Private houses · Ayrshire coast

Coastal Classic, Ayrshire: video distribution and a tidy rack in a modernised Victorian house

The new owner of a modernised Victorian house in an Ayrshire coastal town inherited a seven-year-old network and a Bose system, and wanted video to four or more screens, the Bose moved to where it was useful, a new screen for the lounge, and every service brought back to one accessible rack.

Client

Private client, Ayrshire coast

Site

A solid stone and brick Victorian house

Scope

Video distribution, audio relocation, new screen, cabling and rack

Matrix

Pulse-Eight 4×4 video distribution

The brief

The house had been modernised before the owner bought it, with a distributed network put in seven years earlier and an existing Bose Lifestyle system. The wish list was a distributed video system, controlled from an app on a phone, giving access to the media sources from four or more televisions; the Bose system kept working and relocated to other parts of the house; a new screen the right size and style for the new lounge; existing and new cabling re-routed and hidden; and everything distributed from one AV rack that can be reached for maintenance and upgrades.

What we did

The building is solid stone and brick, so this was a retrofit in the true sense. We routed the cabling through the parts of the house where work was already under way, so that the rest was left undisturbed. The existing network cabling was tested, kept where it was sound, re-routed where it was not, and extended for the new services and the new position of the rack. A Pulse-Eight 4×4 matrix distributes the video; the Bose system was moved and recommissioned; Lairds supplied and fitted the new lounge screen; and a professional rack with shelving now holds every source in one place.

The result

One of our more challenging residential retrofits, finished without disturbing finishes the owner had just paid for, and a house whose video and audio are now controlled from a phone. See our smart home service.