Cables to lay in a trench?

[goodlife]

We're having a loo/shower fitted in a detached out-house and therefore a trench is to be dug to take the waste water into the drainage system of the main house. The out-house will eventually become a place for friends/family to stay.

We're going to throw some cables into the trench to future-proof the out-house.

Thoughts are to stick in 2 x Ethernet and 2 x Coax, plus 2 x empty ducting tubes with pull-wires in case something else comes up. Electricity and water are already present in the out-house.

Anything else should we consider putting in?

[Ynox]

I'd look to run maybe 2 more coax and 2 more CAT5s out there, mainly for the only reason that cable is cheap, digging trenches in the future isn't. Perhaps it's overkill though.

[eliot]

If running ethernet, make sure you use cat6 cable. HDMI video extenders require 2 x cat6 cables and dont work very well at all on cat5.
Big pipe with a drawstring is your best bet.

[goodlife]

Thanks chaps.

CAT6 already planned. May as well go for 4 of each, it's not that expensive in the overall scheme of things. Tube with string already mentioned.

What about something weird like fibre optic cables? Where is the future going in terms of physical connections? In 5 years when we all have 100-Meg broadband (or 10 years when we have 10-Gig broadband) will CAT6/7/8 still be suitable?

[Simpo Two]

You want to have 100Mb broadband in the bog?

[Fer]

Simpo Two said:

You want to have 100Mb broadband in the bog?

Streaming HD to keep you entertained.

[anonymous-user]

Run it in some 4 in drain pipe, with a piece of string in there, cheap and you can add what ever you want latter, will also provide some protection if you accidently get a spade out in yearto come and hit it.