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Old timer pulled me aside after I ran 200 feet of coax through a drop ceiling without any support clips
He told me 'that cable is gonna sag right into a sprinkler head and short out in six months.' I spent the next day pulling it all back and strapping it every 4 feet, which was a pain but got me thinking about how many other jobs I've rushed. Anybody else had to redo a whole run because of one comment from a guy who's been doing this since the 80's?
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theajohnson8d ago
Hate to say it but that old timer probably saved your ass... I've been burned more times than I can count rushing through jobs and having to come back to fix them later. Bet he's seen it all.
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Learned that lesson the hard way myself, rewired a whole office after a property manager spotted my mess.
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mason_reed478d ago
@theajohnson nailed it with the saved your ass part. One thing nobody brings up is the insurance side of things. I've seen property managers take photos of ceiling jobs and if they catch exposed coax snaking around without clips, they flag it for code violations. That old timer might have saved you from a nasty callback too, because once that drop ceiling gets closed up and the sprinkler heads are right under your cable, it's a fire marshal nightmare waiting to happen. Fixing it the next day was rough but cheaper than explaining to a client why their insurance company is asking questions six months down the road.
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