Why Partner with a Low-Voltage Contractor on Your New Home Build

Building a new home or taking on a major renovation requires assistance from several specialists: architects, builders, electricians, interior designers—and low-voltage contractors.

Low-voltage contractors lay the wiring needed to support robust smart home systems. Unfortunately, these licensed professionals are often left out of the planning stages, which can result in system design issues and costly installations if you decide to add smart technology to your property later on.

If you’re planning a new build or major renovation in Los Angeles, CA, and want to incorporate technology, read on to learn why you should bring in our low-voltage contractors early in the process.

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Low-Voltage Wiring: The Backbone of Your Smart Home

Low-voltage wiring connects and supports critical devices and systems in your home, such as your network, thermostats, security sensors, and surveillance cameras, alarm systems, audio/video systems, lighting control systems, and more.

You might ask, can’t your electrician lay the wire? The truth is that many electricians aren’t specially trained in low-voltage installs. Instead, our team works with your electrician (and other contractors) at the start to ensure optimal and organized placement of your home’s wiring requirements.

 

We Fulfill Your Unique Design Requirements

When you add smart technology to your home after it’s been built, you risk not being able to place devices like architectural speakers, lighting keypads, and access points in the best and most discreet locations. Even worse, the installation will likely require tearing walls back open.

By bringing in our team during the planning stages of your new build or renovation, we’ll work with you or your interior designer to decide where to place architectural speakers, TVs, keypads, security cameras, and more. Then we’ll make sure the proper wires run and terminate in the right locations throughout your property to accommodate those design requirements.

 

We Ensure Your Smart Home Performs Reliably Today and Tomorrow

With so much wireless technology available today, so you might wonder why you even need to prewire your home if all your devices can connect wirelessly to the network, right? Well, it’s not that simple.

A smart home system that features integrated solutions like multiroom AV, lighting, motorized shading, and security needs a strong wired foundation to work reliably and provide the means for efficient expansion in the future. In fact, the best smart homes run on a hybrid network that offers wired and wireless connectivity for stationary and mobile devices.

 

Vision and Sound is a C7 licensed low-voltage contractor and distinguished home automation installer for luxury properties in the Los Angeles, CA area. If you’re starting a new build or taking on a major renovation, we’d love to work alongside you and your team to bring your smart home dreams to life.

Learn more about our services or schedule a free consultation by calling 310-545-6500, filling out our contact form, or sending us a message in the live chat box below!