Barndominium/Shop or "real" House?

[ETD66SS]

What is the advantage of running the conduit without any wire in it? Why not install the wire now, even if it's not connected to anything.

For the main coax coming into the building and all the way to the low voltage panel where the cable modem will be located, I'm not allowed to install that wire. Spectrum requires the installer to do that with the coax they supply.

The rest of the conduit is for CAT6 cable, but I am not ready to pull yet, still have to figure out where I want all the network ports in the various rooms.

The plan is to get the larger conduit run to areas of the attic, then use 1" or 3/4" conduit down the walls from the top plate to the boxes. his way in the future if I ever want to replace the CAT6 cable I am not using a coat hangar and trying to fish the wire down between studs etc.

I needed to get all this larger conduit run before the HVAC guys show up to run ductwork for the AC.

I always install conduit without wire in it. I then use a shop vac to get the pull string in the conduit then pull the wiring when I'm ready to wire everything up.

 

[WinterDeere]

What is the advantage of running the conduit without any wire in it? Why not install the wire now, even if it's not connected to anything.

Does make tracing its path easier later.

The prior owner of my house ran 7 conduits sized 1-1/4" up to 2-1/2" from the basement utility room, under two patios and out to our back yard, when he put an addition onto this house in 1994/95. You have no idea how many times I've silently thanked that man for having the foresight to do that, as I later used them for power, propane, and speaker wiring.

As of today, only one remains unused. When we installed our swimming pool, I took the chance to re-route that one from its former termination point to where we have been debating installing an outdoor shower, such that I can pull PEX thru it should we proceed with that job.

Lesson learned: If I ever build again, I'm going to look at how many conduits I need from basement to attic, or basement to outdoors, and then install at least 3x that many.

 

[MH8675309]

Ours was built in 2014 by the Amish that lived there. We bought it in 2018 and remodeled it in 2021 - 2023. I did the contracting and saved a ton of money but Ive got a building background and that does help.