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The OTHER Kevin in San Diego

2006-01-02, 4:21 pm

My home was pre-wired for a security system when it was built 4 years
ago. Only 4 of the 5 external doors and none of the windows had the
wire stubbed out where you could get to it. The 4 doors had the upper
jamb pre-drilled and a plug with the wire tied to it was inserted.
Piece of cake to pull the plug out, put a contact on the wire and
connect it to my panel. (HAI OMNI II)

I've got a wire finder that I've used to find buried wires in the yard
for my exernal wiring so I havet a pretty good idea of where the
wiring in the walls is, but short of a borescope and a long wire hook,
how would security guys fish these things out in a situation like
this??

I am capable of cutting/repairing/repainting the drywall, but I really
don't want to get into that if possible.

The contractor who pre-wired the house said they'd be happy to come
out and fish the wires out for me, but I'm a DIY'er and would prefer
to spend my time doing it instead of writing a check.

Ideas/suggestions?

Thx!

Stanley Barthfarkle

2006-01-07, 10:21 pm

> The contractor who pre-wired the house said they'd be happy to come
> out and fish the wires out for me, but I'm a DIY'er and would prefer
> to spend my time doing it instead of writing a check.

Part of a contractor's responsibility with a proper prewire is to ensure the
wires are accessible once they are needed upon construction completion. They
shouldn't charge you to locate something that should be readily accessible,
IMHO.

The OTHER Kevin in San Diego

2006-01-08, 4:21 am

On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 01:46:32 GMT, "Stanley Barthfarkle"
<sbarth@yahoo.con> wrote:

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>
>
>Part of a contractor's responsibility with a proper prewire is to ensure the
>wires are accessible once they are needed upon construction completion. They
>shouldn't charge you to locate something that should be readily accessible,
>IMHO.

I thoroughly agree. Locatiing the wires isn't as issue, getting them
out of the wall without having to punch holes in the drywall is.
Unfortunately, the buildier won't help and the contractor that did the
work wants to charge me $65/hour to get them out.

Forumadmin

2006-01-08, 8:21 am

>I thoroughly agree. Locatiing the wires isn't as issue, getting them
>out of the wall without having to punch holes in the drywall is.
>Unfortunately, the buildier won't help and the contractor that did the
>work wants to charge me $65/hour to get them out.

Could be cheaper than repairing walls.

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Stanley Barthfarkle

2006-01-09, 4:21 am

"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" <skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net> wrote in
message news:6jh1s19sfd7qqe8qiivacaakj0g5rhg45n@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 01:46:32 GMT, "Stanley Barthfarkle"
> <sbarth@yahoo.con> wrote:
>
>
> I thoroughly agree. Locatiing the wires isn't as issue, getting them
> out of the wall without having to punch holes in the drywall is.
> Unfortunately, the buildier won't help and the contractor that did the
> work wants to charge me $65/hour to get them out.

Sounds like the wires aren't accessible. Ask the bozo who did the prewire if
he would expect an electrician to leave his wires behind drywall after
pre-wiring for electricity. He will have to answer "no", if he's honest. If
it isn't accessible, it isn't prewired. Sounds like breach of contract to
me...

The OTHER Kevin in San Diego

2006-01-11, 9:21 pm

On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 22:24:43 +1100, Forumadmin
<Forumadmin.21be3t@no-mx.forums.nospam.com.au> wrote:

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>Could be cheaper than repairing walls.

A bucket of mud and my splatter gun say it won't. My time doesn't
cost me a cent...

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