Full-speed internet in a backyard she-shed

A homeowner in Carrollton, Georgia runs a craft business out of a metal she-shed about 50 yards up the hill behind the house. Vinyl cutter, laser, a laptop, a phone. The house has fast Spectrum fiber. The shed caught a trickle of the house Wi-Fi: enough to show a signal, not enough to update the computer or run the machines.

Two outdoor radios, one Wi-Fi point, and one afternoon fixed it. Speed test in the shed when we left: 667 Mbps down, 675 up. Same bill the homeowner already pays. No trenching, no second internet account, no monthly fee from us.

The problem

Metal buildings block Wi-Fi. A house router is built to cover a house, not a yard and a steel box at the far end of it. The usual fixes are a Wi-Fi extender (which was already not working), a second internet account for the shed (a new bill every month, and the provider may not even run to it), or burying a cable (a trench across the yard, a conduit, and a weekend).

The homeowner wanted the shed to work like a room of the house, with the same Wi-Fi name and password, and did not want another bill.

What we installed

A point-to-point wireless bridge. Two small outdoor radios, a matched pair: one on the back wall of the house, one on the end of the shed facing it. They lock onto each other and carry the full house connection across the yard. They are rated for miles. 50 yards is nothing to them.

Inside the shed, one business-grade Wi-Fi 6 access point on the wall, so phones, the laptop, the cutter, and the laser all see a strong signal inside the metal walls.

• House side: one cable from an open port on the Spectrum router, through one small sealed hole in the wall, to the house radio.
• Shed side: one cable from the shed radio through the wall to the Wi-Fi point.
• Surge protection on both ends, outdoor-rated cable, everything on the homeowner's own power.
• The Spectrum modem and router stayed exactly as they were.

The Wi-Fi point went high on the wall at the house end of the shed, where the one cable from outside comes in. Nothing on the ceiling, nothing in the way of the sign.

How the day went

Both radios and the Wi-Fi point were configured and tested on the bench at our shop the day before. On site it was mounting, aiming, and plugging in, not setup. The house radio went up beside the window that lines up with the shed. The shed radio went up at the corner facing the house, about seven feet up. The two found each other on the first try.

Then the Wi-Fi point went on the wall inside, the cables got tidied, and we ran speed tests from the homeowner's phone and laptop in the shed before packing up. About four hours, start to finish.

Remote access to the shed computer was set up at the same time, so most future support happens without a visit.

One cable, one small sealed hole at the top corner, tucked behind the trim. That is the entire footprint on the shed side.

What it cost

The homeowner asked for a number before saying yes, so here it is, as invoiced.

Item	Price
2 outdoor point-to-point radios, 5 GHz, gigabit, with power injectors	$200
Wi-Fi 6 access point for inside the shed, with power injector	$200
Outdoor-rated cable, wall pass-through, 2 surge protectors, mounting hardware	$100
Georgia sales tax on the hardware	$35
Install: bench setup, mounting, wall pass-through, aiming, cable runs, testing, 30 day follow up	$500
Total	$1,035

Everything belongs to the homeowner. No rental, no subscription. Most jobs like this one run $1,000 to $1,400 installed depending on distance, mounting, and how many devices need to live out there. A second building, cameras, or a TV ride the same link.

Is this your yard?

If you have a shed, shop, barn, pole barn, detached garage, pool house, or tiny home with bad or no internet, and you can see it from the house, this is almost certainly the fix. Read how the service works or call 470-641-2273 and describe the yard. We serve Carrollton, Newnan, Villa Rica, Bremen, Douglasville, and the rest of West Georgia.