Dan, what are you referring to when you said a pvc box for connection. is that like a ploastic or pvc electic box? Lee
On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 10:59:10AM -0400, Dan Rossi wrote: > > I mentioned here before, that when they did the initial install of cable > and phone wires at my house, lord knows how many years ago, long before I > purchased the place, they ran the wires all over the outside of the house > rather than one wire into the house and then split from their. > > I ripped all those wires down and got myself down to a single hole in the > house where the phone and cable enter, then fished wires up through the > interior walls. Makes the outside look a bit cleaner. > > Well, as I am wont to do, I went over the top and decided it would look > even cleaner to have the phone and cable wires come down the side of the > house enclosed in PVC conduit rather than just hanging down the side of > the house. I finally got the PVC up and sealed and anchored to the house. > > I found the ductseal that folks told me about. I plugged the top end of > the conduit where the wires enter. I then wrapped the end with weather > proof tape. I then used some more of the ductseal at the bottom end where > the wires actually enter the house. I put a PVC box there attached to the > house. I just stuffed a bunch of ductseal in the box and closed it up. > Should be a hell of a mess for the poor bastard who ever has to pull the > wires out. > > I used TapCon screws and little brackets to attach the conduit to the > house. I absolutely love TapCon screws. They are so dam easy to work > with. > > Teresa sealed all around the box with calk, and I am pretty sure we now > have a dry penetration through the house. > > I've been living on borrowed time though as I haven't reconnected the > cable line to ground. I'll do that some evening this week, hopefully not > while there is a thunder storm going on. > > Later. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: (412) 268-9081 -- The life of a repo man is always intense. Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net
