Organizing Wiring
Why We Use One 200ft Cable Instead of Piecing Together Shorter Runs Large projects start with a lot of small decisions that never make it into the final walkthrough — decisions that don’t show up in the finished result, but shape how well that result holds up over time. Starting With the Run Every large […]
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Cabana Wire Run Episode 3
The Cabana Wire Pull: How It Actually Ended (Episode 3) Three episodes ago, this started as a simple idea: pull a cable from the house to the cabana. It didn’t cooperate on the first try, or the second. Here’s how it wrapped up. Finally Through By episode three, the run finally went through clean. No […]
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Floor Plan Reveal
Everyone Sees the Finished Result. Almost Nobody Sees This. A finished project is easy to admire — the clean install, the system that just works, the space that looks like it was always meant to be this way. What’s almost never shown is the document that made all of it possible in the first place. […]
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Hours Craftsmanship
Nobody Posts the Hours That Go Into This — So We Are Most home automation content — ours included, most of the time — shows the moment everything works. The lights come on with one tap, the screen slides into view, the system just performs. What it doesn’t usually show is everything that happened before […]
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Door Design Change
When the Client Changes the Plan Last Minute: A Real Example Plans change. On a long enough project, they almost always do — and how a job handles that moment says more about the quality of the work than how smoothly everything went before it. The Situation Partway through a recent project, the client decided […]
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SASA Control4 Remote Review
SR-260 vs. Neeo vs. Halo: Which Control4 Remote Is Actually Right for You? Control4 has put out three very different remotes over the years, and homeowners setting up or upgrading a system often ask the same question: which one should I actually go with? Mark put all three side by side — the SR-260, the […]
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Retrofit Cost Vs Planning
The Real Cost of Retrofitting Home Automation (vs. Planning Ahead) We’ve talked before about why automation should be part of the plan before construction starts. Here’s the flip side of that conversation: what actually happens, cost- and capability-wise, when it isn’t. What Retrofitting Actually Involves Once walls are closed and finishes are in place, running […]
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SASA Cabana Wire Run Episode 2
Running Power to a Cabana: The Real (Unedited) Process Most home automation content shows you the finished product — the clean rack, the perfectly mounted TV, the system that just works. What it usually doesn’t show is everything that happens before that moment. We’re doing something different this week: following one job, in real time, […]
Know MoreHome Automation Planning: Why the Best Installs Start Before Construction
If automation isn’t part of the plan before the walls go up, you’re already limiting what’s possible. That’s not a sales line — it’s just how wiring works. Once drywall closes over a wall, every decision about cable runs, panel locations, and speaker placement gets more expensive and more limited to change. The homeowners who […]
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