Shoutout to the homeowner in Phoenix who let me run RG6 through his attic at 110 degrees

I was up there for 45 minutes with sweat dripping down my face because the previous installer stapled the old line to every single truss, and I had to cut it all out with dykes one staple at a time - anyone else have a job where the heat almost made you quit halfway through?

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andrew_baker99d ago

Wait @zarat37 wasn't wrong about that trash bag thing, I used to think attics weren't that bad.

zarat379d ago

Phoenix in July, the air is basically a wet towel trying to smother you. 45 minutes up there with dykes and sweat dripping into your eyes sounds like a new level of hell. At least the homeowner let you use the attic, but that guy who stapled every truss should have to do a summer install in the same attic while wearing a black trash bag.

the_hayden3d ago

Flip the script and think about how different this would be if the homeowner said no to the attic access. @ray_burns got lucky with a nice homeowner too, but there's always some dude who won't let you up there and then you're trying to trench through rock-hard desert dirt in the same heat. Do you guys ever weigh the attic offer against a potential trench job before deciding which one to suffer through?

ray_burns9d ago

Stapled every truss... yeah I had a similar attic job in Vegas where the previous guy used like 200 staples and I swear half of them were buried in the insulation. Had to feel around blind with the dykes while sweat was pooling in my safety glasses. Took me an hour and I almost just cut the whole line and ran new, but the homeowner was nice enough to let me use his attic so I stuck it out.

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