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I installed an over-the-air antenna (not pictured) in my attic (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 days ago by to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
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Back during the FIFA World Cup, I got tired of hunting places playing the games. I didn't have cable and had no interest in paying to watch. So, I went out and bought an antenna and connected it directly to the TV.

Fast forward a few months later, my wife was tired of looking at the precariously balanced antenna and asked me to move it. As temps had finally dropped, I went into the attic and installed the thing. Ran the cable around the beams and down a tube into the house. Got the idea to buy a splitter so I could share the antenna between the main TVs.

First thing I watched were the final 15 minutes of ST:TNG season 2, episode 9, The Measure of a Man. RIP Sir Patrick Stewart.

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[–] 15 points 6 days ago* (9 children)

Definitely wish I'd done this (and a couple other things) before blowing 50cm of insulation into our attic.

The in-wall box is great!

Edit: words.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 days ago (8 children)

    As someone who is planning to blow insulation into their attic, do you have a list of what you wish you'd done?

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  • [–] 9 points 5 days ago (3 children)

    I'll probably forget a couple, but here's off the top of my head.

    • Adding backflow dampers where two bathroom fan exhaust pipes meet before going outside.
    • TV antenna
    • Amateur radio antenna (don't currently have anything to attach but LoRA/mesh ability may be useful)
    • Adding a couple more lights in the attic. I'm not doing much up there but checking for leaks following a big storm would be easier if everything was lit up.
    • Really proper sealing anything penetrating the main floor ceiling.
    • And, the biggest one for me, moving/adding ceiling light fixtures in the main floor. The bedrooms all have their electrical entering in the corner as the original fixtures were "fancy" with the wiring running through a chain to the the light hanging from the middle of the room. Updating from the 1970s means having the light fixtures in the corner which makes weird lighting in the rooms.
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  • [–] 7 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Having recently done this myself, I might add:

    • If your bathrooms don't have exhaust ventilation or if the duct size is too small, redo it
    • Any pipes or ducting in the attic should be properly insulated
    • Interconnected smoke alarms
    • Passing network/speaker wire in strategic areas of the house for access points, cameras or speakers
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  • [–] 4 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Make damn sure your soffit vents don't get covered. The jackass who did this right before I bought the house jam packed all of them. I had zero airflow in my attic and had to crawl around clearing the soffits vents and reattaching the styrofoam baffels.

    Trying to find beams and army crawl through thick blown in insulation to every edge of my roof was the worst experience. Would be a great torture for a SAW movie.

    Anyhow now I have fantastic airflow! But all that could have been avoided if he didn't overdo the edges and fuck up the baffles.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Get ceiling fixtures (fans and lights) wired and set up. If youve got ceiling electrical boxes that are only rated for the weight of a light and you think you might want a fan, swapping the box will probably be easier now. Ive got closer to 20cm of insulation and ive made a bit of a mess of it playing around with the ceiling fixtures

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