Wired vs wireless sensors in an old Victorian house, wireless lost bad

I had this job last month up in Portland, old Victorian with plaster walls a foot thick in some spots. Tried going all wireless sensors to save drilling, but those things kept dropping signal through the walls. Swapped to hardwired after 3 days of frustration, and the connection was rock solid. Has anyone else run into plaster walls killing wireless range like that?

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olivia6703d ago

Wireless in old houses is just a losing game honestly. Those plaster walls with metal mesh turn every room into a faraday cage lol. Hardwired is the only real fix when the walls themselves fight you like that.

iris_schmidt3d ago

oh man metal lath is the absolute worst for wireless, my jaw actually dropped when you mentioned that. i did a house once where the homeowner swore up and down they had "just plaster" but nope, metal mesh underneath and every single wifi signal died at the doorframe. hardwired through the attic is the only way to go in those places lol, you can't cheat physics with old construction

the_robin3d ago

You had the same kind of trouble I did with those plaster walls, huh? I did a job in an old house near the coast and the mesh network just gave up after two rooms. Ended up running low-voltage wire through the attic and down the closets, took a weekend but never had a dropout again. That thick old plaster with the metal lath inside is like a signal killer for sure.