snowdude 44 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Yes! Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 OK got it. So we choose the place that the phone enters the house, the hikari box goes near there. Then that connects to the Time Capsule. I choose rooms I want the LAN thing to go and make sure that they know to connect that to the place where the Time Capsule will live. I think I get that now. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 How do you hook up ur TV to the PC using wifi? Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 This kind of stuff really confuses me so easily. It would help if I understood all the proper terminology! Link to post Share on other sites
surfarthur 22 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Yes that's right Link to post Share on other sites
surfarthur 22 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Yes that's right Link to post Share on other sites
zelzel 2 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 As you add more WiFi devices you will get more collisions and degradation of the network. that and it's way harder to troubleshoot a wireless network than a wired one. Plus, given the large size of media files, wired connections will always be noticeably much faster and fewer headaches. Best to hard wire everything you can (TVs, Desktop computers, etc) to minimize the load on the wireless. Your network will thank you later 1 Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 How do you hook up ur TV to the PC using wifi? If you have the type I got, its really easy just set your device (tv, smartphone, printer) to search for your wifi network, push and hold the signal button on your modem unit until the light flashes and the device should automatically log on under a secure wifi network. Everything will connect to your computer and you can control all the devices with your computer or individually. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 As you add more WiFi devices you will get more collisions and degradation of the network. that and it's way harder to troubleshoot a wireless network than a wired one. Plus, given the large size of media files, wired connections will always be noticeably much faster and fewer headaches. Best to hard wire everything you can (TVs, Desktop computers, etc) to minimize the load on the wireless. Your network will thank you later That's a good point actually, yeah if your on a slow network the more devices you add the slower it will become, but on really fast networks the impact is not so noticeable really. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 And devices, such as cordless phones and microwaves, can also adversely affect the wifi signal too. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 Got it. This "designing your house" is fun. What we have now is totally different from the basic thing we started off with. Almost everything has changed. Can't imagine wanting to buy a pre-built design and layout. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Are all the changes inclusive of price or does that change the more you tinker with the details? Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 Well, we haven't signed or committed to anything yet Tubby. So all this tinkering etc is not charged, as such. Basically we are honing in our how we would like our house, this company had adjusted the house plan 5 times now and I can see perhaps a few more adjustments before we are happy with the layout etc. Until now just an "about" cost, I think once we say yes this is pretty much what we want they will give us a more detailed costing. Then we start talking about things like optional upgraded bathroom/kitchen styles, basic fittings, colors of stuff etc, which will no doubt affect the total price. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 We went through that process of changing until we got the plan as we liked it. Up until you sign the contract it is free to chop and change only after you sign do you need to pay more if you want to make changes to the structural layout. Things like wall colours kitchens etc you can choose after and change if you dont like the available options and may be cheaper or more expensive depending on what you select. Next week we go and confirm the boundaries of the land as well as hight togther with the house builder and the ward office. This weekend is starting to go through the internal parts. Following that will be outside wall color and patturn etc etc. It is so much fun having a house custom built to suit rather than just buying a ready made one. You also learn so much about how the house is built as well as all the technical jargon too. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 It's something that Im interested in...within the next couple of years I wanna buy a house. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 We went through that process of changing until we got the plan as we liked it. Up until you sign the contract it is free to chop and change only after you sign do you need to pay more if you want to make changes to the structural layout. Things like wall colours kitchens etc you can choose after and change if you dont like the available options and may be cheaper or more expensive depending on what you select. Next week we go and confirm the boundaries of the land as well as hight togther with the house builder and the ward office. This weekend is starting to go through the internal parts. Following that will be outside wall color and patturn etc etc. It is so much fun having a house custom built to suit rather than just buying a ready made one. You also learn so much about how the house is built as well as all the technical jargon too. Wait till you get the pack of information once the house is complete. Talk about in depth. Ours is about 10cms with ALL the certificates of jobs done, photos of the building etc.... Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 How big a place did you get done Rob, if you don't mind me asking. How long did it take to make? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Oh, 1 other thing, Dumbstick, did you buy the plot of land first then search out a builder or was it kind of a double deal? Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 Haven't actually bought any land yet. But close to finalising a purchase, just 'negotiating' on the cost. Not spent a penny yet. The builder was completely seperate but turns out they do know each other, and have been in contact to confirm a few things. The builder has also contacted the town office to make sure we can actually build the kind of thing we want on there. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 The land space is about 100m2 or so and our house is about 150m2 in total living space, which is two floors and a loft space, and it took about 6/7months from initial building until we moved in, Aug '11. I'll have to double check on those measurements when I get home tonight though, and may update this post to show that. We were able to change things right until they started putting the pipes in. We're still very happy with it, I just wish we had MORE power sockets. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Haven't actually bought any land yet. But close to finalising a purchase, just 'negotiating' on the cost. Not spent a penny yet. The builder was completely seperate but turns out they do know each other, and have been in contact to confirm a few things. The builder has also contacted the town office to make sure we can actually build the kind of thing we want on there. Interesting....sorry to pick your brain about details, but did you see a plot that you liked and started negotiating price....then based on this plot you then went to a builder and said I like THIS plot, I would like a house this size....what can you do for me?... Then took the planning from there? Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 For us we found land we liked them showed the various house biilders got quotes then went from there. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Always go for land first, then decide on the house. Think of the land as the investment, something that will go up, or down, in value then base the house on that. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 Haven't actually bought any land yet. But close to finalising a purchase, just 'negotiating' on the cost. Not spent a penny yet. The builder was completely seperate but turns out they do know each other, and have been in contact to confirm a few things. The builder has also contacted the town office to make sure we can actually build the kind of thing we want on there. Interesting....sorry to pick your brain about details, but did you see a plot that you liked and started negotiating price....then based on this plot you then went to a builder and said I like THIS plot, I would like a house this size....what can you do for me?... Then took the planning from there? Actually we saw a show house that we really liked and kind of went from there. But as I said the design of the house we have going now on paper has ended up looking totally different. We know the kind of size of house we want and so as long as the land we end up is big enough.... Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Is loft space counted as living space? Link to post Share on other sites
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