The Spectrum technician came by today to install the internet cable/wifi.
Initially, I requested the hole and coax to be ran closer to the electric box/meter. The tech understandably didn’t think that was a good idea. However, is this an acceptable job?
I feel like the cable length was further than it needed to be. He drilled from the inside out.
There also didn’t put any finishing on the hole the cable is wired though. I’m assuming this should have some sort of silicone or spray sealant to prevent water intrusion and bugs? I’ve even seen those cable bushings which would have cleaned it up and prevent water intrusion. I asked but he said it was good to go as is.
Or am I just overreacting about all of this?
God this type of stuff bugs me. It looks warm, lift the siding, slide the black wire behind, drop of silicone and you’ll never have issues. This is begging for trouble if you don’t seal it up.
Orange wire is harder to hide but fugly color for a residential. Probably the sheathing on their burial cable to avoid cuts…
Not much to stash it as there’s probably not a ton of room, but if you can open it up and you have a good 12 inches of slack. It’s doable but you’re lifting 2 rows maybe 3 of siding and it’ll be a bitch to reinstall.
I run wire under siding all the time.
They will not do it cause its insanely easy to crack siding that’s cheap and or over 10y old. I have a waiver on all my jobs for temperature below xx degrees, it’s 100% on them. Or if I do break siding, I replace the piece with the same model and color but I can not guarantee a color matching as the sun will absolutely change the color within one season.