Wiring the cable line, electrician or comcast? (house, crawl space)

[dleung]

I recently just remodeled my house and had all my electrical upgraded to a smart panel while the walls were open. Comcast came out today to set up internet but the city cable line had not been wired back into the house. He said he could do it, but it would basically just drill a hole into the house, which would end up in the corner of the newly built bedroom. For reference, the smart panel is in the closet of the new bedroom.
He said the contractor/electrician should have wired into the panel when the walls were open.

I contacted the Project Manager and he said he doesn't think that was part of the scope of work for the electrician and it should be Comcast. Does anyone know who is correct? Skill wise, couldn't the electrician handle it?
Thank you.

[phantompilot]

Electrician is responsible to pull the wire to the panel, that's part of the job. Your GC should be responsible - get him on the horn and tell them you have a workmanship defect you want remedied asap, and that their sub didn't complete their work.

Comcast is useless for wiring your house anyway. They will just drill a hole in the closest exterior wall to the drop. Because they are lazy and their techs don't know much about fishing wire.

However, they are correct in their assessment of the situation in this instance.

[gemstone1]

Wait a minute.....before assigning blame/responsibility......what was identified in the Scope of Work the Project Manager is referring to ? Did you, as the client, identify in the Scope of Work that you wanted a wire run between point A and point B for device C ? If you did, then it is cut and dried, it should state who is responsible for that work. The SOW is "the" document used to ensure the client gets the product he/she paid for, and ensures the client pays for what he/she got. Anything not included in the SOW or as a signed change order to the SOW, is out of scope and not part of the contract. There are never line items left open in a SOW for assumptions.

I do agree with the statement about the cable installer...I would never let them wire my home. A cable/telco installer who takes pride in his/her work is 1 in 10.

Regards
Gemstone1

[phantompilot]

Originally Posted by gemstone1

Wait a minute.....before assigning blame/responsibility......what was identified in the Scope of Work the Project Manager is referring to ? Did you, as the client, identify in the Scope of Work that you wanted a wire run between point A and point B for device C ? If you did, then it is cut and dried, it should state who is responsible for that work. The SOW is "the" document used to ensure the client gets the product he/she paid for, and ensures the client pays for what he/she got. Anything not included in the SOW or as a signed change order to the SOW, is out of scope and not part of the contract. There are never line items left open in a SOW for assumptions.

I do agree with the statement about the cable installer...I would never let them wire my home. A cable/telco installer who takes pride in his/her work is 1 in 10.

Regards
Gemstone1

But the assumption in a remodel that if a new service panel is installed it includes making the connections that were formerly in another outlet and were disconnected from the old termination point whatever that was. There'd be little point in installing but not connecting a new panel, now would there?

[davdaven]

Are you disconnected from the street itself, or just from the exterior Comcast panel on your house into your house?

Check your scope of work to see what was and wasn't included. A well written scope would include restoring what was disconnected.

The house I recently purchased had no cable line, so a Comcast tech had to hook me up to the grid. He installed a box next to my exterior power panel, and then wired into my house via an existing opening in my living room floor a few feet from the exterior panel. This involved him going into my crawl space to run the wire. I thought he did a very good job, but YMMV.

[dleung]

Thanks Everybody for your input. I'm on the grid, just need to get the coaxl back into the house in a way that is not an eye sore. It was previously in before, so I just assumed that when upgrading the electrical and rewiring the entire house that would be included back in. I spoke with the foreman today and he will call the electrician. The contractor will snake the wire externally so it's hidden as much as possible and only enters into the closet where the panel is. Not perfect since it's not in the wall, but I can get over it.