Recabling the flex room media cabinet
This is a dress rehearsal for the main event, when I will be pulling 24 CAT6 runs through a 2" conduit from the attic into the garage.
Under the flex room, in the crawlspace, where the conduit will go
Hole drilled up into the subfloor, behind the fireplace
No creatures found. Big composite beams though.
Conduit fed upward into the space behind the fireplace
Strapping the conduit to the floor joists
Running around the exterior edges so it won't interfere with any insulation work in the future
Feeding the other end into the garage near the server rack
Filling the gap around the conduit with intumescent foam. Spilled a bunch.
Cut a hole in the wall, installed mounting ring, and pulled up the end of the conduit
Cut a hole in the garage wall to accept a plastic box
Rigged up a new construction box with an integrated conduit holder
Pushed a fish tape through
Attached to the bundle of cables and started the pull/push
Note: 4 CAT6 and 2 RG6 runs is actually too many for a 3/4" conduit. Would not recommend that many cables, it was very hard to get through even with tons of cable pulling lube
Eventually pulled the cables all the way through
Terminated the box in the garage
Terminated the box in the flex room. Now every device has its own dedicated network run and no more little switch needed
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on 2012-03-14.