Property Manager · Windsor Locks, CT · Member since 2016 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
I recently purchased this house. There are cable and phone lines running EVERYWHERE....it's like a spider web, but all over the place...What can I do to fix this? Can I "force" the installer to come out and do it properly/better?
I've got dangling cables going into windows, holes in the wall, and God knows wherever else. I have 4 units, but 6 satellites. It's a real eye sore, especially because I'd imagine half of these cables aren't "live"....
Broker, Investor, Property Restorer · Fox Point, WI · Member since 2012 · 288 posts · 120 votes
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A LOT of various issues here, none of them anything I'd consider a "plus" either!
First off, having lived for a little while in the Hartford area this brought back a few memories and I had to laugh thinking back to the ridiculous amount of regulation in CT, they truly have a long lasting love affair with regulating EVERYTHING there! Here in WI, we can get heavy on the regulations as well, but nothing compared to CT, so you'd think based upon the logic of the "if we regulate and make a rule, law, license, training, etc, etc for EVERY last possible thing or business transaction, well THAT is why here in CT, we don't have messes like in that picture HERE!" Ummm, that pic IS from a building in CT!!! I guess they better add a lot more mandatory training hours to their courseload! Just for kicks, check out this "simplified" guide to low voltage installer licensing requirements in CT:
Here in WI, up to 24 volts I believe it is, NO license is required and we see some of the same messes and I'd agree with the other comments, as landlords we MUST keep an extremely tight leash on ANY sort of installs like these and I've seen the "cable guy" do much of the same and it doesn't matter if its some dump about ready to fall over or an incredible, truly classic home with a stone or brick exterior, they'll normally just drill right through the exterior (good for the masonry drill bit companies!) and hope they don't hit any live romex on the way in!