Chrystal86
09-04-2010, 12:55
Hi,
I had Internet, TV and phone installed on Wednesday (I recently moved into the property). I wanted all 3 installed in my bedroom which is at the front of the house. It was also handy that the previous tenant must have had cable because there was a connection box thingy in the bedroom anyway.
When the man came to install he asked me where I wanted my services installed, I told him the front bedroom. He asked me where abouts my TV and PC would sit and I said I'm not sure (haven't even got the furniture in my bedroom yet) but it would be either of the 2 far walls (so need quite a bit of cable). I did say to him "can you just make sure you leave enough cable for it to reach over to either of these walls" and he replied yes. Once he'd finished I went up to discover he had tacked the wire along the wall... so now, I cannot move my TV and PC to the other wall even if I wanted to. Also, the way it's done, I will have to keep my TV and PC pretty much next to each other, when I would have preferred to have one on each side of the room. I am very shy and thought he'd ask what I wanted or explain at least. And when I asked him to leave the wire loose and he said yes, I thought that would be the case or he would say no. When I had internet installed in my previous house less than a year ago, they didn't tack any wires, they simply left it loose from the socket so I could move the wire around to whatever wall I wanted.
So is it standard to tack the wires to walls? aren't they really meant to leave the wires free to be moved around by the customer?
I also imagine calling them to get them to come out and move it is gonna cost? and I bet I wont like the price either LOL. If it's a ridiculous fee then I will just get my brother to move it, it's just I am not sure how the piece of plastic where the one wire turns into two is stuck on the wall :o:.
I had Internet, TV and phone installed on Wednesday (I recently moved into the property). I wanted all 3 installed in my bedroom which is at the front of the house. It was also handy that the previous tenant must have had cable because there was a connection box thingy in the bedroom anyway.
When the man came to install he asked me where I wanted my services installed, I told him the front bedroom. He asked me where abouts my TV and PC would sit and I said I'm not sure (haven't even got the furniture in my bedroom yet) but it would be either of the 2 far walls (so need quite a bit of cable). I did say to him "can you just make sure you leave enough cable for it to reach over to either of these walls" and he replied yes. Once he'd finished I went up to discover he had tacked the wire along the wall... so now, I cannot move my TV and PC to the other wall even if I wanted to. Also, the way it's done, I will have to keep my TV and PC pretty much next to each other, when I would have preferred to have one on each side of the room. I am very shy and thought he'd ask what I wanted or explain at least. And when I asked him to leave the wire loose and he said yes, I thought that would be the case or he would say no. When I had internet installed in my previous house less than a year ago, they didn't tack any wires, they simply left it loose from the socket so I could move the wire around to whatever wall I wanted.
So is it standard to tack the wires to walls? aren't they really meant to leave the wires free to be moved around by the customer?
I also imagine calling them to get them to come out and move it is gonna cost? and I bet I wont like the price either LOL. If it's a ridiculous fee then I will just get my brother to move it, it's just I am not sure how the piece of plastic where the one wire turns into two is stuck on the wall :o:.