
If all goes well, this summer I'll be building a new house. I've owned a few houses before, some of them built in the 1920s and 30s, and full of all the charm and quirks of an old house, and a couple that were pretty new, with the lack of craftsmanship and imagination that's typical in most new construction in the USA today. But this time I'm building a custom home, just to my specifications, so I can have whatever features I want, limited only by my imagination (and budget). I'd like to integrate some home automation features into the house, and include wiring for future expansion.
Needles to say:
1. Empty pipes for future cables
2. Empty pipes for future cables
3. Empty pipes for future cables
The futute is hard to predict,
but if there is empty pipes in the walls to every room.
Everything becomes easy (think 20 years in the future!).
A good house lives 50-100 years!!!!