Probably the ugliest equipment and install I have ever seen
13-04-2011, 08:08
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Re: Probably the ugliest equipment and install I have ever seen
Why didn't you tell them you wanted a better routing? Not as if there was no-one there when it happened..
When my cable was installed he told me what route he would like to do I suggested a few changes and he was more than happy to accommodate.. In your case I don't see why the box is so far to the left and could of been placed to the right of the window with the cable half obstructed from view coming up the side of said window and then run along the bottom of the roof line.
In other words if you (or whoever was there) don't give opinions then they'll do it the simplest way possible..
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13-04-2011, 09:11
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Re: Probably the ugliest equipment and install I have ever seen
Is that Omni box there to cover a cable access hole? Thats the only reason I can see for locating the Omni box there.
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13-04-2011, 09:14
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Re: Probably the ugliest equipment and install I have ever seen
Errr .. Kymmy:
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Originally Posted by Jason1975
Also, I specified how I wanted the install done and where I wanted the cables laid and they were not installed how I instructed them to do it.
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13-04-2011, 09:17
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Re: Probably the ugliest equipment and install I have ever seen
Chris in other words "I didn't bother making sure that they did it how I wanted it as I wasn't too bothered at the time!!"
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13-04-2011, 09:58
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Re: Probably the ugliest equipment and install I have ever seen
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Chris in other words "I didn't bother making sure that they did it how I wanted it as I wasn't too bothered at the time!!"
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Kymmy, if you give someone instructions how you would like something done, why should I have to supervise the entire job. One would expect 'professional installers' to do it the way I wanted. If you tell your painter you want a room painted blue, and you come back and he has painted the cupboards blue instead would it be your fault for not supervising?
I had other things to do, and could not stand outside watching them do the install.
As some other guys mentioned it was a quick install. Fastest easiest way possible.
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13-04-2011, 10:11
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Re: Probably the ugliest equipment and install I have ever seen
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Chris in other words "I didn't bother making sure that they did it how I wanted it as I wasn't too bothered at the time!!"
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- How do we know they didn't just do the job hurriedly and leave? NTL installers did that several times to me. In one case, the installer left so quick, I almost didn't have time to draw breath, let alone complain about his work.
- They are supposedly professional people. Why shouldn't he expect them to follow his instructions, or at least give a good reason why they didn't?
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13-04-2011, 10:43
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Re: Probably the ugliest equipment and install I have ever seen
for making use of the numbered list function ...
/makes a mental note to use more bulleted and numbered lists in forum posts
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13-04-2011, 11:54
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Re: Probably the ugliest equipment and install I have ever seen
Some people come up with the most ridiculous complaints, come on please say "I don't believe it!" for us
I'd like my outside cable to be electric blue with a silver stripe running along it but we can't have everything. I honestly thought this was a joke when i read it and saw that photo of a perfectly neat install
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13-04-2011, 12:10
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Re: Probably the ugliest equipment and install I have ever seen
Neat, until you see the two long black cables crossing the white wall.
It would have been neater if they'd actually tacked the cable around the window frame.
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13-04-2011, 13:00
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Re: Probably the ugliest equipment and install I have ever seen
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Some people come up with the most ridiculous complaints, come on please say "I don't believe it!" for us
I'd like my outside cable to be electric blue with a silver stripe running along it but we can't have everything. I honestly thought this was a joke when i read it and saw that photo of a perfectly neat install
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lol you should have gone to spec savers?
Like I say different people have different standards...it is far from neat.
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13-04-2011, 13:25
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Re: Probably the ugliest equipment and install I have ever seen
You lot are lucky. When mine was installed the engineer drilled through a water pipe!
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13-04-2011, 14:07
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Re: Probably the ugliest equipment and install I have ever seen
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lol you should have gone to spec savers?
Like I say different people have different standards...it is far from neat.
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Not really, it's straight apart from one small section, i think it looks perfectly good, as for the wire coming out of the window, the paintwork on top of the porch and the dirty windowsill i'd be more inclined to sort that out if i wanted the front of my house to look better, this is why i don't think standards are coming into this
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13-04-2011, 14:44
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Re: Probably the ugliest equipment and install I have ever seen
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Not really, it's straight apart from one small section, i think it looks perfectly good, as for the wire coming out of the window, the paintwork on top of the porch and the dirty windowsill i'd be more inclined to sort that out if i wanted the front of my house to look better, this is why i don't think standards are coming into this
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Fair point I will cut the cable tonight. You however can't see the dirty windowsill from across the road.
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13-04-2011, 15:41
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Re: Probably the ugliest equipment and install I have ever seen
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Fair point I will cut the cable tonight. You however can't see the dirty windowsill from across the road.
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I do like the tree outside your door though
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13-04-2011, 16:47
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Re: Probably the ugliest equipment and install I have ever seen
Must admit that does look poor, regardless of routing I would expect cables to be either horizontal or vertical !
On some local installs in my area the cable goes into the house horizontally, ie directly level with a horizontal cable run. I was under the impression that a cable should ALWAYS run vertically down from a wall penetration as this will minimise the risk of water running down the cable and into the wall.
I made a wooden box to go over the brown box. It is held on with one screw, can be painted to match the house and does not got in the way of the cables.
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