And my buddy in Tampa who I was helping run Cat6 throughout his house and said “How hard can waking in the attic be”. He literally made it 5 feet.
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This is my worst fear with newbies in the attic. I think newbies should Frame houses for a year first.
Did he come all the way down or rack himself?!!
Luckily his ass landed in the wall cabinet, I brought in the ladder so he could get down.
In 25 years I’ve only had 1 tech do that! Few times have the guys done enough damage to call the insurance company, ceiling wasn’t one of them. It can always be worse; drilling through a wall, hitting gas and burning an apartment building down!
The good thing was that his wife was out with the kids at that time. That hole was like having the oven door open, you could just feel a current of hot air continually blowing into the house. I was able to patch up the hole and cleaned up most of the insulation before his family came home. Funny thing is that. His wife walked right past and didn’t notice it but then one of his daughters just had to pointed out.
If we’re throwing stuff out for the thread, I’ll own this one. Damn harness cost me a half day of production!
And then the sharp eyed daughter's weekly allowance was deducted by half for some reason after going home.
I did the leg through the ceiling once, so I'm not eligible to throw stones.
Popcorn ceiling sucks!
tangent
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it blows, however the picture shows knockdown texture not popcorn.
Yea, something called Spanish Lace or something ; we don’t have that in Chicagoland. Actually I’m glad he had that texture, saved me from having to sand and paint
Broachoski
Getting comfortable
Looks like wall anchors gave out. Good thing they had those load bearing cables.
Either that or the white paint that was applied to the sheetrock around the wall bracket let go.....
Smilingreen
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From the angle of the picture, it looks like the whole rack was only fastened to the wall by 2 screws at the top.......in tiny drywall anchors......not even in the studs......
Smilingreen
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just below the "180" marking.... some of the grey ribbon cable conductors are now "wireless"
Smilingreen
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Bad juju beans........bet cha learned to tug on the connector and not the wiring.....