fibre installation question

[iaqi]

Hello, I live in London and Community Fibre have just texted us saying that fibre is live on our street.

The problem is: the house is not ours (we rent it), and the house also has insulation, which means we cant put holes in the walls.

How would we fix this problem? We cant put holes in the walls so im not sure how the fibre would come through.

The only solution i would see is either go down low where the insulation is not there, or through the window, or even replace the bt box we have and use that hole.

 

[Caged]

I assume this is external insulation if it's causing a problem? Put a 20mm conduit through the wall and seal both ends of the tube with foam once the fibre is in. There's not much else you can do unless there's a duct already in place to bring services in.

 

[iaqi]

I assume this is external insulation if it's causing a problem? Put a 20mm conduit through the wall and seal both ends of the tube with foam once the fibre is in. There's not much else you can do unless there's a duct already in place to bring services in.

I dont think we can put a pipe through the wall since there is insulation and our landlord would not let us do that

We already have an openreach 5c thing where the fttc comes through. Couldn't they use that?

 

[Caged]

If the requirements are "no new holes in the house wall at all" which would include mounting the boxes required to splice the external cable to the internal one, then you can never have a fibre service. I'm not sure a landlord can make that sort of demand.

If there's space to pull the fibre in through the existing hole then CF will attempt to use it.

 

[crazyDAJT]

If the requirements are "no new holes in the house wall at all" which would include mounting the boxes required to splice the external cable to the internal one, then you can never have a fibre service. I'm not sure a landlord can make that sort of demand.

He most certainly can it there property. There is no right to fiber internet.

My advice is get your landlord involved, talk to them about it and ensure they are comfortable with the work.

The fiber company will know what to do and how to install it though the wall.

I recently had FTTP installed. The installer will discuss options that work for both parties.

 

[Blueball]

Hello, I live in London and Community Fibre have just texted us saying that fibre is live on our street.

The problem is: the house is not ours (we rent it), and the house also has insulation, which means we cant put holes in the walls.

How would we fix this problem? We cant put holes in the walls so im not sure how the fibre would come through.

The only solution i would see is either go down low where the insulation is not there, or through the window, or even replace the bt box we have and use that hole.

Surely it would be of benefit to the landlord to have a property with a Fibre connection? When you move on it would make it a more attractive let for many people.

 

[Caged]

He most certainly can it there property. There is no right to fiber internet.

True, but within a couple of years the choice in a lot of areas is going to be FTTP or no internet connection. Effectively barring a tenant from having an internet connection is going to severely limit the market for a property which is the entire point of being a landlord - if the aim was to preserve the house in show home condition then they should leave it empty.

The landlord should work with the insulation company to decide on the most appropriate way of making the penetration and sealing it back up again once fibre cables have been brought through, rather than simply refusing.

 

[Robert T.]

Not to mention that fibre cables put in houses are not kind of massive CAT5 cables - my run is literally same colour as wall paint and is to put it simply - invisible....
It's running in corners of walls, glued to wall, rather that nailed, can even be painted over.

 

[SpellowHouse]

I rented many houses for many years. I never once encountered a landlord that refused anything that improved the house.

When I had fibre installed the engineer said he could thread it through the original BT hole. He didn't want to, though, because they prefer to leave the landline in place. I am sure your landlord would want that too. He drilled a hole in my wall and popped a small 20mm pipe in there, then just fed the cable through the wall.

You could do anything if you intend to remove it afterwards. Any hole can be repaired so it's invisible. You could even drill through a window frame, and some blobs of silicon would seal it up when you leave.

 

[Caged]

Cables through window frames look nasty though, and complicate replacing the windows in the future.

 

[Quartz]

How would we fix this problem?

Speak to your landlord or their agent.

 

[iaqi]

Thank you all for the help, i will talk to my landlord.