Asking for a "friend" obv
:-) My partner was cutting back the triffids from next door that were trying to grow in through our front window. Where she cut behind that drainpipe she inadvertently snipped a branch-coloured wire that the creepers had grown around.
It's next door's and they are on holiday. We've put a note through the door apologising and obv we'll need to sort out whatever needs to be sorted out.
So now I'm wondering in advance, what's it likely to be?
The wire itself seems to emerge from under the ground right hard up against the house (initially I thought it originated in that weathered white box down there but it doesn't) - it comes up, runs to that plastic junction box looking thing, then a same course wire goes from there up to the eaves so presumably to the loft.
Internet?
Phone?
(I'm assuming those are different things here as the street has had full fibre for tonks - the town is one of those that was an early adopter and Virgin inherited the local fibre company infrastructure)
TV?
Power to the attic prison gimp?
How much am I on the hook for £ixing do you think?
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Red ones are better.
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I have nothing to add to the discourse but I hope you get it sorted!
Then the neighbour's just as fucked, but you know a bit more about what's broken.
If you want to make it look professional, use heat shrink tubing for the insulation - remember to slide a big piece over the outer cable *before* you join the cores - but still use duct tape to seal it over the top unless you’re using glue-lined heatshrink. Nearly forgot, check there isn’t a shield as well when you’re joining the cores.
And don’t ask how I know this
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I'mintrigued why they have some much wiring on the outside of the house. Worth checking it's not a CIA rendition house.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.