fun with wiring

I’ve been trying to do at least one home improvement project every weekend. This past weekend I added “run cat5 cabling” to the list of completed projects. After plenty of preparation and consulting with the usual folks (mostly my younger brother, this time around), I could procrastinate no longer.

I’ve had the good fortune of doing this same project in our previous houses, so the wiring portion was nothing new (I remembered, Skip!). However, this is the first time I’ve needed to cut holes in drywall to put in new electrical boxes, and drill through floor boards.

It took longer than I had hoped (surprise), but I’m pleased with the end result. Our computer and phone are now happily using their newly installed jacks. And speaking of surprises, I’m now afraid of what lies within all our other walls:

Stupid house builders. Unfortunately, it was too large to remove, so in the wall it remains.