The future of residential building electrical installations

perspicacious:

We've now got flat TVs in the middle of a wall rather than the obligatory double and co-ax in the corner to start with! . . .


Regards


BOD

I've been trying to get TV sets out of corners since the 1970s, but not everyone is as progressive as us engineers.


My mind turns back to picture books I read in the 50s and 60s, prophesying life in the next century. Houses would no longer have chimneys and the fireplace would be replaced by the TV and entertainment centre.


It has not turned out quite like that, has it! There is still a mindset among many homeowners that the lounge must have a focal point, and that is the  fireplace - even if it is an artificial fire in the middle of a chimney-less wall. Large, flat-screen TVs in corners look awkward and out-of-place IMHO but residents make their own choices. Then there is stereo sound, broadcast on most TV services, but how many people have speakers arranged to take advantage of that? I regularly read the posts of Dr Digital in the Radio  Times and think to myself: "That's all very clever, but..."


There is a new housing development going up near me. Most of the  houses are provided with - guess what - chimneys! Oh well, it is good to have something to attach your TV aerial to! 


I have made representations to our council that it would be preferable for all new houses to be oriented to provide plenty of south-facing roof, to make maximum usage of possible future solar panels, given that economics preclude building these in at new. So far the interest of the council has been zilch.

perspicacious:

We've now got flat TVs in the middle of a wall rather than the obligatory double and co-ax in the corner to start with! . . .


Regards


BOD

I've been trying to get TV sets out of corners since the 1970s, but not everyone is as progressive as us engineers.


My mind turns back to picture books I read in the 50s and 60s, prophesying life in the next century. Houses would no longer have chimneys and the fireplace would be replaced by the TV and entertainment centre.


It has not turned out quite like that, has it! There is still a mindset among many homeowners that the lounge must have a focal point, and that is the  fireplace - even if it is an artificial fire in the middle of a chimney-less wall. Large, flat-screen TVs in corners look awkward and out-of-place IMHO but residents make their own choices. Then there is stereo sound, broadcast on most TV services, but how many people have speakers arranged to take advantage of that? I regularly read the posts of Dr Digital in the Radio  Times and think to myself: "That's all very clever, but..."


There is a new housing development going up near me. Most of the  houses are provided with - guess what - chimneys! Oh well, it is good to have something to attach your TV aerial to! 


I have made representations to our council that it would be preferable for all new houses to be oriented to provide plenty of south-facing roof, to make maximum usage of possible future solar panels, given that economics preclude building these in at new. So far the interest of the council has been zilch.