[ale] Future-proofing a house for networking -- what to run?

Pete Hardie pete.hardie at gmail.com
Mon Sep 11 12:31:46 EDT 2017


On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 12:25 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> Rigid steel conduit is a great sheetrock screw deterrent! Otherwise use
> the steel plate protection over the soft conduit stud hole.
>

​Not in all cases.​


​About a year after I moved into my current house​, I walked into the
dining room and fund the carpet drenched.  The powder room cold water line
had developed a leak.  Post mortem determined that the baseboard installer
had punched a nail through the baseboard, the sheetrock, the metal
protective plate, and into the copper pipe.  One year of rust later and
voila!



> On Mon, 2017-09-11 at 11:17 -0400, Joey Kelly wrote:
>
> On 09/11/17 10:03, Phil Turmel wrote:
>
>
> Hi Derek,
>
> I haven't had fully open studs to work with, but an unfinished basement
> and an attic will do if you are willing to p
>
>
>
> I have. Beware the sheetrock guys.
>
> --Joey
>
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