re-wiring house cable, stuck

MMark · 2009-10-24T16:39:37+00:00

Hi...Our house was wired for cable when it was built in the 70's with oldrg59. On top of that, they horseshoe nailed the cable to the studs.I started re-wiring it with rg6 but ran into a snag in the backbedroom.The wiring starts in the basement, runs up the center of the house tothe attic, then through crawlspaces, etc back down to the bedrooms.One bedroom that we're using as an office has a drop, but the jack isin the mid-line of the house, so it runs back and forth under a lot ofsub flooring.My problem is those damn horseshoe nails. I broke the top out of thewall box and was able to pull out one of the horseshoe nails with acoat hanger, but there's another one somewhere up there in the wall.Because of all the zigging and zagging under the subflooring, a snakewouldn't work to run a new line. My understanding is that snakes workokay if you have essentially a straight shot, which I don't.Any ideas on how to free up the line/get rid of the horseshoe nailsomewhere up the stud without taking all the drywall down?ThanksMark

Oct 24, 2009 20 Replies

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The Daring Dufas 16 years ago

If the staples are installed too tightly, meaning denting the cable, the sum of all those dents really messes with the cable impedance. I see the same problems with data cable where the stuff is mashed by the staples or there are sharp 90 degree bends in the cable. Did you notice any sharp bends in your coaxial cable or perhaps a staple piercing the insulation? It only takes one staple sticking in the cable to ruin it.

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