If you’ve decided to renovate then you’ve obviously thought about the home you want, but have you also thought about the wiring?
Once walls come down offers the best time to not only upgrade the quality of your home’s wiring, but just what it will support going forward. But it takes a little bit of planning to get it right.
Plan
Plot the position of electrical outlets, lighting, and wiring for smart devices by plotting them on your house plan in partnership with your home technology professional. Getting it right before walls go up again avoids costly fix ups later.
Hybrid home
You may think contemporary homes can cut the cable, but you’ll use both wired and wireless technology—wired for performance and security, wireless for convenience and flexibility. Even wireless needs robust, high speed wiring to routers to work effectively from every room in your home.
Your changing needs
No doubt smart home technologies are already on your agenda, but future proofing your home means it can easily adapt. To children, to working from home, to clean energy storage & charging, to outdoor entertainment, or to new technologies.
Extra power
Constantly changing technology puts pressure on your home’s energy too. Discuss what options you have for advanced wiring systems & controls with your home technology professional.
Control
Everything in your home can be programmed, monitored and controlled, often remotely, to achieve both convenience and energy efficiency. Systems vary from the downright simple to the very complex and are best done earlier rather than later.
Security & Privacy
Smart surveillance cameras both inside and outside your home come with software and hardware options that need careful planning. The same goes for digital security and planning for the best standards at home should be a priority.
Use the Quick Guide to Smart Wired as your first starting point.