<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">To make it more complicated the aerial actually comes through the ground as it is communal. I found an entry point last night I think (a hole with a covering 'CATV' over it which I believe can mean communal antenna as well as cable TV), although unlike my neighbours' mine had nothing running out of it. I should get some tools out and have a look inside.<br><br>Dan<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us><br>To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users@mythtv.org><br>Sent: Monday, 21 May, 2007 11:49:47 PM<br>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Lack of aerial access<br><br><div><br>On May 21, 2007, at 1:23 PM, Dan Gravell
wrote:<br><br>> We have just moved into this house and the truth is I don't know. <br>> The survey said it's of a timber frame construction, but wouldn't <br>> there be insulation in the cavity?<br><br>Probably. The are some tricks for that, though. When I was doing <br>security camera installation I had some thin fiberglass poles called <br>"fish sticks" that I would use to push wire through spaces like <br>that. However, be aware that it's quite likely there's <br>"firestopping" between floors -- solid wood blocks to prevent the <br>cavities from acting like chimneys if the house catches fire. This <br>would naturally block your access. Sometimes you can run the cabling <br>alongside existing plumbing; usually the holes for that are oversize <br>and there's room to shove a cable through alongside the
pipe.<br><br>If you have forced-air heat another option is to run plenum-rated <br>cable through the air ducts. Be sure to use grommets where the cable <br>passes through the sheet metal so it doesn't get cut.<br><br>I live in the U.S. so it's possible construction details like this <br>are different where you are. All of this stuff is highly dependent <br>on local building codes.<br><br>Of course, the aerial lead must already be coming from above. You <br>might want to find out where it enters the house to begin with. If <br>it's through the attic, then it's usually pretty easy to push cabling <br>down into the walls of the top story; there's only one firestop to <br>deal with, then, and since attics are usually unfinished it's right <br>there where you can drill a hole in it.<br><br>Consider pulling some network cable as well, as
long as you're going <br>to all this trouble. ;)<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br>mythtv-users@mythtv.org<br><a target="_blank" href="http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users">http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br></div></div><br></div></div><br>
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