A few months ago Verizon upgraded my Fios service to 1Gbit so they had to switch from coax to CAT6. They refused to enter my house due to COVID restrictions so since then I've had the outside ONT unit connected to my router with a CAT6 wire fed through my window!
I want to drill a hole in the wall of my house and feed the cable through it like it should have been done in the first place. What I also want to do is feed the CAT6 wire through some sort of piping attached to the outside wall to avoid damaging the wire by accident for example when mowing my lawn.
I am planning to use PVC piping. It will 4 or 5 90-degree turns between the ONT unit and the point the wire enters the house. The total length of all the PVC segments would be about 20 feet. The pipes will be attached to the brick wall with some type of round brackets.
Questions:
1. What's the smallest diameter PVC pipe that I should use?
2. For that diameter, what's the smallest diameter masonry bit I should use to drill a hole in my wall? The plan is to have the final section of the PVC pipe to be inserted into the hole. I have an old corded drill (not an impact or hammer, just a regular one) that I tested the other day with a 3/8 masonry bit that went through a brick without any issues. This bit is too small but I am planning to use the same drill with the bigger one.
3. I am not expecting much space between that last section of the pipe and the hole but I want to fill it with some sort of insulation foam or something similar anyway. What sort of insulation should I buy? Does it come in small containers? (I will only need a little)
4. Is using CAT6 good enough or should I use CAT8 or any other type?
5. On the inside I am planning to use a wall plate with a dual female jack (something like this). Are they all equally good, or should I pick a specific brand?
6. The old coax cable enters the house through the wall and I am planning to drill the hole for CAT6 within a few inches of it. I am pretty sure there are no wires of anything else that I should not be drilling through there, but how do I double check?
7. Anything else I forgot?
TIA!
I want to drill a hole in the wall of my house and feed the cable through it like it should have been done in the first place. What I also want to do is feed the CAT6 wire through some sort of piping attached to the outside wall to avoid damaging the wire by accident for example when mowing my lawn.
I am planning to use PVC piping. It will 4 or 5 90-degree turns between the ONT unit and the point the wire enters the house. The total length of all the PVC segments would be about 20 feet. The pipes will be attached to the brick wall with some type of round brackets.
Questions:
1. What's the smallest diameter PVC pipe that I should use?
2. For that diameter, what's the smallest diameter masonry bit I should use to drill a hole in my wall? The plan is to have the final section of the PVC pipe to be inserted into the hole. I have an old corded drill (not an impact or hammer, just a regular one) that I tested the other day with a 3/8 masonry bit that went through a brick without any issues. This bit is too small but I am planning to use the same drill with the bigger one.
3. I am not expecting much space between that last section of the pipe and the hole but I want to fill it with some sort of insulation foam or something similar anyway. What sort of insulation should I buy? Does it come in small containers? (I will only need a little)
4. Is using CAT6 good enough or should I use CAT8 or any other type?
5. On the inside I am planning to use a wall plate with a dual female jack (something like this). Are they all equally good, or should I pick a specific brand?
6. The old coax cable enters the house through the wall and I am planning to drill the hole for CAT6 within a few inches of it. I am pretty sure there are no wires of anything else that I should not be drilling through there, but how do I double check?
7. Anything else I forgot?
TIA!