Cat5e Cabling - What does it cost? (Cat5 installation cost)
How much is Cat5e Cabling?
What will a Cat5 installation cost for my building?
A common question to our project team is how much is a Cat5 installation cost and how much does it cost to install cat5 cable? Cat5 installation is the generic term used by most clients. However the specific specification for the cable is the enhanced Cat5e
A general guideline for Cat5e in the UK is £35.00 – £50.00 per point. Conversely the information below will guide through how that cost can fluctuate depending of many factors.
However every project is unique and therefore every quotation has a multitude of factors that can affect the overall cost and price
Thus the main consideration is always to make sure the quotation includes everything you need. Furthermore it allows for your scheduling. Finally the quotation can be compared like for like with any others you have
Common factors that can affect the cost of Cat5e cabling in its overall value and its price per point
• Overall number of cables installed within the location
• The cat5e cable layout
• The distance those cables are run to the main communications cabinet
• The ease or difficulty of installation routes
• The density of the cabling outlets
• The type of building, warehouse, residential, school etc
• The presence of containment or the requirement of additional or new containment
• Whether there is a requirement for external cat5e or external grade cat5e such as armoured
• Ensuring that the installation has a fire rated cat5e cable and cat5e CCA as a minimum
• The presence of false floors or ceilings
• The scheduling of the works whether it be regular hours, weekends or evenings
• Location of the project
• Access into the building, security limitations
• Parking , Congestion Charge and other factors
Cat5 Installation Cost – Network cabling installation estimate
As an overall average the cost of Cat5e cabling including the cable, patch panels and cat5e modules will range from £35.00 per point up to £50.00 per point.
This would be based on a cat5e cabling projects starting at 20-24 outlets as a minimum
There are of course certain projects where the price per outlet will be less than this range or in some way more than this estimate
The common factors above are part of how that quotation will build up and how its contributes to the overall price
What Factors keep a cat5 installation cost to the lower range?
If you are comparing price per point for cat5e cabling consider the following factors. Generally this will enable the quotation to be at its most competitive and most economical cost
• The overall number of Cat5e cabling outlets
• The ease of the installation routes
• The density of the Cat5e cabling outlets
What factors increase a Cat5 installation cost to the higher range?
• Absence of Containment or specific routes
• Location and Access
• Scheduling and Working Hours
What factors increase cabling cost out of the range?
• Unusual or difficult buildings - Building that require complicated installation
• Warehouses – Large scale buildings with high ceilings
• Care Homes – These buildings are usually a solid construction with no visible routes
• Hotels – A hotel can have a large number of overall cables but they are split into single outlets spread through the bedrooms and hotel
• Projects with a large range of individual outlets
• CCTV Cameras or Door Access Control, all of which are dispersed outlets all in single installation runs
• Low number of required cables
Other considerations
As detailed above there are many factors that contribute to your overall cat5e cabling cost. Consideration should be taken on the initial installation to allow of the requirements of the current technology and any future requirements. Allowing for 100 data points instead of now to cable a whole floor instead of partially cabling 50 will increase the overall cost by a significant amount less than double.
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