Home technology in Clarendon Hills.
A village of older homes with careful additions, where technology has to fit the architecture and the budget of the renovation.
Who installs and supports home
technology in Clarendon Hills?
OneTen Custom Integration, based in Oak Brook. The older village homes with careful additions of Clarendon Hills get the full scope: network, power, control, lighting and shades, audio and video, security, and support after handover.
Clarendon Hills, IllinoisA design study of the houses we work on here, not a client's home
Renovations in phases.
Infrastructure goes in while walls are open, even when the equipment comes later.
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Open walls come first
A wall that is open in this phase gets its cable now, because a finished room is far harder to reopen.
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One plan, several phases
Each phase is drawn against the finished system, so cable pulled this year lands where a later phase will need it.
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Equipment follows the budget
The rack location is sized for the whole house from the start, and equipment is added to it as each phase is funded.
A Clarendon Hills property, drawn.
The addition and the garage each get a run from one rack in the original house.
What matters most in Clarendon Hills.
Technology planning and design
A phased renovation needs one drawing set that shows what is installed now, what is only cabled, and what waits.
Structured wiring and equipment rooms
Cable that goes in ahead of its equipment is tested and documented, so a later phase starts from known runs, not guesses.
Whole-home audio
Speaker cable is pulled while a ceiling is open, and the loudspeakers and amplifiers can follow in a later phase.
Questions from Clarendon Hills.
What should be wired first when renovating an older Clarendon Hills home in phases?
Whatever needs an open wall or ceiling: network cable to the access point positions, keypad and shade wiring, speaker cable, and the routes back to the rack. Equipment can wait for a later phase. A room that is not opened in this phase stays as it is until its turn comes.
Can we prewire our Clarendon Hills renovation now and add the equipment later?
Yes, that is the normal order for a phased renovation. Each run is tested and documented, then left behind a blank plate until its equipment arrives. The limit is that products change, so the cable is chosen for the type of device, not for a model that may be gone by then.