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For 450+ feet plus of digging in the hot sun I would rent a gas trencher for the half day rate from Home Depot or United Rentals. Beats sunstroke etc.

And I hope after all that hard work you and your friend are doing you don't find out on Monday that Quest includes trenching as part of their install price. Our local telco includes using a trencher in their flat rate.

And the answers to my questions still remain unanswered:

(The most important) Why didn't the (choose one) architect/builder/electrical contractor/building inspector know enough about his job to have specified/ordered/buried/checked for the proper wires in the first place? Is it possible that they had never seen a house without TV's or telephones?

Let's see, the last two houses I built, I coordinated a JUT with the cable, electric and telephone company. Not exactly rocket science.

Arthur, I was driving around a subdivision that started about 3 years ago about a 5 minute drive east of me today just to see how it was coming, and was surprised to see occupied houses from the first build out 3 years ago with the telephone and cable still coiled on the wall above the u/g stub out.

I guess these people must be of the generation that is using cell service for both their telephone and internet providers and satellite for TV.

This reminds me: Years ago I had a customer move into a nice new manufacturing facility where they could better serve their customers and to quote their Web Page:

"Dedicated plastics & metal machining, quality and affordability has placed [insert company name here] as the highest volume pallet manufacturer in the USA since 1989."

When I went to install their new telephone system and I looked and looked for the D-Mark. I walked around the building and observed that the area had overhead utilities...but only electrical feeding from the utility pole to the building...

Apparently the GC "forgot" to notify someone.

Just a side note: If you happen to be a Veteran, you get a 10% discount at both Home Depot and Lowes.

Hey Dean, how about my customer who said 'take out everything' when I they were remodeling their office...he pointed to the telco splice box and demark too...I had to tell him I couldn't cut it

Jeff: I am working on a remodel site [should have taken a picture for Ugly Cabling] where the demolishing team did just that, all cables CUT & REMOVED...even the riser cable (third floor of nine). :confused:

There is about eight feet of 4-25pr PVC riser available and I am going to have to terminate the cable on a 66-block and run 6 IW's to the backboard. The area is being totally enclosed and no further access will be available.

NOTE: the 25 pr cables terminate on a 100 pr 110 block the floor below...above the ceiling grid...which has about 6" of space. :confused:

The suite is all open, exposed and concrete and they want it to look nice. :scratch:

If you do end up placing your own buried drop, please put it in a conduit, will cost a few dollars more, but save you major headaches by avoiding cut drop wires when planting trees, etc.