On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 04:12 AM, Dave Daniel wrote:
How much metal is part of your home's costruction? Roof, exterior walls (metallized insulation, wire mesh under stucco, etc.), interior walls (are the studs wood or metal?), etc., etc.
I don't know for sure, but this is built to California earthquake safety standards, and most of the materials are flexible, ie. wood. The studs are wood. The roof is composition asphalt shingle, not metal. There are 70 solar panels as I mentioned, but only the frames are metal, likely light aluminum.
There are some large appliances with lots of metal. The kitchen is on the second floor, near the center of the property. Many of the wireless signals would have to pass through it. There is a 28 year old 48" Monogram fridge that came with the house and is still chugging along. I have been told by a repairman never to replace it, because it uses cheap, easily available analog parts, and the newer digital control units and less reliable with hard to find parts.? There is also a GE double oven.
There is a brick wall in the front of the house which I know interferes strongly with the Wifi signal for the 7 lightbulbs on the terrace. I moved an AP last week which improved the situation a lot, but there is still high packet loss - around 45% according to my smokeping data for the first 2 I just checked. I may need an outdoor AP to resolve this particular issue, unfortunately. It's a bit of a shame to dedicate an AP just for these 7 bulbs, and I don't currently own any outdoor rated model of AP.
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There are 4 chimneys with thick granite walls, large granite countertops on 2 floors, perhaps 1000sq ft of marble tiles on 3rd floor in the back of the house. The home theater downstairs has soundproof walls, but I'm not sure which materials are used for that. One of the two wired Wifi APs is in that room. APs in 2 adjacent rooms are still able to mesh with it with respectable signal strength.
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