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> The line from road actually lies on the ridge of the roof before coming
> down the other side of the roof to a connection box four or five feet
> from the ground from which it enters the house. Im suprised BT did
> this. Surely this is bad practice? Eventually the covering on the wire
> will wear away, if it hasnt done so already.

> On Thu, 22 May 2008 12:47:30 +0100, jasee scribbled:
>
>>
>> The line from road actually lies on the ridge of the roof before coming
>> down the other side of the roof to a connection box four or five feet
>> from the ground from which it enters the house. Im suprised BT did
>> this. Surely this is bad practice? Eventually the covering on the wire
>> will wear away, if it hasnt done so already.
>
> It is not ideal but there will be a reason for it being the way it is
> (laziness is a starter for ten). The cable is very resilient as long as
> it is not moving and rubbing on anything.

>

>>>
>>> The line from road actually lies on the ridge of the roof before coming
>>> down the other side of the roof to a connection box four or five feet
>>> from the ground from which it enters the house. Im suprised BT did
>>> this. Surely this is bad practice? Eventually the covering on the wire
>>> will wear away, if it hasnt done so already.
>>
>> It is not ideal but there will be a reason for it being the way it is
>> (laziness is a starter for ten). The cable is very resilient as long as
>> it is not moving and rubbing on anything.
>
> Thats the point, it will be rubbing on the tiles, its not secured in any
> way.

>>>> The line from road actually lies on the ridge of the roof before
>>>> coming down the other side of the roof to a connection box four or
>>>> five feet from the ground from which it enters the house. Im
>>>> suprised BT did this. Surely this is bad practice? Eventually the
>>>> covering on the wire will wear away, if it hasnt done so already.
>>>
>>> It is not ideal but there will be a reason for it being the way it
>>> is (laziness is a starter for ten). The cable is very resilient as
>>> long as it is not moving and rubbing on anything.
>>
>> Thats the point, it will be rubbing on the tiles, its not secured
>> in any way.
>
>
> I have a bit of co-ax that runs from the TV Arial on the chimney to
> the gutter edge over the roof, it has been just lying there from over
> 10yrs and when I inspected it last month it seemed as good as new!
>