Building a Smart Home? (Here's What You Should Do)

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If you're building a smart home from the ground up then you'll want to know how to build it just right so you can maximize your features and minimize your costs. There are some simple things you can do when you're building a new home that will make building your smart home easy and efficient, so today that's what I'm going to show you as I walk through this new build home tour during construction.
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@BrianNaeem Жыл бұрын

The only thing I would change about this is use a real patch panel, those media centers are good for small installs or coax runs, but for a large install like this, a real rack mount patch panel is the best, you can even buy high density models that give you 48 ports in 1u instead of 2

@brucenator930 Жыл бұрын

I always recommend extra RG6 coax to tv's. Some people may home run for (xbox ,playstation, bluetooth, one Directv receiver with IR for whole house) using 4K SDI boxes for long runs. Never use long HDMI cables over 6ft. they dont last long. Plus 16 gage speaker cable everywhere to a home run use a SONO's port with amp receiver. Wireless speakers suck.....

@toomanymarys7355 4 ай бұрын

HDMI over CAT6 exists.

@nicholasreetz4924 Жыл бұрын

Very good advice. Contrary to popular belief, everything is not wireless, and many things that can be, shouldn't be if you have the option to hard wire them. Nice work by the integrator.

@GeorgeLangabeer Жыл бұрын

Great video! Very useful info for people building a home.

@BrandonDoyleMN Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! We will have more content like this coming soon

@freelancerridoy Жыл бұрын

Nice Video Sir 😍🥰😘

@conradtona1882 4 ай бұрын

One thing I could have done a better was run conduit under the concrete and up into the walls from the basement of our home prior to pouring cement to shorten up my hardwire runs. Would have made my life so much easier in our 3 story home. It would have been so easy to do

@chipross4783 5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for the tips. I am almost ready for sheet rock looking for someone that does this Wi-Fi security install in the Neosho Missouri Joplin area not sure if you have any connections but would be thankful. Thank you for the video awesome

@BrandonDoyleMN 5 ай бұрын

I recommend finding a CEDIA member in your area, alternatively if you know which system you want to use you could go to their site and look up local dealers

@conradtona1882 4 ай бұрын

Matt Montgomery of Tym Homes in Utah has a great online book how to pre-wire your home

@mrprfct7069 11 ай бұрын

The problem with new builds is that the builders want $250 per Ethernet drop. I’ll run my own Ethernet when the house is done instead. I realize I won’t get cat6 everywhere but that’s why wifi is there. $250 per drop is theft.

@BrandonDoyleMN 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, that is a lot but might be more expensive after the fact. I'd check to see what the cost is to run additional lines to the same location. Having 2 or 3 jacks compared to just 1 is really nice, and should only cost the length of the wire, since they get pulled simultaneously

@mrprfct7069 10 ай бұрын

@@BrandonDoyleMN it’s the same price. $250 per drop no matter what. Again, I’ll do my own later. It’s cheaper. Maybe a little more effort but I’ll take pictures of framing and mark my locations from the attic or I’ll sneak in after insulation before Sheetrock and put my low voltage outlets. These guys wanted $15k for a 400 amp service 😂. I am hiring an electrician to prewire after their electrician for about 25% of cost . He knows exactly how these builders work but he also knows the actual electrician who’s contracted to do the work. It’s a game, just gotta know how to play it.

@BrandonDoyleMN 10 ай бұрын

@@mrprfct7069 if you’re able to get it done before Sheetrock yourself that’d be awesome, totally worth the cost of the cabling

@mrprfct7069 10 ай бұрын

@@BrandonDoyleMN that’s the plan. Timing it just right. I would have paid the builder but the cost was outrageous. Multiple electricians told me not to do it. But we have a local guy who we used for our other properties that will gladly “prewire” just in time and put a blank plate. It will pass inspection as well.

@daniellukyanov1 2 ай бұрын

@@mrprfct7069How did this plan work out for you?

@JessieMHadaller 3 ай бұрын

Not 5 minutes in and I’m already seeing a couple issues. 1) you do not run Ethernet, directly parallel with power. 2) the overall vibe with the ‘tech’ is just not it. 3) installing boxes lower down is not a convenience.. it’s going to take a similar amount of work and effort to move it up or down. 4) the cables are already too short in the distribution panel. Even if they actually tried to bring it into a floor standing rack it would be extremely tight or not possible due to the length. Seeing the work done by this company, I would not hire them. Not an issue, but something I would have done, is installed the control4 lighting. Everything connects to a centralized lighting controller, and you use the button pads, touch screens, and apps to control it.

@DGYtown 11 ай бұрын

What’s your full time job?

@BrandonDoyleMN 11 ай бұрын

Real estate agent here in MN

@gecko2573 4 ай бұрын

you still need to add the bricks to this house

@BrandonDoyleMN 4 ай бұрын

This was filmed awhile ago, I haven’t driven by to see if the home is complete but it’d be fun to do another tour. I reached out to the company that gave us access to see if we can film there again