The Importance of Pre-wiring for Custom Audio Video and Home Electronics Systems

Pre-wiring. It’s a fairly new term in the home construction industry, but it’s an essential one to understand if you’re building a new custom or semi-custom home. If you’re interested in installing any custom audio video and home electronics systems, it’s essential to get the wiring and cabling in place from the start. Just as conventional home builders have wired a home for electricity, today’s home builders provide wiring/pre-wire services to accommodate electricity, networking, home security and other home automation systems. When you build in the wiring/pre-wire from the start, you’ll maximize your future options and minimize your future headaches by incorporating what you need to accommodate new technologies as they become available.

What the Heck is Pre-wire?

Pre-wire refers to installing low-voltage electrical wiring inside your home’s floors and walls. These wires can accommodate many different kinds of electronic devices. By doing the wiring/pre-wire for all of your systems – even those you don’t plan to install immediately – during the home’s construction phase, you reduce the costs of installing items like HDTVs, multi-room audio/video systems, home security and home monitoring systems and communications systems when you do get around to installing them. The best wiring/pre-wire structures will allow you to create custom audio video and home automation schemes that are convenient for you, the customer, rather than the contractors you hire to install them later.

Can You DIY It?

While there are lots of home automation tasks that an experienced homeowner can tackle, wriing/pre-wire tasks really aren’t among them. It can be tempting to try to do it yourself because low-voltage wiring typically doesn’t require a certified electrician. Setting up the wiring for a home automation scheme is a lot more complex than installing an automatic dimmer switch on your chandelier. A professional custom audio video and home automation professional will understand important aspects of the job that will make it more stable and reliable, not to mention easier to access and upgrade in the future.

Why Wired Is Better Than Wireless

Wireless may be the direction of the future, but for now – and the foreseeable future – wireless systems aren’t really up to demands of a whole-house automated system. While they may perform well in a single room, common home obstructions – such as walls and stone facades – can make the reception and performance of your custom audio video and home security systems spotty – or worse. If you want reliable service for your home electronics systems, cabled is the way to go.

Intrigued? Contact a local company that specializes in custom audio video and home electronics systems to find out more about how wiring/pre-wire systems can prepare your home for the future of home automation.