Whole House AV System in Poole

Some regular clients who we have worked for in the past asked us to be involved in a renovation project in Bournemouth, Dorset.  The property a 4 bed detached residence had been untouched for 40 years, our task was to work together with the clients and builders to design and install a distributed Aerial and Satellite system, together with a comprehensive Sonos music system with in ceiling speakers to each of the bedrooms, reception rooms and master ensuite.

All of the AV equipment was to be housed in a central cupboard, from here the Sky box and aerial system would be distributed in high definition to all rooms, the Sonos music system amplifiers would be located and distributed to all rooms, along with the home cinema system to power the lounge.  In each room a wall mounted TV would be installed, with remote eyes allowing full control of the remote located equipment

Before - Equipment all to be housed under the stairs

After Works complete - Diving wall removed, Our equipment rack housing all aerial & Satellite products, Sonos system, internet Router and telephone line

The project involved involved chasing walls and running through ceiling voids to install new coax cabling, installing 15m HDMI cables to allow each room to receive not just standard definition Sky, but full high definition Sky from one box, Cat 5 cables so each TV could be connected to the Internet to access interactive facilities, and speaker cables to power the in ceiling speakers.

A bedroom before works began

Aerial, cat 5, Power and HDMI leads ran through ceiling void and chased upto TV point

After works completed, cables plastered into wall with nothing visible

In the lounge again nothing was to be on show, here consideration had to be given to an electric fire mounted underneath the 46" Sony TV.  With the TV being a Sony smart TV, BBC I player, youtube, and other internet content could be viewed on screen and controlled by an iphone mobile.

The lounge before works started

Cables ran through ceiling void, and chased down wall

After works complete, no visible cables, all equipment hidden but still with full remote control facilities

We had a total of nearly 40 cables running back to the main equipment rack, all of which we labelled and tidied to allow the clients the option of future connectivity of other products should they wish.  Located in the equipment rack we had 1 x Sky HD BOX, 6 way Global DC passing distribution amplifier, 1 x Masthead amplifier for improved aerial reception, 1 x 8 way HDMI expander, Panasonic Blu Ray home cinema system, Panasonic DVD recorder with built in Hardrive for freeview recording, 2 x Sonos Zone Amplifiers powering 5 In Ceiling speakers in 4 zones, 1 x Sonos Bridge, BT Infinity Router and broadband connection.

Other Pictures

Bedroom TV wall mounted with no visible cables

Bedroom 1 with wall mounted TV and a ceiling speaker showing

Dining area Panasonic 3D LED TV, wall mounted with no visible cabling

Our cabling running through ceiling void between upstairs and downstairs to under stair cupboard

These types of projects we undertake on a regular basis, we can install your existing products or products you have sourced, or we can supply and install a complete system, all cabling, and installation from 1st fix right through to final fix including product hand over & demonstration. 
This particular project involved fitting some equipment the client already had, whilst supplying and fitting other parts.  
Our involvement was as follows;

Supply and install of all cabling, chasing all walls, running all cables and undertaking all of 1st fix
Supply and installation of new loft mounted aerial system, and new Satellite system allowing for 2 Sky boxes
Supply of 5 wall brackets and wall mounting all TV's, supply and installation of Sky eyes in each room and HD remotes to allow Sky Box control
Supply and installation of 5 pairs in ceiling speakers,
Supply and fitting of 2 X Sonos Zone amplifiers, Sonos Zone bridge
Supply and fitting of 1 - 8 way HDMI input expander
Fitting of existing home cinema system
Supply and fitting of Panasonic 42" LED 3D Smart TV
Supply and installation of all network cabling and set up of Home network for smart TV's

The total cost of this installation came to £5200, this figure is for guidance only.