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DIY & Home Improvement

sinkingfeeling

(55,828 posts) Wed Jul 17, 2019, 05:09 PM Jul 2019

Okay, serious question. Please answer without being judgemental. [View all]

Who does one get to re-run landline phone wires in a house? An electrician? The service provider?

Apparently, some creatures have gradually destroyed all my wiring over the last 25 years.

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Okay, serious question. Please answer without being judgemental. [View all] sinkingfeeling Jul 2019 OP

Call the phone company. dawg day Jul 2019 #1

These days the "internal wiring" is usually the homeowner's responsibility. PoliticAverse Jul 2019 #4

I wonder, it just might be cheaper and easier to just switch over to all wireless phones. RKP5637 Jul 2019 #2

The ones I have are cordless, with only the base phone plugged to the sinkingfeeling Jul 2019 #5

Yep, it would be through the router/modem. ... sort of. Usually there is a box on the side of the RKP5637 Jul 2019 #7

Well, Alexander Graham Bell is dead customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #3

Call the phone company but they will madaboutharry Jul 2019 #6

Check with your local phone company, they will tell you what part of the wiring they are... PoliticAverse Jul 2019 #8

Yeah, I wouldn't bring in an electrician. Too expensive. A handy person should be adequate. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2019 #11

Generally if the wiring is in the house, you're the one left holding the potato. marble falls Jul 2019 #9

When I needed a T1 line matt819 Jul 2019 #10