I'll let the other thread drop since the socket has been fitted so this thread is more relevant.
It turns out all our concern over where the master socket would be going & whether the bloke would put it there with us not being there etc etc was for nothing.
All the INTERIOR work is perfectly fine.
Yes, the INTERIOR work is fine. In worrying about this side of things we totally didn't realise that we should've thought about the EXTERIOR & we rather naively assumed how it would be fitted.
The old setup had a wire from the tele-pole to the top of the house & then straight down in to the living room.
So we therefore (foolishly) assumed a new wire would go from the same pole to the top of the house & then straight down in to the hall.
I couldn't get to the house tonight but my wife took photos (why do they look clearer on a phone than a PC screen?!)
When she came home i knew something wasn't right but i thought she'd be overreacting. When i saw those photos i was in agreement - it looks awful.
I know i know - we should've been there. We took our chance & the outside hasn't worked out. We know this.
Trailing wire around the centre of the house like that. Do any of you think that looks fine? I don't know if it's because it's not what i was expecting but i think it just looks awful.
Sure he's done a tidy job & my mum said he was very pleasant & helpful on the job. I'm not doubting that. Just the routing of it, do any of you think that the placement isn't just horrible?
Routing out direct to the corner of the house & down straight would've been better.
A band around the top of the house would've been better.
A band around the bottom of the house & up (is that even ok) would've been better.
But around the middle of the house? It stands out a mile & looks horrible i think.
We will probably have to at some point in the future pay to have that re-routed unless we learn to live with it. At least the line is apparently working.
Hi,
Where is your mains outlet and/or how will you be getting power to the BT Hub?
If the BT installer is happy to replace your existing extension socket, then as you said you could use the wiring to run off to other extensions if necessary (you can do this yourself if BT don't/won't - they just connect to the rear of the faceplate).
1. Mains is right underneath where the socket is pretty much. No problem there. A half metre perhaps.
2. The guy said he couldn't connect on to the existing extensions without ruining the wallpaper since previous owners had the wiring put in behind the wallpaper (why????!!!).
3. He questioned why we even needed extensions wiring in for the upstairs. He said a dual handset would work fine. One downstairs, one upstairs. But i thought you needed another socket for the second handset? Or does it all just work wirelessley? I know mobiles, not landlines.
You will be lucky if you get a choice at all.
Well apparently he was quite helpful & willing to answer thank you.
I even spoke to him on the phone & he seemed nice enough. Not obviously bad tempered that he was working so close to Xmas in the wind & rain (unlike myself!).
Oh & for the one who mentioned silicone being a cowboy approach:
He used it
But i don't think that side of it looks bad at all & at least he put a loop on the job