amp and an Nvidia Shield. I’m willing to rewire speakers. At this point...

Ah, makes sense. I’m not sure about max distance between user and avr if using IR, but I don’t have anything near where I could put the avr, except third floor attic room. I had something like this in mind. I could hide, or display it (with a glass door).

I haven’t given the camera selection much thought to be honest. Most cameras will be mounted on a wall, so I figured a bullet style camera would be more appropriate? Can those domes be mounted on walls or just ceilings?

Yes it does. Why do you ask, for the alarm system? Garage man door is also outswing.

Not sure I’m following. I need the AVR to be next to the TV so that I can use the remote to turn volume up and down, etc.

Stupid question, that coax cable, what is it for? TV? Around here, DirecTV installs a main box somewhere in the house and the rest work wireless. Do I still need to run coax cable if that’s the case?

Those wires under the stairs are speaker wires

The lack of answers is worrying me! Hopefully I didn’t mess up too bad.

This is what you requested @tangent. First an aerial pic of my lot before house construction began. Then areas where I was planning on putting cameras (and direction) and lights. The lights on the side of the house next to garage man door will be sensor lights, unless you think those are a bad...

Everything went well today, I think. Pulled 4 sets of cat6 to the AV receiver area, one extra in case one fails. So two connections for the NAS to AVR and 2 connections for the Internet. Did the same with master bedroom and second bedroom. Those 2 rooms are very close to the CWP so it was worth...

Btw I think I read cat 6 can’t be near big equipment like furnaces so that’s why that closet was not chosen.

I started pulling cat 6 wcable. Decided on the bonus/attic room as the cwp. Pulling 2 different cables to every room where a TV could possibly be located. One for internet and one to the NAS. Is this the way to go? Skipping bathrooms, laundry room. Might use garage as a gym/wood shop so I will...

Under the stairs: that’s where my receiver/tv box/blu Ray player will be. I decided to go with an open stairs look so I could put the TV under them. So that’s a no-go. The furnace will be on the bottom-right edge of the garage. It is hard to work in that area. Pulling cables to and from that...

Here’s the floor plan Closet I was talking about is pointed with an arrow on first pic. Bonus/attic room is on the third level and not the one labeled bonus room in floor plan. Trusses are 22” apart. Why do I need to make a closet if this will be my own personal space? To hide cables? You...

@tangent how do you feel about a linen closet in a 3rd bathroom for the central wiring thing? The way I understand it, here is where the routers/modems/switches and a bunch of cables will be located correct? I just don’t know where else to put it other than here, garage or bonus/attic room. And...

I know. But I really think it’s important for security where I live. I’ll just put conduit and deal with it later.

I’m kind of getting things now. I think. What do you think of using the garage as where cables will terminate? That is the closest place and least cable runs. But as I understand it, modem/router/switches have to be in that location as well.

In the event of a disaster, would you want to be able to open a gate with a remote/power or is this really not necessary? I ask because I can either trench the gate to the shop (closer/cheaper) or to the house, and it could be powered by solar (eventually).

Does a switch need electricity or is it fed by PoE?

I also want some kind of intercom for the gate.