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Adding a phone jack ..Jack.. in2-dadark 06-20-2008
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Posted by on June 20, 2008, 10:57 pm
I'd like to add a phone jack . My home is a new construction. And for
some odd reason the only room they didn't put a phone line in was the
living room. I like to use webtv in the living room.

I can do the wiring and splicing etc. But the garage is drywalled and
the LR is above this drywalled space. The other part of the basement
where the phone wires come in is unfinished. So, it's a matter of how do
I run the wire from the unfinished space up through the drywalled garage
with the least amount of intrusion and the least amount of patch work
needed in the dry wall..

I have already run a tv cable line to the garage, so I can use this
path for the phone. Should I try to use an electrical outlet and fish it
in reverse..? Or is coming in from the outside the most effecient..?


Posted by RBM on June 20, 2008, 11:13 pm

> I'd like to add a phone jack . My home is a new construction. And for
> some odd reason the only room they didn't put a phone line in was the
> living room. I like to use webtv in the living room.
>
> I can do the wiring and splicing etc. But the garage is drywalled and
> the LR is above this drywalled space. The other part of the basement
> where the phone wires come in is unfinished. So, it's a matter of how do
> I run the wire from the unfinished space up through the drywalled garage
> with the least amount of intrusion and the least amount of patch work
> needed in the dry wall..
>
> I have already run a tv cable line to the garage, so I can use this
> path for the phone. Should I try to use an electrical outlet and fish it
> in reverse..? Or is coming in from the outside the most effecient..?

If you have any phone jacks on existing walls that are adjacent to the
living room, you can just tap them
>



Posted by DA on June 21, 2008, 12:17 am
DA had written this in response to
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/maintenance/Adding-a-phone-jack-Jack-314086-.htm
:

in2-dadark@webtv.net wrote:


> I'd like to add a phone jack . My home is a new construction. And for
> some odd reason the only room they didn't put a phone line in was the
> living room. I like to use webtv in the living room.

> I can do the wiring and splicing etc. But the garage is drywalled and
> the LR is above this drywalled space. The other part of the basement
> where the phone wires come in is unfinished. So, it's a matter of how
> do
> I run the wire from the unfinished space up through the drywalled
> garage
> with the least amount of intrusion and the least amount of patch work
> needed in the dry wall..

> I have already run a tv cable line to the garage, so I can use this
> path for the phone. Should I try to use an electrical outlet and fish
> it
> in reverse..? Or is coming in from the outside the most effecient..?

If NEC is the law where you live (most of US), you can't pull phone and
power wire through the same hole in the beams which is what you'd be
forced to do if you used power wire as a fish rope. I would suggest that
you buy a molding channel that can house a cable or two and run it
alongside the baseboard in the garage, then up until you hit the spot
where you can drill up into the LR. You can also see if the baseboard can
be removed and cable placed into the cavity between the drywall and the
floor (provided it's safe from the nails you'll use to attach the
baseboard back).

It's hard to tel without seeing it. Improvise. Sometimes going outside is
the only option. The least desirable ugly option.

Good luck.

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Posted by RBM on June 21, 2008, 7:38 am

> DA had written this in response to
>
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/maintenance/Adding-a-phone-jack-Jack-314086-.htm
> :
>
> in2-dadark@webtv.net wrote:
>
>
>> I'd like to add a phone jack . My home is a new construction. And for
>> some odd reason the only room they didn't put a phone line in was the
>> living room. I like to use webtv in the living room.
>
>> I can do the wiring and splicing etc. But the garage is drywalled and
>> the LR is above this drywalled space. The other part of the basement
>> where the phone wires come in is unfinished. So, it's a matter of how
>> do
>> I run the wire from the unfinished space up through the drywalled
>> garage
>> with the least amount of intrusion and the least amount of patch work
>> needed in the dry wall..
>
>> I have already run a tv cable line to the garage, so I can use this
>> path for the phone. Should I try to use an electrical outlet and fish
>> it
>> in reverse..? Or is coming in from the outside the most effecient..?
>
> If NEC is the law where you live (most of US), you can't pull phone and
> power wire through the same hole in the beams which is what you'd be
> forced to do if you used power wire as a fish rope. I would suggest that
> you buy a molding channel that can house a cable or two and run it
> alongside the baseboard in the garage, then up until you hit the spot
> where you can drill up into the LR. You can also see if the baseboard can
> be removed and cable placed into the cavity between the drywall and the
> floor (provided it's safe from the nails you'll use to attach the
> baseboard back).
>
> It's hard to tel without seeing it. Improvise. Sometimes going outside is
> the only option. The least desirable ugly option.
>
> Good luck.
>
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I'm not sure what the OP means by "Should I try to use an electrical outlet
and fish
>> it
>> in reverse..? " , but just to clarify: You can't run telephone wiring in
>> the same raceway as line voltage conductors, but you can pull telephone
>> cable through the same holes bored in wood beams along with line voltage
>> cables



Posted by metspitzer on June 21, 2008, 1:32 am
On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:57:47 -0400, in2-dadark@webtv.net wrote:

>I'd like to add a phone jack . My home is a new construction. And for
>some odd reason the only room they didn't put a phone line in was the
>living room. I like to use webtv in the living room.
>
>I can do the wiring and splicing etc. But the garage is drywalled and
>the LR is above this drywalled space. The other part of the basement
>where the phone wires come in is unfinished. So, it's a matter of how do
>I run the wire from the unfinished space up through the drywalled garage
>with the least amount of intrusion and the least amount of patch work
>needed in the dry wall..
>
>I have already run a tv cable line to the garage, so I can use this
>path for the phone. Should I try to use an electrical outlet and fish it
>in reverse..? Or is coming in from the outside the most effecient..?

Pick the location you want the phone to go, and drill a 3/8" hole in
the floor next to the wall. You don't have to have phone wires in the
wall. Wire and mount the jack on the baseboard at floor level. It is
easier to wire the outlet before you mount it to the baseboard.

Drill a hole next to a working outlet and wire the new outlet to it.
Fish the telephone wire under the house between the two jacks.


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