Home technology in Downers Grove.
Victorian and Prairie era homes near downtown, and larger new construction to the south, with very different infrastructure needs.
Who installs and supports home
technology in Downers Grove?
OneTen Custom Integration, based in Oak Brook. The Victorian and Prairie era homes and newer construction of Downers Grove get the full scope: network, power, control, lighting and shades, audio and video, security, and support after handover.
Downers Grove, IllinoisA design study of the houses we work on here, not a client's home
Original plaster and framing.
Retrofits are designed around access, with as few new openings as possible.
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Plaster is not drywall
In the Victorian and Prairie era homes near downtown, original plaster is hard to patch invisibly, so every new opening has to earn its place.
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Routes through the framing
Cable travels through basements, attics, closets, and the open bays of original framing wherever those give a path between floors.
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New construction, open framing
In the larger new homes to the south we cable everything while the framing is open, and leave wireless for the devices that move.
A Downers Grove property, drawn.
One house, one rack, and a single service run out to the street.
What matters most in Downers Grove.
Structured wiring and equipment rooms
In a plaster house the cable route is designed before the device, because the accessible path decides what can be installed where.
Lighting design and control
Wireless dimmers and keypads replace the existing switches on the wiring already in the wall, which keeps original plaster closed.
Media rooms and home cinemas
New construction lets a media room be framed, cabled, and treated for sound before drywall, which an original plaster room rarely allows.
Questions from Downers Grove.
Can you wire an old plaster house in Downers Grove without cutting into the walls?
Mostly, though not entirely. We route cable through unfinished spaces and closets first, and use wireless lighting control where a wire is not needed. The few openings that remain are small, agreed with you in advance, and placed where a patch is hard to see.
Can lighting control be added to a Victorian home in Downers Grove without rewiring?
Often it can. Wireless dimmers communicate by radio, so the only wiring they need is what already feeds the switch. Whether each circuit suits them is for an electrician to check, and some older circuits will need work first.