[geeks] wire my house!

[Sandwich Maker]

" From: "Sheldon T. Hall" <shel at tandem.artell.net>
" 
" Sandwich Maker serves up ...
" 
" > i'm finally going to go dsl.
" [snip]
" > i want to thread the wires up the interior wall alongside the phone
" > wiring.  major difficulty there is the upstairs wall isn't right over
" > the downstairs one, so i need to cut into the kitchen wall just under
" > the ceiling to drill horizontal connecting access.  if i can actually
" > accomplish this, it'll be the cleanest, but am i wasting my time
" > trying?  afaict they're offset about a foot.
" 
" The easy way, in many cases, is to run the wire up a pipe chase, or just
" beside a pipe, from the basement to the attic, then drop it down from there.
" Really, you drop it from the attic _down_ the pipe chase; gravity is your
" friend.

a great idea...  alas, all my pipes are in the corner away from the
rooms i want to wire.

but maybe...

" Burglar alarm companies are geniuses at this sort of thing, and they have
" long, flexible drills that are Just Right for putting in wire without
" disrupting the sheetrock.

that's a thought!  but i'm not sure my budget can stand the dent of
hiring someone.		;^<

a really long drill and a borescope could work wonders though.

" Or go wireless ....

ick.  -something-else- to buy and manage, and while i don't imagine my
neighborhood is full of crackers it is tight and the signal would
probably reach the houses across the street.  and you can't wardrive a
wire.
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