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

[Pete Hardie]

On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> OUCH!!!!
>
> Yeah. That's why conduit behind the baseboard is a bad idea. 2" finishing
> nail from an air nailer and it's lights out.
>
> The typical height for a power socket works as does 6-12" above them. That
> avoids most normal plumbing installs, water, sewer, gas, and HVAC.
>

​But if you are moving up/down, you gotta cross the floor somewhere
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> On Mon, 2017-09-11 at 12:31 -0400, Pete Hardie wrote:
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> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 12:25 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Rigid steel conduit is a great sheetrock screw deterrent! Otherwise use
> the steel plate protection over the soft conduit stud hole.
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>
> Not in all cases.
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>
> 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!
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> On Mon, 2017-09-11 at 11:17 -0400, Joey Kelly wrote:
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> On 09/11/17 10:03, Phil Turmel wrote:
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> 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
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> I have. Beware the sheetrock guys.
>
> --Joey
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