Aerial Cable Stuck

[Plumbstar Tom]

Hi all

Can I talk about aerials on here?

I cant find an Aerial Forums . co .uk lol

I need to replace my old brown aerial lead from the loft to lounge as it is old and not the best and I look to upgrade the actual aerial soon so new aerial would like a nice new cable

I attached the new cable to the old and secured it with lots of tap

Went down stairs and started pulling got about an extra meter of cable out the wall for it to become stuck

Popped upstairs and into the loft thinking my connection had got lodged in the hole but the cable had not moved i only seemed to have tightened some slack

I pushed some cable in to the hole in the loft but it still would not pull through down stairs no matter how i tried, even tried swearing at it and standing on the cable but not another mm through

Is there any way to release it? it is in a chimmey breast

 

[jam2020]

is it in the cavity?if its just behind plasterboard and clipped to the wall youve got no chance.if its in the cavity some cable rods may get you out of trouble.failing that you may have to go external.

 

[Des 56]

An aerial type cable will tend to kink and form a part knot

Instead of taping the new cable on in the loft,try this
Strip the old cables outer sheathing in the house and form a hangmans noose with the bared conductors

Strip the new cable sheathing off and feed the bared conductorsit through the noose and twist,then apply tape to the joint
The tape will then help it stop catching so easily
Pull it up to the loft whilst somebody else feeds untwisted slack into the chimney breast
If it does get stuck,pull it back and fore until it frees itself,the joint you have made will be stronger than just a taped one and prevents a situation where the cable you are pulling through requiring a larger hole than what exists

 

[malcolmsanford]

Is it just me or would you want to re-route it out of that chimney breast

 

[Plumbstar Tom]

An aerial type cable will tend to kink and form a part knot

Instead of taping the new cable on in the loft,try this
Strip the old cables outer sheathing in the house and form a hangmans noose type of thing
Strip the new cable sheathing and feed it through the noose and twist,then apply tape to the joint
The tape will then help it stop catching so easily
Pull it up to the loft whilst somebody else feeds untwisted slack into the chimney breast
If it does get stuck,pull it back and fore until it frees itself,the joint you have made will be stronger than just a taped one and prevents a situation where the cable you are pulling through requiring a larger hole than what exists

I haven't just taped it I have used correct coaixal connectors and applied tape all over so it won't come apart

Doing your method above are you implying to just feed new inner cable in the old sheathing?

Is it just me or would you want to re-route it out of that chimney breast

Its difficult to reroute any where else as I have the TV wall mounted on a solid wall, no plasterbaord so cant really route the cable any where else

The chimney is not used any more as the fire was change to an electric one long ago, beofre my purchase of the property

 

[Des 56]

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Doing your method above are you implying to just feed new inner cable in the old sheathing?

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No not at all,it is a standard method of pulling cables through using existing by tieing secure joints so thay dont come apart
You misunderstand what I was trying to explain completely,either my description or your interpretation of it,sorry

 

[malcolmsanford]

I know it's not a power cable but it just don't taste right having a bacle going down a chimney breast like that as unless you have had it taken completley out and removed it can again be used for it's designed use.

Apart from that we have all come across the cable that would not move to allow you to pull in a new one, when that happens all the joins, taping, pulling ans swearing at it won't help, and it's run a new one as best you can.

 

[Plumbstar Tom]

hmm, i wil attach the cables as Des 56 and give it another go if not it looks like i survive as it is or reroute the cable which i doubt i will do as its to big a job for a small gain

Thanks all

 

[bugsy]

If that dose.nt work connect your new arieal to a wireless amplifier in the loft ( it will need a power supply though ) and connect the wireless receivers to each T.V.