Basement Project: Oct 4 Networking/Media Room wiring

I have decided that best spot for my wireless modem/router will always be my living room.

Unfortunately there is no phone outlet so I have decided to pre-wire one just in case I will change the providers to Bell.

From there I have run 1 cable down to the basement that will be hooked up to 8 port switch to feed up to 8 devices.

- Run total of 200ft of Cat6 cable (thanks to my friend Marcin for sponsoring me that one).

- My friend Pawel installed 5 Cat6 ports on the cable I still have to buy 3 ports Cat3 for phone, and 3 for Cat6 so he can finish hooking them up. He also helped me run the cable and provided good advice in case I drop Rogers :). Thanks Paul, and thank you for the extra wall plates.

I have pre-wired ports for future PC, Projector (just in case), and end of the room where the couches will be.

- Installed wiring for 7.1 Sound system.

- Installed HDMI cables for Projector, PC, and TV

Wiring totals:

New Cat6 Ports: 8

New Phone Ports: 3

New HDMIs 2x 25ft, + 10ft (for PC, TV and Projector) 6 ports total

New 7.1 wiring for sound

Sorted out existing Cables for Cable TV and External Antenna that had pre-existing cables I'll be installing 4 new F ports.

Time spent: 2 x 7.5 hrs= 15 hrs total (my dad was here and changing spacing from 24 OC to 16 OC for the ceiling drywall, decided to play it safe so there is no sagging over the years)

Cost: ~125 for Cat6 ports, Fports, Cable/Antenna spliters , couple wall plates, and 3 HDMI cables (Best price for HDMI cables so far I have found is at AA Electronics $20 per 25ft high speed and high quality cable, $10 for 6 ft. Also prices for wall plates and Cat6 ports and HDMI ports are best there.)

Not too interesting pictures however here is few.

Cutting drywall for new hook up.