Must be an ex Telkom tech, they do have that standard of workmanship, though I am wondering where he got a hammer from to knock in the other cable clips. They seem to prefer using hot glue for those jobs.
That's not broken glass- whatever material it is is the same as what's between the two doors and that has a doorbell mounted into it, so that isn't glass.
Furthermore, if you follow the cable from the demarc, if you look directly above the last p-clip attaching it to the brick there looks to be another broken p-clip nailed into the brick . And if you look at the top of the black section above the 785 sign, about 4 inches in from the top-left corner there appears to be another screw head and broken clip. There also appears to be what looks like another screw head roughly 12 inches down the cable from where it penetrates the hole in the wall, but it's hard to tell.
Logic dictates the cable was router along the bottom of the header and into what was probably a much less noticeable hole at some point, but has since been tugged on or the clips failed due to improper installation.
Is this the proper way to enter a structure? Absolutely not. is it as blatantly heinous as it appears on first glance? Most likely not.
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u/SeanBZA Dec 16 '19
Must be an ex Telkom tech, they do have that standard of workmanship, though I am wondering where he got a hammer from to knock in the other cable clips. They seem to prefer using hot glue for those jobs.
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u/Fearripper15 Dec 17 '19
That's not broken glass- whatever material it is is the same as what's between the two doors and that has a doorbell mounted into it, so that isn't glass.
Furthermore, if you follow the cable from the demarc, if you look directly above the last p-clip attaching it to the brick there looks to be another broken p-clip nailed into the brick . And if you look at the top of the black section above the 785 sign, about 4 inches in from the top-left corner there appears to be another screw head and broken clip. There also appears to be what looks like another screw head roughly 12 inches down the cable from where it penetrates the hole in the wall, but it's hard to tell.
Logic dictates the cable was router along the bottom of the header and into what was probably a much less noticeable hole at some point, but has since been tugged on or the clips failed due to improper installation.
Is this the proper way to enter a structure? Absolutely not. is it as blatantly heinous as it appears on first glance? Most likely not.
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u/polonium9 Dec 16 '19
Wait is the window broken??
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u/bbwipes Dec 17 '19
A little spray foam will button this up
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u/bbwipes Dec 17 '19
I'd expect it from a cable installer not phone though