Thankful for good tools.

[markc1957]

Finally bought a tone generator and tracing wand to find the cable from the bedroom at one end of the house to the cable TV entry point at the other end of the house. Cable was all run when the house was built, and not one of the previous owners saw fit to use the cable already there, and ran new cable from a dish along the outside of the house, entering through the soffit vents to get to the walls inside. Messy installation of those new cables, which I'll probably have to be removing, because they're a tripping hazard as they are right now up in the attic space. They're also unsightly on the outside of the house. The Sonicrafter is a wonderful tool for making holes in drywall because it leaves a very narrow kerf that is easily filled with drywall compound. Have to install a junction box in the wall in the master bedroom, which is the only room that didn't have TV cable run to it. Made a small hole in the wall we've decided the TV is going to be against and fished new cable up through the wall. Going to get the walkie-talkies out of the camper so that any more of that sort of thing doesn't become another exercise in frustration. Getting to the right location in the attic to run the fish tape down is one thing, trying to have an assistant hear you and you hear them by yelling back and forth through the attic access is something else altogether. Was a bit frazzled by the end of the day. Cable running is a work in progress, as the spool is on the floor, and about 100 feet have been pulled up into the attic space. Not cutting it loose from the spool until I've gotten the other end of it down to the cable TV entry point. No ACME wire stretcher in my toolbox. Going to be a very busy President's Day weekend. So...much...fun? At least I'm getting stuff done. Probably going to manage to get the dog door put through the wall as well. That's going to be...interesting. Going to talk some more with the neighbor regarding a new fence and side gate. That's all for now.

Comments

[texxgadget]

Buddy of mine has rental property.
He got sick of cable companies drilling holes in walls.
He installed a 4x4 box in the middle of every wall of every room in the house or apt.
Each of these boxes has a run of "blue smurf tubing" back to a master backboard in the garage.
Phone, internet, cable etc comes to this board and stops as far as the provider is concerned.
Steve then fishes it from there to the desired 4x4 box and instals an apropriate cover where the service is needed.
Its much nicer and tenants who want to feed music from one room to another Steve can do that too.

I suspect this house was partially set up this way, but not every wall had a box.

Previous occupants probably didnt understand it, so they just let the utility companies go wild.

The issue with all services coming in through the master conduit and terminating on the junction board is part of the lease.
Tenants who allow cable companies to drill holes in walls are served with a 3 day notice.