Considering Hopper

[jkdhoo]

I have a two-story house with finished basement built in 1992, so the existing coax wiring is 20 years old. In addition, I think the previous owners dry-walled over all the splitters and lines in the basement when they finished it out, so the Hopper/Joey cannot be connected to my existing wiring because there's no access to any of the individual lines.

Are there any guidelines or suggestions I could give an installer if I decide to go ahead and let them run the coax along the outside of my house? I'd want to keep it all as hidden as possible for aesthetic reasons, and am worried that I could possible get a brand new or lazy (unfortunately they exist in all professions) installer who wouldn't do a good job of making the lines as invisible as possible. Are there standards for this type of work that he would need to follow?

I just don't want to end up having glaring visible coax after all's said and done.

Thanks!

 

[KAB]

What coax on the outside are you imagining...from the Sat? A little more specifics would help.

 

[jkdhoo]

In addition to the lines from the Sat they would need to run lines to my basement, living room, and upstairs bedroom, punch through the walls, and put in the boxes on the interior. This is because there is no access to the internal wiring at all, just 3 lines that come in to the house and disappear.

 

[Smwoodward]

In addition to the lines from the Sat they would need to run lines to my basement, living room, and upstairs bedroom, punch through the walls, and put in the boxes on the interior. This is because there is no access to the internal wiring at all, just 3 lines that come in to the house and disappear.

The average installer will do an install that takes the shortest amount of time as possible. This means They will drill a hole straight through the inside and outside wall, or drill a hole through the floor to go down. They generally will not fish the wire through the wall and install wall plates without charging some extra fee per hour.

Now, if you want the wire to run through the wall into the basement and what not, it's generally not that hard to do.

The wires from the actual dish is a little different.

 

[harshness]

You should consider hiring an established contractor to pre-wire or negotiate with the installer to wire everything the way you want it (assuming your expectations can be met).

 

[KAB]

You should consider hiring an established contractor to pre-wire or negotiate with the installer to wire everything the way you want it (assuming your expectations can be met).

Yes, on the contractor. Average installer would probably not be up to the task...wall fishing, etc. But it' gonna cost some bucks.

 

[navychop]

I run my own coax in-wall. Not hard. And if any future installer doesn't like what I've done and plans to "ugly up" my home with exterior coax runs, he'll be leaving the premises.