Running (satellite) cable through external walls
Jon Dye
I have a satellite dish which was left by the previous house owner. The
(single) cable currently runs through a hole in the PVC window frame. I want
to upgrade the dish (with a multiple output LNB) and add several cables. I was
wondering if anyone had any advice on the best way to run them into the house?
Drilling into the window frame seems like the wrong way to do it (especially if
there are several cables). What about going straight through an external wall?
What do I need to consider other than drilling a hole and pushing the cable
through? I assume I should put a loop on the outside to stop drips running
into the house.
JD
Jim
> Drilling into the window frame seems like the wrong way to do it (especially if
> there are several cables). What about going straight through an external wall?
> What do I need to consider other than drilling a hole and pushing the cable
> through? I assume I should put a loop on the outside to stop drips running
> into the house.
Try and avoid doing this to the brick if you have an hammer drill:
David WE Roberts
"Jim" <n...@0.0.0.0> wrote in message
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Or to be more precise, when you inevitably do this you should 'make good'
afterwards.
When I recently ran cables through the wall I put sleves on the cable
(inside and out) and bedded them in with mastic.
I got the sleeves from Screwfix.
I was copying the method used by NTL/Virgin cable installers which looked to
be lasting O.K.
I had to 'make good' the outside of the hole first with some mortar.
Dave Liquorice
> What about going straight through an external wall?
That's what the Sky cow^H^H^Hinstallers do. Normally with a 16mm SDS
drill going flat out and blasting a saucer sized lump off the outside
of the house, which they then hide behind a yuk coloured plastic
cover and gobs of silicone.
> What do I need to consider other than drilling a hole and pushing the
> cable through?
Drill so the hole rises a bit from the outside, reduces water running
down the hole to the inside.
Drill where there aren't any services, power, water, gas etc.
Not sure if you have to take any particular action if the wall is of
cavity construction. Either in relation to any insulation or bridging
the cavity or stopping air from outside or in entering.
> I assume I should put a loop on the outside to stop drips running
> into the house.
Yes, bearing in mind the minimum bend radius of the cable of a few
cm.
Bung at least four cables through the hole or make it easy to add
extra ones. 4 cables gives you the choice to run four independant
recievers froma quad LNB or or if you want more to bring in the four
feeds from a quattro LNB to the multiswitch.
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Cheers
Dave.
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Depending on your situation, you could simply run the cable into the loft
and distribute the signal from there. Mind you, with our tv aerial feeds I
still found it neater to go back outside with each and drill through near to
each tv position, rather than feed cables through the house...
S
Brian Gaff
Unfortunately, he also glued brick dust to my skirting board underneath with
his, 'invisible filler'
Still, the thought was there I guess.
Brian
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<bri...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>Yes, this is exactly what the Virgin guy did for my broadband.
>Unfortunately, he also glued brick dust to my skirting board underneath with
>his, 'invisible filler'
>
Virgin did a similar trick with a near neighbour of mine. Drilled
through the wall from outside without bothering to check inside. The
drill went through a plastic pipe feeding a radiator and dumped
gallons of water on the lounge carpet.
Doctor D
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NTL always used to go from inside out and shell the brick face off!