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Home Cinema, A/V, Lighting, Automation Build Thread/Progress Blog
- Thread starter DannyR
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Mainly alarms/CCTV, since starting my new job over a year ago I've been doing all sorts. Did the Hilton at wembley, was 3000+ data points !! As well as a 600+ door entry system.
Been doing a few projector and TV installs now and then, that's what keeps me going. Find them the most interesting nowadays. Had enough of scrabbling around in lofts running cables.
Didnt know you we're a Krone tool queen Jamie. PM me if ya want, keep this thread on topic.
Been doing a few projector and TV installs now and then, that's what keeps me going. Find them the most interesting nowadays. Had enough of scrabbling around in lofts running cables.
Didnt know you we're a Krone tool queen Jamie. PM me if ya want, keep this thread on topic.
Steve
ClioSport Club Member
ST3 8.5
Our lecture theatres are mainly extron.
Some VC units, life size are Crestron/ipad controlled.
SQ5
Used to use a few Extron products, are they doing control now? I swear they never used too, mainly just switching units etc... We used to use their mini amplifiers for boardrooms where we could just stick them in the ceiling.
Anymore progress danny?
Okay, can't wait to read more! Really enjoyed this thread so far!
Gaz_
ClioSport Club Member
Extreme mode
Awesome, a man after my own heart with all that cabling. I have the same ocd traits i feel!
I currently work in the electronic security industry, and do plenty of high end properties that with home automation. I feel its the way it will all go eventually (with regards to alarms/cctv/access etc. Its something I want to look at getting into. Trained spark by trade.
hmmm off to search...........!
I currently work in the electronic security industry, and do plenty of high end properties that with home automation. I feel its the way it will all go eventually (with regards to alarms/cctv/access etc. Its something I want to look at getting into. Trained spark by trade.
hmmm off to search...........!
Rav4
What are your thoughts on the more basic stuff such as lightwaverf?
This needs a update!
Random thought .. You should update this with some hidden TV-in-wall pics.
SQ5
Lol, that wasn't here but I'll add that on!
SQ5
UPDATE.
Well, I'm a bit unsure as to where I got to really. The house is coming along, first and second floor are nearing completion so will be able to start hanging televisions soon enough.
Lighting racks are now all wired up, finding the control loop of cables was a bit of a mission as half the house isn't built yet as the pool room has had to be taken down and rebuilt so there were open cables everywhere. Having found all those now we have our full control loop and keypads have started going on the top two floors.
Also been able to terminate plates on the top floors and clean areas on the ground floor. Anywhere where a TV is to be installed we are using a brush plate so cables can come out behind television freely with no kinks or extra joins, the ones below have been pushed into the void!
Speakers have also gone in on the top two floors, this is a Bowers & Wilkins CCM664SR speaker which is a stereo speaker in one unit, mainly used for small rooms such as bathrooms. This is the first part and then the speaker is put into the frame.
And then the final look, in a different room, using Bowers & Wilkins CCM663's.
That is as far as I've got with pictures, but most Cat6 terminations have now been done in the rack downstairs, with exception to areas that have no sockets yet due to the rooms being at a different stage, the basement has only just been plastered. We also fitted all the high level CCTV cameras during the week which are now up and running. We're now ahead of ourselves there in all honesty until the place is a little cleaner. Ideally looking to start installing equipment in the first rack so we can get the rest downstairs!
In other jobs recently, this week we fitted a 65" Panasonic plasma into a wall. The wood panel goes backwards and up and then the television moves forward flush with the wall.
C+C+Q welcome!
Well, I'm a bit unsure as to where I got to really. The house is coming along, first and second floor are nearing completion so will be able to start hanging televisions soon enough.
Lighting racks are now all wired up, finding the control loop of cables was a bit of a mission as half the house isn't built yet as the pool room has had to be taken down and rebuilt so there were open cables everywhere. Having found all those now we have our full control loop and keypads have started going on the top two floors.
Also been able to terminate plates on the top floors and clean areas on the ground floor. Anywhere where a TV is to be installed we are using a brush plate so cables can come out behind television freely with no kinks or extra joins, the ones below have been pushed into the void!
Speakers have also gone in on the top two floors, this is a Bowers & Wilkins CCM664SR speaker which is a stereo speaker in one unit, mainly used for small rooms such as bathrooms. This is the first part and then the speaker is put into the frame.
