On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:11:35 GMT, "Dirty Tleilaxu"
wrote:

I require a second coaxial cable to be run into my finished underground
basement (from a second signal source). I've posted a photo diagram
(http://snice.net/basement.jpg) to illustrate what I'm working with.

As you can see, the outside wall is concrete foundation, which prevents an
easy drilling solution. My guess is that the existing cable was run when
the basement was being finished. Now that the wall is finished, what are my
options for installing a new jack alongside my existing one? Having a jack
high on the wall isn't acceptable to me for aesthetic reasons. Can it be
wall-fished, or is my only option to dig alongside the foundation and drill
a hole at the desired spot? If so, does drilling the foundation
significantly comprimise the structural/watertight integrity of the
foundation?

I have no technical expertise in this area but to me it just sounds
like common sence that you do NOT want a hole in your foundation wall
that might let water or insects in. I doubt it would affect
structural integridty of the foundation but any hole/crack below
ground level will mean water leaking into the house. you don't want
that.

You said you were thinking of digging down along tehe foundation and
drilling at the appropriate spot. I would have thought that drilling
above ground level and then just redoing all the drywall behind the tv
(so you can run the cable behind the wall and down to where you want
it) would actually be much easier in terms of time and hassle. You'd
have to dig down about 5 feet. And make it wide enough to work in.
That's a hell of a hole.

Kevin