Poor Wi-Fi? Extend it through the whole house
Weak signal upstairs, dead spots at the back of the house, video calls that drop? We run Cat6 to Wi-Fi access points in the ceiling, so you get strong signal in every room — plus wired points where it matters.
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Access points in the ceiling · Cat6 as standard · Cables hidden, not stapled to skirting
Wired vs Wi-Fi, honestly
| WHAT MATTERS | WIRED (CAT6) | WI-FI / MESH |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | Full line speed, every time, every room | Halves through each wall and each mesh hop |
| Stability | Doesn't drop — no interference, no contention | Shares airtime with every device and neighbour |
| Latency | Consistent — what calls and gaming need | Spikes exactly when the network is busy |
| The sofa & the phone | — | Perfect — this is what Wi-Fi is for |
The right answer is both: wire the fixed things — desks, TVs, consoles and wireless access points — and let Wi-Fi carry the phones and laptops. Wired access points are also the honest fix for "the Wi-Fi's rubbish upstairs".
What we install
Wi-Fi access points in the ceiling. The real fix for poor signal isn't a stronger router or a plug-in extender — it's access points placed through the house, each fed by its own Cat6 cable and powered over it. They look like a small smoke alarm on the ceiling and give full-speed Wi-Fi in every room, garden office included.
Cat6 as standard — it carries full gigabit (and 10-gigabit over home distances), which is more than any current broadband delivers, so the cabling outlives several routers. Cat7 exists, but for a home it buys stiffness and cost, not speed you can use — we'll say so rather than upsell it.
Tidy terminations are half the job: proper faceplates in the rooms, and at the other end a small patch panel where everything lands labelled — not a bird's nest behind the router. Every run is tested and certified end to end before we leave, so "is it the cable?" is never again the question.
Hidden routes. As electricians we run data the way we run power — under floors, through walls and lofts, dropped inside wall voids to a flush socket. No white trunking across your cornicing. Whole-home jobs pair naturally with a rewire or renovation while the floors are up.
Excellent work on indoor and outdoor lighting, plus WiFi cabling. Highly recommend.
Gillian Hill — lighting & WiFi cabling
Data cabling questions, answered
Is wired really better than mesh Wi-Fi?
For anything that sits still and matters — a work computer, a TV, a console, a camera — yes, and it isn't close: full speed, no drops, consistent latency. Mesh is a workaround for houses without cables; it halves bandwidth at every hop. The best mesh setup is actually wired access points, which is a cabling job.
Cat6 or Cat7?
Cat6. It handles gigabit everywhere and 10-gigabit over the distances inside a house, which outruns any home broadband on sale. Cat7 is stiffer, dearer and needs special terminations for no usable gain at home — we fit it if you insist, but we'll have told you the truth first.
Can the cables be completely hidden?
Almost always — under floors, through the loft, down inside wall voids to flush faceplates. Stone walls and finished rooms sometimes force a compromise; we'll show you the route before drilling anything, and where a surface run is unavoidable it goes where you won't see it.
What does a home office setup look like?
Typically two Cat6 outlets at the desk (computer + dock or access point), run back to a small patch panel by the router, tested and tidily terminated. Video calls stop caring what the microwave or the neighbours are doing.
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Where we do this: Edinburgh · East Lothian · Midlothian
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