And then the final look, in a different room, using Bowers & Wilkins CCM663's.
That is as far as I've got with pictures, but most Cat6 terminations have now been done in the rack downstairs, with exception to areas that have no sockets yet due to the rooms being at a different stage, the basement has only just been plastered. We also fitted all the high level CCTV cameras during the week which are now up and running. We're now ahead of ourselves there in all honesty until the place is a little cleaner. Ideally looking to start installing equipment in the first rack so we can get the rest downstairs!
In other jobs recently, this week we fitted a 65" Panasonic plasma into a wall. The wood panel goes backwards and up and then the television moves forward flush with the wall.
C+C+Q welcome!
Bah splicing fibre is easy! 50 seconds max it can take me per splice..unless it goes wrong of course
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Danny you can get a splice machine for around 3K nowadays. (know that sounds a lot but it could open up a whole new world of things for you)
I use a FITEL S178 which is about 7K but also use some "cheap chinese crap" as some people would refer to it and they are more then capable of splicing and keeps up with my FITEL.
Obviously if you were a BT installer or similar you wouldn't use what I am.
E92 325D
That flush tv is SICK!
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
In other y, this week we fitted a 65" Panasonic plasma into a wall. The wood panel goes backwards and up and then the television moves forward flush wit
C+C+Q welcome!
Oh, my word.
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BoatNonce
ClioSport Club Member
Baller.
Herr Flick
aka Herman Ze German
Where's the sky box etc?
SQ5
The guy is like 70 odd, getting a grasp of the whole room it is a mega room! Dread to think of the cost of it, the guy doing the French polishing was there for a month!
First thing we said, the room is about 5m tall with that wall being 3.5ish! Anything smaller would of looked lost.
Plant room behind with a data/comms cabinet and AV rack.
We did the speakers yesterday, hidden behind wood panelling with grilles. Didn't get a finished picture.
SQ5
Just flicked back and can't believe how far back the last update was!
So in September the original builders fell out with the client and work halted for a month. New builders came late October to carry on.
So far outside I've got most PIR's up and all cameras possible, customer had extras wired which we now need to get too.
This week I got to get stuck in on the first/right hand rack with data and audio. So along come 10 Sonos Connect:AMPs for the internal zones. Also power distribution and individual switches for each row of Sonos Amps.
Racks also have a couple of heat extraction fans each.
In the back of this rack we have the Gira door entry equipment, TV distribution, satellite distribution and CCTV PSU.
All photos below are ones I've taken in order.
And I can finally start the second rack which is mainly AV for the lounge and cinema room.
Won't be back until next week now, but exciting starting to see it coming together now after 2.5 years ago when we were doing the drawings!
So in September the original builders fell out with the client and work halted for a month. New builders came late October to carry on.
So far outside I've got most PIR's up and all cameras possible, customer had extras wired which we now need to get too.
This week I got to get stuck in on the first/right hand rack with data and audio. So along come 10 Sonos Connect:AMPs for the internal zones. Also power distribution and individual switches for each row of Sonos Amps.
Racks also have a couple of heat extraction fans each.
In the back of this rack we have the Gira door entry equipment, TV distribution, satellite distribution and CCTV PSU.
All photos below are ones I've taken in order.
And I can finally start the second rack which is mainly AV for the lounge and cinema room.
Won't be back until next week now, but exciting starting to see it coming together now after 2.5 years ago when we were doing the drawings!
I would love to have your job!
Where the hell do people get their money from!
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
This is a domestic job isn't it? It looks like something for a large company. What is a ball park figure for this type of job?
I'm gonna hazard a guess of £50k.
SQ5
It's the most impressive we've done so spending plenty of time getting everything perfect!
Everyday I love going to work!
Selling businesses they have built up mainly, on the whole though money around this area is still nothing compared to some of the places we go in London.
Yep, completely domestic but easily on a scale of a medium size company with all the data connections! Let alone all the AV equipment.
I think we've hit £50k a long time ago. I've just found the AV schedule which doesn't include televisions but includes the Sonos, amplifiers, BluRay, HD distribution etc.... No CCTV, door entry, data distribution and that totals at £33k. That doesn't include labour as all labour is on day rate.
Its a monster job but it's going to be perfect!
SQ5
We will be using RTI, the RTI Panel app for iOS and android is brilliant
