List of In-Wall Piped Utilites and In-Wall Cable Runs for Buildings

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Basics

  • This page goes over what things need to be piped in, or have pipe conduits in, the walls for in homes and buildings

Basic Home Utilities

  • Freshwater (Tap Water)
  • Blackwater
    • As well as the associated vents needed
  • 1gb Ethernet/Data
  • Phone (if not using VOIP or a wireless system)
  • HVAC / Ventilation Ducts

"Nice to Haves"

  • Automatic Fire Suppression
  • Greywater
  • Dedicated Urine Lines from urinals or seperating toilets
  • Dedicated soapy/biotoxic waste line (For sinks using lots of soaps/cleaners rtc to either central sewer, or a septic perhaps (NOT digester) oerhaps just dilute and go to leach feild
  • LAN Only Data Lines (Ethernet, 10gb ethernet, or infiniband) for NAS, and high speed LAN
  • Piped Methane Gas (Natrual gas lines) to furnace, stove, fireplace etc
  • Piped Hydrogen Gas (same as above)
  • Industrial level AC Electric Power (ie 3 phase)
  • Central Vacuum Cleaner

Utilities Useful in Industrial, Lab and Medical Enviroments

  • Suction Lines (for liquid and/or gas)
  • Clean Dry Air Lines
  • Clean Dry Inert Gas Lines
  • More Intensive Methane Gas Lines for Bunsen Burners etc
  • Hazmat Liquids Line (Optional wash bin like basin for Hazardous / Biozard storage barrels etc)
  • Built in fume hood ducting (to avoid needing to install later, or use windows

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