I bought a brand new house about a year ago but didn't get it until after all the drywall and everything had been installed so it was too late to run additional wiring. Now, I want to add some additional cable jacks and figure while I'm doing it I might as well go all out as I eventually wanted to wire the house with CAT6. I want to do this right so I'm trying to get some good advice. As far as my skill level, I'm a complete noob. I've always rented so I don't have any experience with home improvement but I'm an anal engineering type willing to take the time to do it right. I've looked for some decent books (very mixed reviews on most) and have looked at all sorts of sites and videos to try and get prepared. So in no particular order, here are the items I would appreciate some feedback on: 1. I figure the best and most future proof way to do this is to install a decent conduit so I can add/replace wires if necessary; something like [URL="http://www.cinemabuilder.com/products/construction/wiring-conduit.asp"]this[/URL] but cheaper if possible. If this isn't overkill, do you have any recommendations? And should I run it just from the wall jacks to the attic or all the way back to the junction point? 2. From reading some of the threads on this forum, it seems that punch down jacks and wiring blocks are the way to go (for flexibility and to avoid the pain of crimping). How do I avoid having to crimp ends to go from the wiring block to something like a router? 3. Where is a good place to get all this stuff? I usually buy my cables from places like Monoprice but I've never done anything of this magnitude so any suggestions on what or where to buy would be great, especially for stuff like the wiring block. I know this is going to be a little bit of a pain. I have fire blocks so I'm going to have to cut out sections of drywall in order to run the cables/conduits but I've read up on so I think I can manage. Hopefully I'm not getting in over my head. Any other suggestions, tips, or resources to use (web, book, etc.) would be appreciated! Thanks, Patrick

This may be a silly question from a home improvement enthusiast, but one I could use some help with. My 46 year old house has a telephone box next to an outlet in the MBR with an AC adapter attached. I assume this is a junction box. The AC adapter is not plugged in and yet I have phone service in the house. Any issues with disconnecting the wires and replacing the box with a new junction box, and any issues with eliminating the AC adapter (don't know what purpose it originally served)? There is a similar device in the second bedroom but this one is round and does not have an AC adapter attached. Thanks, Dan