[lug] OT: Wiring recommendations?

[Elyse Grasso]

Thanks for the warning...

On Monday 18 March 2002 11:03 am, you wrote:
> I can't recommend someone to do the work (I like to do a lot of that stuff 
> myself), but I can tell you whom to STAY AWAY from!
> 
> I just bought a brand new house in Longmont, and the builder contracted 
TIKOMM 
> wiring to do the telephone, cable, and Cat5e network lines.  When I moved 
in, 
> my two phone lines were crossed in the house, and NONE of the network jacks 
> were wired correctly.  The "home run" box in the basement was a MESS, with 
bare 
> telephone wires showing (potential shorting problems); one of the cable 
lines 
> had a bad connecter on it (the cable shielding was shorted to the center 
wire, 
> such that when you LOOKED at the connector, you could plainly see it was 
> shorted).
> 
> So, I recommed AGAINST TIKOMM wiring!
> 
> Viggy
> 
> Elyse Grasso wrote:
> > 
> > I would like to hire someone to do some wiring in my house:
> > 
> > 1) replace old non-standard phone wiring with decent stuff, replace wall 
> jacks
> > 2) add phone jacks in a few places that don't have them
> > 3) put home theater speaker wires inside the walls, so I can stop 
tripping on
> > them
> > 4) cable the house with cat5e, so I can stop tripping on network cables
> > 5) possibly, reorganize coax connection from satellite dish to TV.
> > 
> > I have no attic or overhead crawl space, but do have an almost full 
basement
> > under most of the places where new wiring needs to go (one speaker wire 
may
> > be tricky to do without a lot of damage to the drywall). The cat5e can
> > go all the same places as the phones lines,
> > 
> > Can anyone recommend someone who is good at these kinds of wiring 
projects in
> > exisitng structures? I have remodeling money immediately available, and 
would
> > like to get the wiring done before I get bids on drywall work, painting, 
etc.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> >
> Elyse
> 
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