RE: Question for installer types...

["Hawes,Timothy Edward \(GEG\)" <haweste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

I've often found it easier to use many lighter taps, rather than trying
to bash the thing in with brute force. That said, I've still had my fair
share of wastage :-(
Might it be easier to bury the cable instead of clipping it to the wall
?
:-p

HTH,

Tim H.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Noble Sent: 22 November 2004 15:45
>
> Is there some trick to getting coax size (6-7mm) cable clips
> to go into a wall without the nail buckling and bending?
>
> Either the cement in my walls has added unobtanium, I'm using
> the wrong sort of clips (standard ones from TLC), or I'm
> doing something drastically wrong!
>
> About 1 in 3 clips went in vaguely cleanly. The deck at the
> back of the house is now strewn with the mutilated remains of
> the other 2/3rds of the clips I used - and I only managed to
> put up 2 cable runs of about 5-10m each due to the time it
> was taking to get the darned thing to cling to the wall! Bah.
>
> Maybe I need a bigger hammer (:*) or maybe there's some sort
> of powered cable clipper you're all using...? (Can an air
> nailer do that?)
>
> Jim