Customer had 4 Unifi repeaters and a dream machine router and the network was struggling. Replaced all 4 Unifi repeaters with hardwired access points(2 in wall, and 2 in-ceiling, also hardwired 3 apple TVs. 3 story home, no crawlspace. Existing CAT5e Ethernet drops were missing, but I kept his wiring structured and ran all of the Ethernet back to the smart panel in the closet. This job took less than a week. Day one was figuring out a trunk path from the 3rd floor to the 1st floor panel. Then the path for the access points. Next were the TVs. Longest run was the first floor family room since it had to fish from the family to the 2nd floor master bedroom wall, then to the 3rd floor attic, then to the other side of the 3rd floor attic back down a bedroom wall, to the garage ceiling, and finally routed to the low voltage smart panel under the stairs in a closet on the first floor. Every wire took a similar route, just shorter. All access holes are covered by blank plates, most of this was done with my Apple vision, 3ft flex bits, and fish rods /fish tape. Customer is happy. Access points are evenly spaced for coverage and all TVs are hardwired.
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I need to see a video of this job. It's hard to comprehend how you fished all this.
I’ll start my YouTube channel.
You may be joking but I would definitely watch this. This looks like it was a particularly difficult install. Hope it paid well for the effort.
Yes totally worth it- ok I’ll make a complete episode
I would for sure watch it.
A lot of standing and staring at walls. And looking around for tools
Ha no I get it. I mean obviously edit it down but people would love to see the process you do. How you plan the route, execute it, and finish up etc.
Ok I will show my decision making - I’ll start talking out loud.
Hah same!
I think they used a screw to… gore out the cavity for the box.
You're the guy who does the VR stuff sometimes with the Apple googles, right? Love your posts.
I need a you in NW ATL.
Yes 😂
And in Raleigh, NC area :-)
Yeah, i moved ~6 months ago and this house has 2-3 big challenges. It does have pretty good RG6 infrastructure, and a little Cat5e/6, but needs a fair amount more.
I knew it was u/southrncadillac by the second pic
Lol thanks
nice work!
Thank you!
u/southrncadillac what's your approach for AP ceiling mounts that penetrate drywall straight into an attic? I'm about to do one and my current plan is a round ceiling box and a patch cable into the attic that i can seal around and replace as needed (patch cable attaching to a keystone nearby). I for sure don't want an open drywall hole due to having loose insulation and needing the wire to rotate and cram back in and I can't tell if you're just using the low frames or something else. Seems like there should be something more simple - thanks for any advice and I love your posts!
...PS for anyone trying to do drops themselves, those glow rod things he uses are AMAZING. Klein has some at HD but I got these https://mbausa.com/cz30l-creep-zit-30ft-glow and https://mbausa.com/wet-noodle and it made some really awkward retrofit drops a breeze.
Name of the green laser? I could really use one of those.
Just a laser level from Amazon
How does this apple vision work?
Check out my other posts- it allows me to setup 3D reference points
Incredibly instructive. Thank you.
I'm pretty decent in commercial settings but I'm not great in residential unless there is an attic. You need to come do my house in az.
Yea resi is full of mistakes waiting to happen
Welcome - it’s my passion
Who/What should I look for in my area to have something like this done? I have a 2 story townhouse that has no centralized networking run and I'd like to explore maybe setting up something like this.
Ethernet retrofit
Where are you located u/theangryintern ?
Minneapolis/St. Paul area
Just a bit outside of our service area… Eastern TN and surrounding states.
That’s cute you think a Unifi install is complete 🙃. There will always be more work and upgrades to be done! Nice work btw!
Thanks- always something new with Unifi - I like their style
Really well done, especially packing it neatly into that tiny enclosure. I think I would have just given up and purchased a Dream Wall instead.
Yea, I still haven’t installed a dream wall yet
So no drywall cut?
Only a few locations, but covered by blank plates. I usually need one at outlet height.
Where are you located u/southerncadillac ?
Charlotte Nc
Out of curiosity, how much would a service like this cost? Excluding the UniFi hardware.
$5k depends but depends on the size of the home and route complications
Got it thanks!
Welcome