[silversmith]

There are times I do envy people living in stick houses with hollow walls.

[nine_k]

I live in a brick house where only half of the walls are hollow. Bringing Ethernet wires to a few critical areas and putting small surface-mount RJ-45 sockets was not that hard.

Of course, some thin raceways can be seen somewhere along the baseboard. It does not look terrible, and is barely noticeable.

[lostlogin]

Fibre is good for getting to hard-to-reach places.

But the slope is slippery. If you’re doing fibre, you might as well do 10gbe.

[tguvot]

there are baseboards with build in raceways. installing some right now

[toast0]

Stick houses with hollow walls are cheaper to build (assuming cheap wood) and cheaper to work on. Probably cheaper to maintain too, but not as durable, so it might work out... Otoh, durable isn't great when housing trends have moved on.

[jandrewrogers]

Much more durable in an earthquake though, which is important in places like the US where half the country is a serious seismic hazard zone. In many locales only wood or steel framing is allowed because historically stone and concrete construction collapsed due to the strength of the earthquakes.

[lostlogin]

> not as durable

Your clearly don’t live in an earthquake prone area.

I do. But given how cheapskate New Zealand is, I’m 100% sure that we would build in stone and brick if it was cheaper.

[hvb2]

Until it gets cold outside and you need to heat them, or cool then obviously

[hopelite]

Molding is your friend to create and hide channels, and it will make your place look more sophisticated than just the cube cave it is, my cave man friend.

[godelski]

Install a veneer