<story><title>Wiring my home with fiber</title><url>https://sschueller.github.io/posts/wiring-a-home-with-fiber/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mr_sturd</author><text>I always end up green with envy that people seem to have pre-existing conduits in their walls for running new cables.  There&amp;#x27;s no way, in my old house, of doing this without some invasive smashing in to walls.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>latchkey</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m currently in the process of literally tearing down walls in my old house (built in the 40&amp;#x27;s). I used to fear smashing into walls. Once you do a bit of drywall and mud yourself, you realize it isn&amp;#x27;t that big of a deal. Everything I&amp;#x27;ve learned has been off YT videos and there are some excellent channels with all of the professional tips and tricks. It isn&amp;#x27;t rocket science by a long shot.</text></comment>
<story><title>Wiring my home with fiber</title><url>https://sschueller.github.io/posts/wiring-a-home-with-fiber/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mr_sturd</author><text>I always end up green with envy that people seem to have pre-existing conduits in their walls for running new cables.  There&amp;#x27;s no way, in my old house, of doing this without some invasive smashing in to walls.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pooper</author><text>&amp;gt; I always end up green with envy that people seem to have pre-existing conduits in their walls for running new cables. There&amp;#x27;s no way, in my old house, of doing this without some invasive smashing in to walls.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t own a house and have never owned a house. This will probably sound stupid and I am sorry if this is something obvious.&lt;p&gt;Is it that my spouse will leave me or my parents will disown me if I run a conduit just hanging on a wall? What is this obsession with hiding all wiring within the drywall? What am I missing here?&lt;p&gt;It could be something as simple as a conduit like &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.imgur.com&amp;#x2F;6X5of8Y.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.imgur.com&amp;#x2F;6X5of8Y.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not that I have a leg to stand on because I still can&amp;#x27;t afford to buy a home outright (and at current rate, never will). I live in an apartment and I don&amp;#x27;t make any changes to it. I cannot even imagine doing something simple like drill a hole on the door for a doorbell. So, I am definitely hypocritical when I say this. Maybe I am just being salty as a non-home owner. I feel like all of this comes from treating our homes as some kind of liquid asset that we must keep in pristine condition at all times so we can stage it and sell it at a moment&amp;#x27;s notice.&lt;p&gt;If you own your own home, why not live in your home like you own your home? Run that conduit across all the walls (and through inside door frames or something like that if you must). If not, do you really own your own home? Why not just live with housing insecurity like I do?&lt;p&gt;Edit: spelling</text></comment>