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August 21, 2009
More Anachronisms
I know it's period-inappropriate but I have to run antenna wires from my roof to all floors of a 3-story house. How has anyone else done that? Holes on each floor? One hole from roof & try to run cable inconspiculously inside? (I'd love it if someone said there's some kind of wi-fi set-up I could do.)
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What kind of wire Arkady? Regular TV or Direct TV?
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 3:24 PM
Just do it in the back. Not down the front of the house. Preferably run one to the basement and then up from there if you can snake through any closets. Check your baseboards to see if there is space to run it behind them if you just remove the quarter round or shoe molding from the bottom and you can stuff the cable inside behind that and replace the shoe molding.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 3:25 PM
Arkady, although shrillstoner most definitely would NOT approve, I did for my satellite TV what Dave suggested. I ran 1 cable down the back of the house, through a vent into the cellar, and then snaked it through closets and behind or (perish the thought) along baseboards.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 3:33 PM
shrillstoner only listens to the radio.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 3:34 PM
CGar and Dave, good idea to go through cellar or basement. I would just run it outside through the back and drill a small hole as close as possible to where I would position the TV.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 3:39 PM
You shouldn't watch so much TV anyway. It numbs the mind. Rid yourself of such bourgoise trappings. Go to the library and get a book.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 3:47 PM
shillstoner only listens to the wireless.
DIBS, how do you know it's for TV? She may want to only bring in WBGO and WFMU.
Nobody runs it down the back of the house and drills holes thru the windowsills? lol... that's what they did in this house.
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 4:09 PM
Thanks Dibs! Never thought of going through the basement & back up - great idea & I do have chases in several places. It's for antenna wire - still getting (or will get) over-the-air video signal & the decoder box doesn't pick up where I am w/o an antenna.
Posted by: Arkady at August 20, 2009 4:17 PM
denton- they did that in this house too. And in the front too.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 8:46 PM
I did what Kensingtonian and Denton suggested. I also had my DirecTV dish mounted far enough back so it's not visible from the street. I don't care that it's anachronistic; coal-burning or gas-powered TVs work so poorly.
Posted by: Bob Marvin at August 20, 2009 8:55 PM
i think arkady is trying to steal her neighbor's cable. a little funny story about cable thiefs, when i lived in an apartment building as a kid i was watching tv and it went out and i heard someone putzing around outside our door in the hallway. the freak across the hall from us was splicing into our cable to steal! and he was in nothing but his underwear. gross. and yes i ratted him out.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 9:53 AM
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