Preparing Your Home

If you are building or renovating there are a couple of things your builder needs to do to prepare your home for fibre broadband.

1. Call 0800 4 FIBRE to get a free fibre lead-in 

Enable provides a free underground lead-in for almost all properties in our coverage area. We will install our red micro-tubing whilst the service trench is open. 

2. Install structured wiring and a home distribution box 

We recommend installing Cat6 ethernet cabling that travels out through a central hub called a home distribution box.

3. Install internal fibre conduit 

Make sure your electrician installs an internal fibre conduit from the outside of your house to your home distribution box.

Preparing a home for fibre checklist:  Our builder, electrician or driveway contractor has called 0800 4 FIBRE to arrange red fibre ducting to be installed while the service trench is open or before a new driveway is laid  We’re having structured Cat6 wiring installed  A home distribution box is included in our house design  Our electrician is including an internal fibre conduit in our house  We’ve considered all the locations we need an Ethernet jack point in our house  We’ve considered whether we need jack points for our telephones – or will use a telecommunications provider that provides specialist internet phones  We’ve chosen an alarm system that’s designed to work over fibre

Important downloads: 

Preparing a new or renovated home for fibre broadband

Detailed installation standards for pre-cabling a building for fibre broadband