[ale] Future-proofing a house for networking -- what to run?

[Jim Kinney]

OUCH!!!!
Yeah. That's why conduit behind the baseboard is a bad idea. 2"
finishing nail from an air nailer and it's lights out.
The typical height for a power socket works as does 6-12" above them.
That avoids most normal plumbing installs, water, sewer, gas, and HVAC.
On Mon, 2017-09-11 at 12:31 -0400, Pete Hardie wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 12:25 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Rigid steel conduit is a great sheetrock screw deterrent! Otherwise
> > use the steel plate protection over the soft conduit stud hole. 
> 
> Not in all cases. 
> 
> About a year after I moved into my current house, I walked into the
> dining room and fund the carpet drenched.  The powder room cold water
> line had developed a leak.  Post mortem determined that the baseboard
> installer had punched a nail through the baseboard, the sheetrock,
> the metal protective plate, and into the copper pipe.  One year of
> rust later and voila!
> 
> 
> > On Mon, 2017-09-11 at 11:17 -0400, Joey Kelly wrote:
> > > On 09/11/17 10:03, Phil Turmel wrote:
> > > > Hi Derek,
> > > > 
> > > > I haven't had fully open studs to work with, but an unfinished
> > > > basement
> > > > and an attic will do if you are willing to p
> > > 
> > > I have. Beware the sheetrock guys.
> > > 
> > > --Joey
> > > 
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