I’m looking to add ethernet ports to our home, and can’t get any ballpark quotes without having an electrician come to the house charging a $50 service fee to evaluate. I would do this if I had any idea what to expect ahead of time, but don’t want to have 3-4 electricians come out to compare quotes and end up paying $150 in service fees before even having any work done.

The ISP modem is on the main level, no current ethernet is wired in the home. I want to add an ethernet port on the second floor, so would need the ethernet wired through the wall likely into the attic and back to the wall of the second floor.

Any ideas on a ballpark for pricing here? I have no idea what to expect so wasn’t sure if I’m looking at $200 or $800 or somewhere outside that range.

  • nekmanOPBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’ll get 'er done, thanks for the comments!

  • d-centBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Like others said, don’t go with an electrician.

    It’s very hard to ballpark without going to the site. How do they know if the wall doesn’t have a structural beam separating the floors? That’s just one example of things they have to check for.

    It could be really easy too but they don’t know unless they are there. Maybe someone could do it over a video call but even that’s tricky.

    Like others said, buy a snake and do it yourself. We would be more than happy to go over the steps, parts, and tools you will need.

  • AroMigCapBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Low Voltage contractor. Watch them like a hawk, if you pay for cat6 or 7 quality cabling ensure its not catshit that gets installed. Contractors tend to be the “he don’t know any better” sorts. Check the packaging before its installed is the best way to make sure you don’t give them a nice tip in charged vs installed material costs. All contractors, but particularly low voltage and electrical contractors like to use what they like to use as long as it doesn’t fail an electrical inspection it’s free game.

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    If your installing one ethernet port and it’s mainly one vertical step I would guess your looking at 6 hours of work + materials.

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    Semi educated guess for similar work in my part of Colorado…$550-750, one port.