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Landline install...through window or concrete?

  • 18-07-2013 9:27pm
    #1
    Richard Dower
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    My landlord said he wont allow drilling through a PVC wndow frame. So what other options do the landline install guys have?


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  • #2
    syboit
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    Richard Dower wrote: »
    My landlord said he wont allow drilling through a PVC wndow frame. So what other options do the landline install guys have?

    I would suppose like sky/upc drill through the wall.


  • #3
    ED E
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    Apartment or house? If its a house run it through the eave, if an apartment then time to break out the SDS drill.


  • #4
    colm_mcm
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    In through an air vent? Under the eaves?


  • #5
    kaizersoze
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    Just lob it in he top opening......be grand shure.:pac:


  • #6
    D'Peoples Voice
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    Richard Dower wrote: »
    My landlord said he wont allow drilling through a PVC wndow frame.
    He's right, they may end up shattering the glass, as a few millimeters of the glass extends into the frame. You could try forcing it through the silicon around the frame of the window, but this is not easy when the window is tight against concrete reveal.
    Richard Dower wrote: »
    So what other options do the landline install guys have?
    Personally I would simply drill the cavity block, and then place a washer around the cable so you get no draft around the cable. You say landline, so it must be Eircom (or a contractor on their behalf) are coming to install, they should have a masonary drill bit. Try to have the hole near a drainpipe so you can hide the cable behind the drainpipe, or have the hole close to the roof so you can run the cable along the eaves.


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  • #7
    Richard Dower
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,634 ✭✭✭✭Richard Dower


    Do the install guys have these washers in the vans?

    D'Peoples Voice wrote: »
    He's right, they may end up shattering the glass, as a few millimeters of the glass extends into the frame. You could try forcing it through the silicon around the frame of the window, but this is not easy when the window is tight against concrete reveal.

    Personally I would simply drill the cavity block, and then place a washer around the cable so you get no draft around the cable. You say landline, so it must be Eircom (or a contractor on their behalf) are coming to install, they should have a masonary drill bit. Try to have the hole near a drainpipe so you can hide the cable behind the drainpipe, or have the hole close to the roof so you can run the cable along the eaves.


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