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Question about my old way of running wire for glass break sensors
I was doing a job in a big old house in Tacoma last week and the homeowner asked why I was running the wire for the glass break sensor along the baseboard. I told him that's how I always did it to keep it neat. He pointed out a spot where the floor joists ran parallel right above, saying I could have gone up and over in the ceiling space and saved about 40 feet of wire and a ton of time. Felt pretty dumb for not checking the structure first. How do you guys usually plan your wire runs for sensors in older buildings?
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the_jake1mo ago
Yeah exactly... it's just wire. I got stuck in that same loop for years, always running everything along the trim because it felt like the "right" way. Then I did a place with these old plaster walls and the homeowner just asked why I didn't use the empty chase from an old radiator pipe. Felt my whole face get hot... saved a whole spool of wire. Now I poke my head in every crawl space or attic access first, even if it takes ten extra minutes.
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rosed3215d ago
Just wire" is what got me too. I used to treat every run like it needed to be perfect and visible, but now I look for those old pipe chases or ceiling spaces first. What's the weirdest spot you've found to run wire through?
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