Phone lines through crown

[skyhuck]

Tying them to the trunk or throwing a line over and pulling them away from the tree often helps.

 

At least these days the wire is very strong and more likely to pull the barge board of the house than snap. In the past they were a thin twin wire, much like the wire used for door bells, that stuff would snap if you gave it a hard stare.

[Gary Prentice]

Chatting to a BT engineer a while back on a site, we were kindly supplied with a box of waterproof crimp fittings.

 

Come in handy once or twice.

[htb]

Chatting to a BT engineer a while back on a site, we were kindly supplied with a box of waterproof crimp fittings.

 

Come in handy once or twice.

 

Always carry Jellyblocks in truck and reel of cable:sneaky2:

[Tree Man Tom]

Many years ago I carefully dismantled a Beech with several BT lines through it, one of the lines was a huge span with tree conveniently supporting the middle of the span, once the tree was just a trunk I lifted the longest line out of the crotch where it was sat and released it, it promptly dropped like a stone, pulling out the single corner brick it had been attached to, the brick hit the floor, pulling the line off wall down to the point where it enter the house downstairs. The brick was covered in cobwebs so had obviously never been motared in correctly. The line remained connected.

 

A mate had the same experience! Except the loose brick was in the chimney. Brick came out and chimney fell through the house. I think the phrase 'oh bugger' was muttered!

[Tree Man Tom]

Best i went to look at was a Pop with 13 lines running through the crown...

 

16 through a sycamore is my best

[skyhuck]

A mate had the same experience! Except the loose brick was in the chimney. Brick came out and chimney fell through the house. I think the phrase 'oh bugger' was muttered!

 

YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!

[openspaceman]

Always carry Jellyblocks in truck and reel of cable:sneaky2:

 

They were (informally) issued to us in 87 after the storm. In those days the anchor at the house end was often an eyebolt to which a wrap guy lashing was attached. This lashing wrapped round the incoming wire and took the tension, the loose wire tail was then joined to the house side wire by the jellies. So it was often possible to undo the old jellies and unwrap the lashing and lower the wire. It was important to connect the two wires the same way round or it fooled fax machines, much may have changed over the years.

[Guss109]

Always carry Jellyblocks in truck and reel of cable:sneaky2:

 

 

How did you manage to get them??

[arborlicious]

You can smash fences, squash plants and leave piles of debris BUT you must NEVER mess with the customers internet connection.

[Goaty]

Ive never had to fix one yet but. Screwfix and the like do telephone line tools and fittings. Surely you can fix up if needed. May be better to take photos before you start the job to get colours worked out first. £200 is a rip off.

 

Jenga chimney stacks. A whole new arb game!