Building a new house, need ideas

[thymer]

So... building a new house and as you can imagine I'm trying to think of every possibility as having a framed house with no walls yet is so enticing for running lots of cable!

Everything will be from scratch (including HS3 on a new server) although I will use a lot of the old interfaces like Zwave, RF, etc.

Items I'll be buying new -


19" rack with new gb switch, patch panels, POE injectors for new IP cameras
Thermostat x2 - not decided on brand but don't want Zwave, must be hardwired
Security System - thinking DSC
Speakers throughout the house.
lots of Cat6, RG6, speaker wire, security wire
flat panel above fireplace sunken in with all AV equipment in separate closet with IR repeater.

Soooo... any input on the stats and security panel? Anything you can think of that you'd love to do if your walls were wide open?

Thanks!!!

[Steve Q]

Building a new house, need ideas

Don't forget temperature sensors. Try to hide them.

Steve Q



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[thymer]

Don't forget temperature sensors. Try to hide them.

Steve Q



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Good call, 1-wire opportunity there for sure.

[prsmith777]

One thing I'd like to do if I had the opportunity is hardwired stealth motion detectors in every room. Maybe ones that are built into the walls or ceiling, but still accessible in case they fail.

It would be awesome to have lights turn on and off throughout the house in real time as you walk around. You could have music and announcements follow you around as well.

[thymer]

One thing I'd like to do if I had the opportunity is hardwired stealth motion detectors in every room. Maybe ones that are built into the walls or ceiling, but still accessible in case they fail.

It would be awesome to have lights turn on and off throughout the house in real time as you walk around. You could have music and announcements follow you around as well.

Nice idea and the wired motion sensors are cheaper than wireless (except the x10 ones of course) and never have to get battery changes! On the list!

[thymer]

bump. Come on guys, I know there's something that I'm missing. hardwired motion, 1-wire. Cat6/speakers for future outdoor pool area, maybe floor pressure sensors on the stringers under the floor for occupancy? Not sure how well they work with tile/hardwood floors though...

[Mountainman]

I suggest installing electrical conduit in the drywall in each room for adding wiring after you start living in the house. One end would go to a gang box in the room and the other end would go to a hidden connecting area such as the attic, wiring closet, or a machine room. It should be possible to run a cable from any room to another other room when you are done. Multiple large conduits should be installed in parallel for areas where cables might aggregate from multiple rooms.

When you install the conduit, you can heat it and bend it with a pipe bender. Bend the pipe with sweeping curves to make it easy to thread cables through it without damaging them. For conduit on exterior walls that goes into the attic, bending it inward will make it easy to access when you need it someday. Cover the ends of the pipes with duct tape during construction to prevent insulation and debris from entering them. Use electrical conduit and not plumbing conduit so the walls will be smooth.

[Mountainman]

When your doorbell wiring is installed, be sure you can get to the wires so this sensor can be connected to HomeSeer! I overlooked this one...

[jgary]

bump. Come on guys, I know there's something that I'm missing. hardwired motion, 1-wire. Cat6/speakers for future outdoor pool area, maybe floor pressure sensors on the stringers under the floor for occupancy? Not sure how well they work with tile/hardwood floors though...

I have some Sure Action Pulsor Stress Sensors that have been working for 15 years. One is installed under Hardwood flooring in the kitchen, one on the back steps, and one on the front porch. The are connected to the Sure Action 212 Processor. They work great. You adjust the sensitivity you want so the cat or dog does not set it off but a person will. I purchased mine from iAutomate. I highly recommend this product after using it 15 years. They are often installed in boats etc.

[Texsun]

Wire for IP cameras everywhere you think you may ever want one.

[Mario23]

Check out this thread from last year. Lots of good info. I'm still in the build process right now but check back in there all the time.
http://board.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=155428

I know its been said but run more wire than you need at all turns. The focus of my project has been the wiring closet so there's alot of info about powering that and outfitting with all the required components. Take advantage of your build and make some changes you always wanted...now's the time.

[TomTom]

Agree with the ideas above. I pretty much renovated the entire house so most of the wall were down at one point.
Run at least 3-4 more cat5 cables to rooms and living areas than you need.

The conduit idea is great(use large diameter ones) or you can "make your" on conduit by adding another 2x4 between the studs that run 16in on center. The added 2x4 could be put 8-12in from the previous stud. Essentially making a large "conduit" - great for limitless running of future wiring.

Add gang boxes to the exterior wall of the house(all conners) so that you can get cable in and out of the house in case you need it(camera, additional control sprinkler, beam sensors, moisture sensors, weather gauges, etc). There gang boxes on the exterior would connected by conduit running into attic. Same for the interior garage wall in case add water softener, or other equipment there later).

lot of thinking ahead...but will be worth it.

good luck

[TomTom]

Oh one other thing - I went with ademco/vista panel instead of dsc. Just because I found a lot more info(off this site) about the panel and expansion parts were cheaper. You will need to pay for the plugin since its not a homeseer included plugin. But support for the ademco plugin is EXCELLENT here!

[thymer]

Great ideas everyone!! This is one of the PIR's im looking at for showers, closets, etc. (shower turns the exhaust fan on). I'm using MS13's throughout the old house now, looking forward to hardwired!

http://www.homesecuritystore.com/p-8...m_campaign=pla

Also have one of these on order, everything possible will be rack mount in the new network closet.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121152822797...84.m1497.l2649