fishing phone cable through hole

The telephone guy who did my house used a flexible fiber glass pole to get the wire through. It came in sections so that he could make it as long as he liked without needing alot of room. IF you have alot of fishing to do it may be worth the cost. The one he used runs about $90 but you can go the homestore and buy a chimney cleaning kit with exact same fiberglass poles for $19. The difference being the wire attachment point. I drilled a hole in the end and havent lost a wire yet

As it is I've already corrected the problem, others

Insults are sometimes in the eye of the beholder, but I really was taken aback by your original coathanger comment. Unless you're living in the boonies, miles away from your nearest neighbor, I'd have expected you could just ask someone nextdoor if they had one.

Peace. I apologize if my jibes were taken as serious insults, but something about not being able to take the heat and getting out of a kitchen is now rattling around in what's left of my mind.

Jeff

Stop by your local *.* (auto, hvac, plumber) service company. I guarantee their uniforms come from the cleaners on real wire hangars. What make you think they don't sell them anymore? Just because you're too good to use them, doesn't mean the rest of the world doesn't.

yeppers.

I have found some recently. They were plastic coated, but still stiff.

I got a whole mess of white vinyl coated ones in Target. When you have an older house with small closets those big clunky plastic hangers take up too much space. Plus they sag when you use them for drying damp clothes.

nate

The OP could unscrew the whip antenna on his car and use that; one of my ham radio antennas has saved me a few times; it being 4' long and pretty thin, but strong enough to pull a string along as I push it thru the wall.

I have most of the professional tools for pulling wire through walls but I often use an old dipstick with a hole punched in the tip for pulling those short little runs.

You can take a 12" piece of coat hanger and bend a loop in it so a match can fit in it. This works great for lighting pilot lights.

on 9/7/2007 6:31 PM Bob M. said the following:

If he has a car with a whip antenna. Most cars now have painted circuits on the rear window, like the rear window defrosters.

Cut another 12" piece, twist the end like a pretzel, producing a "knot" about 2 - 3" across. Chuck the unpretzeled end into a drill, and you have the best paint mixer money didn't buy.

NO EIGENLOSTMYVECTOR it's the FACT you do NO RESEARCH then infest usenet with your already asked questions that annoys us. You are a troll to insult someone that realizes your idiotic scheme. I am surprised you haven't post a question on how to get out of bed in the morning.

Sure, looks is part of it. But durability is the biggest part. The drop wire is weather-rated. The stuff on house side of demarc usually isn't. The less wire exposed to weather and sun, the fewer chances for failure. Through-the-wall installs are done because they are fast and easy, especially if the house only has a crawlspace and/or shallow attic. And don't even get me started on typical old-work cable TV/Satt install hack jobs.

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