Overheard a customer say 'the wire's sticking out the wall' and yeah.

Was doing a service call in a condo building and the neighbor was complaining about a cable jack that got pushed back into the drywall. Guy said his installer just shoved it in and left. Makes me wonder how many guys are skipping the low voltage bracket step. You ever get called back for something that just got tucked behind the wall instead of mounted right?

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norab2111d ago

Got a call once where someones internet kept cutting out and I spent an hour checking the line and the modem and their splitters before I finally pulled the faceplate off the wall and the whole coaxial cable just fell out the other side. The last guy had literally just stuffed it into the hole and screwed the plate on over it with nothing holding it in place. I mean it worked for like two weeks until the cable slid back far enough to disconnect itself. Ended up having to cut a new hole and put in a proper low voltage bracket which is like a five minute thing if you just do it right the first time. Makes you wonder what other stuff gets skipped when nobody is watching.

davis.adam11d ago

Tbh though how do you know it wasn't just some homeowner who tried to fix it themselves and messed it up? I've seen people do way dumber stuff than that in their own walls.