phone wiring

[shava23.livejournal.com]

OK, so it looks like I need to rewire from the phone box outside the house to the inside of my house, somehow. I suspect that the very old wire from the box to my dining room is just bad. I'd be happy to pay someone something reasonable to do this -- all the holes are drilled and such, and you probably don't even need a ladder as you should be able to thread stuff using the existing wire. Does anyone local do this, or know someone who would? I've just spent hours doing everything *but* replacing that wire, and I'm tired of wrestling with it. Far more a software kind of grrl than a wiring fan...

Thanks!

Comments

[ron_newman]

Would it work to order the inside-wire maintenance plan from Verizon, then cancel it a few months later? (I don't know if you can get away with that -- has anyone tried?)

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

Any electrician should be able to do this for you.

[shava23.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, and any electrician might be more or less reasonable, reliable, or competent -- and someone who's not an electrician might want to do it for far less money since it's low voltage and doesn't have to comply with code.

Unless you're offering to subsidize me? :)

[artic-monkeys.livejournal.com]

You better check with the local Union first. You might get some scab in real trouble here.

[shava23.livejournal.com]

um. no.

I am a private citizen, not an employer. I have no contract with any union. Therefore, I have no obligation whatsoever to use union electricians to perform work that most college geeks could probably do. I'm not operating in a union contracted facility. I'm not even a landlord.

You aren't a "scab" unless you're breaking a union strike or contract to do the work.

My dad was a union organizer, in two different unions, one trades, one professional.

You don't have to be afraid of unions, honest. They aren't trying to take over your household phone wires...:)

Now, getting someone to work on high voltage wires (real electrical work) in your home, I'd recommend someone certified or certified and unionized, because otherwise you are running the risk of some yahoo who could do a shoddy job that would endanger your life. But phone wiring can't hurt anything, you could suck on the open copper (if that's what turned you on! :).

Well, I'm certainly getting an interesting set of responses. But maybe I'll just end up doing this myself this weekend at this point...

[ron_newman]

The craigslist Household services category may be useful in finding the right geek. (No guarantees -- I've never tried it myself.)