2nd Floor flat too high?

[dancingjones]

It wasn't, but I never had any water come in. I mean I had airbricks in the kitchen - I never had any water come through them either.

[altis]

Access really should not be a problem:

http://www.irata.org/

[MovedGoalPosts]

Originally Posted by altis

Access really should not be a problem:

http://www.irata.org/

Somewhat beyond the scope of the average Virgin Media installer me thinks. The setup for rope access has all sorts of precaution stages to go through which would be prohibitive cost for a single install.

Lets remember here that it's the basic working at height rules that are the issue for any external wiring. Anything over 2m height is a risk, where the ladder user is supposed to have a hand to hold on with and a hand to do whatever they are doing. I dunno about you but a heavy drill required to get through a wall takes two hands, amongst other stuff. A ladder more than two storeys height adds lots of complications. I've even been told by my local council they can't change the red light on ordinary traffic lights without special ladder training and safety measures, so what chance has a Virgin Media installer got on the second floor?

[RDDearing]

What if you were to arrange your own route - perhaps an external duct with pull line - prior to the install so that the VM tech just has to tie the cable on the end and pull through from inside without needing to climb up ladders/use scaffold etc. When I wanted cable in a previous house along a complicated internal route that they wouldn't do this is how we resolved it - we just ran a length of string along the route prior to the visit!

I'm probably wrong but hopefully any suggestion helps towards the solution if only to dismiss another option...