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When you've stripped a house down to it's studs, you might as well make the most of it. So before any new drywall went up, we complely strung the house with new wiring AND phone, internet, and cable. Now that the walls have been up for (wa!? a year almost?!, . . crap) well it was time to get those items working.

Since we used the same CAT5e for everything and forgot to label it in the first place, it had to be re-identified. A AA battery and digital multimeter will do the trick, but it means a lot of walking back and forth. Once properly labeled, therecivers in the rooms got punched down.

And snapped in.

Then all we had to do was clip on some ethernet heads and plug-em in. The incoming phone lines can now be removed from the outside of the house, the line interface and line can be moved to a more suitable location, a proper antenna or even cable is now routed to every bed and living room, and with the addition of an ethernet switch, internet in every room (except bathrooms and kitchens--that's what wireless is for).

a salvaged moment

Its easy to gloss over the smaller accomplishments when the whole project is so big, but I want this blog to be the best record possible.

As part of the rot repair 2 years ago, our dining room floor got ripped out rather rudely.

This is what it looked like when we moved in:

Conveniently, enough other parts of the floor were removed to piece back together this one lucky section. After painstakingly picking through the ripped up floorboards we had enough to refloor the dining room. Some are different thicknesses, all have different finishes, and the lengths are very random. Though this section might be a little odd compared to the 20ft lengths in the adjacent walkway, we feel it is the best way to keep the original materials in the house. Hopefully it will blend right in after a little sanding.

installing:

Done for now: