Can full-fibre be installed in a converted loft space?

[#1]

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@MisterW wrote:

Its an INTERNAL relocation kit. The 1st junction box plugs in where the ONT currently is. You can then run the supplied internal fibre whereever you like internally.

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Thanks, it did look that way from the description. I can't see it being of any help unfortunately, it's as easy to run CAT6 as this internally, but still leaves us with needing to bury it in a wall and redecorate.

[#2]

@sghughes42 

I was thinking of a low 3 figure sum but each job would be different so you just don't know until you speak to people.

You could do it yourself and probably bring the cost down to below 3 figures. For example a ethernet cable crimper is about £25, then hire of drill and the cable and the bits and pieces required.

From what you've said you were always going to have to do a bit to work in the loft.

Brian

[#3]

Oh, I can install the cable itself at practically no cost. Already got loads of CAT6, can borrow a crimping tool and the connectors themselves are pence each from somewhere like Digikey.

However what I can't do is cut a chase up the wall to hide the cable then plaster over it, and it would also mean having to redecorate the whole room.

[#4]

@sghughes42 

If you can run the cable outside yourself then Screwfix sell an SDS drill for less than £30 and a 600mm x 10mm SDS drill bit for £12. The PoE pair described in message #12 costs about £35. Just make sure to use exterior grade Ethernet CAT 5e or better grade Ethernet cable, see https://community.plus.net/t5/Tech-Help-Software-Hardware-etc/Installing-Ethernet-cable-outdoors/m-p...

[#5]

I think one issue here is that I'd want to do the job properly. That would mean investing in more things - tools to chip the plaster away so I could fit a recessed backbox for the RJ45 socket, silicone sealant to seal the cable in to the wall in the hole, a stud finder to make sure I didn't hit the recessed pipes, exterior grade cable and so on.

And, of course, the time it will take me to learn how to do it and actually do the job - if you've already got the tools and skills it's one thing, but on the other hand it would be so much better to just have the job done properly in the first place.