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A simple keypad replacement turned into a three hour crawl space adventure
Had to swap a faulty keypad in a house built in the 70s. The old wiring was stapled tight to a floor joist in the crawl space, with zero slack. Spent almost three hours on my back, carefully pulling staples and fishing new wire through a tiny gap. Finally got it connected and the system armed perfectly. Anyone else have a 'quick' job that ate up a whole afternoon because of old construction?
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sean_flores756mo ago
My last one took ten minutes flat.
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hugo7516mo ago
My uncle's 1960s ranch house had the phone lines stapled like that behind the baseboards. We had to pull the whole trim piece just to run a new cable for his internet. Old houses really hide their secrets in the worst spots.
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