Hi. New here.
I want to install coax in my 70's home for my dish. I already have a setup with RG59. But want to upgrade for HDTV in the future.
My Satellite guy will sell my the cable and inform me how many cables to run. But Im doing the work. I ran the RG59 on the outside of my home in areas which will be covered by the vinyl siding I will install. But while looking at installing the RG6. I noticed the city somehow ran a water meter cable through my finished duct chase in the basement to the outside wall for the remote read. If I can do the same. It will save me from running the new cable in a routered groove on the outside before the new siding. Problem is I need to pull or push down this chase. Then jump up into a joist space and make a left. I have seen fiberglass pole system which are used to push and pull wire. Is this what the city guys did? I would need two snakes and push from both ends and somehow hook together where I need to go down the joist space. Can anyone recommend this super snake?
And one other thing. Even my satellite guy shakes his head in disgust when I ask him why the dish companies ream there long time customers with hardware upgrade fees. Yet offer new customers great deals for the latest stuff. Im very tempted to drop my provider and pickup another just for the freebies. He agreed because he said dropping your current provider and then calling back a month later as a new customer wont work. You have to be gone for 3 years to be a new customer. What would you do? I dont feel like paying $400 + for the new 1000.
Thanks
I want to install coax in my 70's home for my dish. I already have a setup with RG59. But want to upgrade for HDTV in the future.
My Satellite guy will sell my the cable and inform me how many cables to run. But Im doing the work. I ran the RG59 on the outside of my home in areas which will be covered by the vinyl siding I will install. But while looking at installing the RG6. I noticed the city somehow ran a water meter cable through my finished duct chase in the basement to the outside wall for the remote read. If I can do the same. It will save me from running the new cable in a routered groove on the outside before the new siding. Problem is I need to pull or push down this chase. Then jump up into a joist space and make a left. I have seen fiberglass pole system which are used to push and pull wire. Is this what the city guys did? I would need two snakes and push from both ends and somehow hook together where I need to go down the joist space. Can anyone recommend this super snake?
And one other thing. Even my satellite guy shakes his head in disgust when I ask him why the dish companies ream there long time customers with hardware upgrade fees. Yet offer new customers great deals for the latest stuff. Im very tempted to drop my provider and pickup another just for the freebies. He agreed because he said dropping your current provider and then calling back a month later as a new customer wont work. You have to be gone for 3 years to be a new customer. What would you do? I dont feel like paying $400 + for the new 1000.
Thanks