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RE: Finding a cable within a wall?!


  • Subject: RE: Finding a cable within a wall?!
  • From: "Ian Lowe" <ianlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:11:59 +0100

I picked up a "proper" nylon snake with brass ends for only
=A36.99 from B&=
Q.
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20m long, and bloody useful.
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I used it to run speaker cable from the front of my room, out through the
skin of the building, down through the cavity wall, through an air brick
into the floor void, across to the back of the room and up through a hole
drilled down through the inside of a partition wall...
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try *that* with a bamboo cane! :D
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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Phil Harris
Sent: 11 September 2006 18:27
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Finding a cable within a wall?!



Or a cheap "value" curtain rail from Homebase can work quite well
... I hav=
e
one here that I use for just that.

Phil=20

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
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> On Behalf Of Neil Fuller
> Sent: 11 September 2006 18:11
> To: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Finding a cable within a wall?!
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> Noel
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> If this is a one-off, you could save a few quid and use a=20
> long bamboo cane.
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> Of course, if you are going to do this more than a couple of=20
> times, invest in a set of rods.
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> Cheers
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> Neil
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> Chris Miles wrote:
> >
> > Buy yourself a set of cable rods off ebay/b&q and tie your
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> > the end and just keep feeding it till its where you want it to
be.
> >
> > I used this method for getting 4 cat 5 cables from my loft=20
> down behind=20
> > the plaster and breezeblock to my living room at a specific
point.
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> > Chris
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: noel_pilot
> > To: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com
<mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 10:17 PM
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Finding a cable within a wall?!
> >
> > Hi all,
> > Running a new cable from the loft - power but definitely=20
> for HA cos it=20
> > will eventually be to power the loftbox!!
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> > I have the space between the walls ok, have pushed the cable a=20
> > suitable distance down and think it should be near the=20
> socket i have=20
> > in the bedroom below.
> >
> > Only trouble is, when I remove the socket below I can't=20
> see/feel the=20
> > cable from the loft!
> >
> > So....how do I find it?! There's insulation between the wall, I
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> > thinking about a pipe/cable detector but I believe that=20
> they will only=20
> > find mains connected cables which of coures this isn't yet!!
> >
> > So...any ideas from the professionals?!
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Noel
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
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