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Default Running cable through an outside wall

On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 04:52:00 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Thursday, June 11, 2009 6:12:28 PM UTC-4, aemeijers wrote:
wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:51:14 -0500, "HeyBub"
wrote:

SBH wrote:
Though, I haven't taken a good look yet to the possibility of this
but how difficult is it to run cable through an outside wall on a
bungalow? It was a small addition to the kitchen on the back of the
house (was there when we purchased). Below it is a crawlspace and
above it is an attic which doesn't appear to have an access, not even
through the main attic space, It's puzzling as to how I will get in
there.
I know it's difficult to answer without seeing, but all suggestions
are appreciated.

Thank you
Trivial. You need a long ( 1 foot) 1/2" bit, a coat-hanger, and a pair of
pliers.

No, you need an "installer bit". Drill the hole, tie the cable on,
and pull it back through. Then seal the hole with caulk.


Running coax on outside of house and through wall is the hillbilly way
to do it. Fast and cheap, which is why it is so popular, but it looks
like crap. And the more coax and connectors you have exposed to the
weather, the quicker it fails.

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Then by all means, provide your non-"hillbilly" solution to his problem.


aemeijers has nothing to prove to a nooble like you. He was a poster
par excellence, and I hope wherever he is, he's posting happiily.