Kansas Residents Use Their Resources To Add Additional Cable Lines To Their Homes

Getting cellular phone reception in Kansas can be near impossible in some places. Out in the middle of nowhere and out of luck with no phone towers anywhere in site, a land line may be the only option to be able to speak with the outside world. Between kids and company, secret anniversary surprises and planning, it's always nice to have a second line available for comfort and privacy. This is a valuable resource that many think they need to pay to have. However, there is no reason to pay a huge service fee when doing it yourself is easy.

There are several different resources that you will need for this job. You must have a screwdriver, an electricity sensor, 1-port wall plate, an electric outlet box, a 3 way cable splitter, a drill, a putty or silicone filler, wire strippers, cable, 4 f-type twist on connectors a QuickPort, stapler/stables and a small knife. This may sound like a lot, but it is all very inexpensive at your local hardware store, and if you bring the list in, someone would be able to assist you in finding these resources with great ease.
The first thing you need to do is find a place towards the bottom of a wall near the outside corner of one of your rooms. Use the electricity sensor to assure that you will not be disturbing any electric wires that may already be located there. You will want to drill a hole here through the wall that goes all the way to the outside of the house. Make the hole big enough for a cable but not big enough for damage.

The next resource you'll need is your outlet box. Hold it to the wall centered over the hole you've just drilled, and trace around it. Using your knife, cut out around the outline, being careful only to cut the inside wall and not the outside wall.

You will want to make sure it is not too cold outside when you do this as you will now have to go outside and push the cable through the hole and into the house. Its best to use around a foot of this cable inside and leave the rest of it outside. You will then use the drill to drill an entry hole into the electric box.

Next, you will put the cable through this entry hole and snuggly fit the electric box into the hole in the wall you have created. Remember, this should be a snug fit and if it is not will need a little more putty to fill in the cracks. Take the box and use screws to attach it to the wall.

Now we are onto using the wire strippers. You will want to strip about a quarter inter from the edge of the cable to the main wire and get rid of the outer covering from the next quarter inch. Then you will be able to twist on the connector. Screw the F-connector into the QuickPort and snap the QuickPort into wall plate. This is when you can then attach the wall plate to the electric box. By now, many of your resources should be exhausted. Now there are only two more things to do until you're done.

Going back outside, you'll take the cable and run it to the edge of the trip, stapling it to keep it from moving and run it to the top or the bottom of the outside of your house (which ever you prefer), it must run until it can connect to a cable that is already there. The cable may be located in the walls of you house and if this is the case then you will need to drill to reach it. You want to drill beneath where the cable is on the inside and then use a piece of wire to form a hook. Pull the cable line outside, slice the cable and attach the splitter. This can be left in or outside of the wall. The final resource you'll need is the putty to fill any holes left in walls.

Although this may take a little time and elbow grease, it is worth the cost you save. Again, all resources will be available to you at a local hardware store, and pictures of different steps are available online. With this extra line added, you'll never get stuck in a dead zone in Kansas.

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