Jake has been spending every available minute over the last two weeks running low voltage throughout the house. He has been running orange smurf tube everywhere, so that we can have a central location for all the low voltage stuff. Our friend Bruce, who did the same thing (on a larger scale) in his remodeled house helped Jake lay out the plan, lent him his awesome Hole Hawg, the must have tool for drilling large holes through thick sections of wood, and spent some time helping him drill and run the tubing. Jake has also been running speaker wire everywhere, even in the new master bathroom, so that we can have in wall speakers and some great music in the house.
We decided to put the central low voltage location on a shelf above the stairs going down to the basement. It is centrally located with a drop ceiling, making it a good choice to hold all the electronics. In the picture right above, you can see all the smurf tube terminating above the stairs. Those runs go to the TV wall in the family room, the desk in the master hallway, the master bedroom and the pantry. We also ran a line to Molly's new closet, just in case. There is also a tube to get low voltage out to the casita.
As for the speakers and tv, Jake spent time putting in blocking for the tv and blocked out some of the stud bays to provide the right size holes for the speakers. In the top picture, you can see Jake cutting studs to make the hole for the center channel over the tv. Don't worry about the wall -- the whole section is supported by a huge header!
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