Dec 16 2009
Cable Installation 101 – The Wrong Way
What suprised me most during my brief stint as a cable installer was that there was no wire fishing involved in the process (and while I understand the reasoning, ie it is labour intensive and presents liability issues) rather “stapling along the baseboard” is the proscribed method.
This is an “extreme” example, as for anything this extensive you’re going to wrap a cable around the outside of the house and drill out from the second floor room.
The problem here of course is the customer just assumes you’re going to fish the wire through the walls and keep things perty.
Nuh-uh.
(and to be clear, this is NOT my video)
Lets be clear, that looks like alot of work.
It may not be the right work, but at least he tried.
And all that in an hour.
I could totally tell it wasn’t your work, didn’t you use white cable?
And the installer thought the customer would accept that?!
That’s incredible. But, then, good help is hard to find
If someone did that in my home, they’d never find his body. What an ugly and badly done job. The signal loss from all those tight bends would really add up quickly.
It reminds me of the local telecom company doing an addition to a business where a girlfriend worked about 15 years ago – they just stapled along the wall near the floor and it looked like something a kid had done. They then presented an outrageous invoice for their extensive work, and the owner just paid it.
Wednesday night, 8:00 PM (Your time).
You want to play?