Home technology in La Grange.
A historic district of Victorian and Craftsman homes, with modern additions behind original street-facing facades.
Who installs and supports
home technology in La Grange?
OneTen Custom Integration, based in Oak Brook. The historic district homes with modern additions of La Grange get the full scope: network, power, control, lighting and shades, audio and video, security, and support after handover.
La Grange, IllinoisA design study of the houses we work on here, not a client's home
Two eras in one house.
The addition and the original are brought onto one network and one control system.
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The old outside wall
The original rear wall now sits inside the house and still blocks signal, so each side of it gets its own access point.
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Two kinds of wall
The addition is cabled in open framing, while the original rooms rely on wireless devices and the few routes older walls allow.
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One rack for both
The rack usually belongs in the addition, where cable is easy, with one planned route carrying the original house back to it.
A La Grange property, drawn.
The rack sits in the addition, with one run back into the original house and one to the garage.
What matters most in La Grange.
Smart home control
One control system gives the addition and the original house the same keypads, the same app, and the same scenes.
Network and Wi-Fi
A single network spans both eras of the house, so phones and streaming hand off cleanly where old meets new.
Security and access control
Door stations and cameras on a historic front are kept few and discreet, and show on the same interface as the rest.
Questions from La Grange.
How do you connect a modern addition to the original part of a house in La Grange?
With one cable route between the two, planned before the addition is closed up. That route puts both halves on the same network and the same control system, so the house behaves as one. If the addition is already finished, we look for an existing path first and tell you what it would take if there is none.
Can a video doorbell or camera go on the front of a historic district home in La Grange?
In technical terms, yes: we choose small devices, in finishes that do not draw the eye on an original facade, and wire them from inside. Whether anything restricts changes to a street-facing wall is a question for your architect, not one we can answer. If the front is ruled out, a camera set back from the street can often cover the same approach.