I will keep my fingers crossed for you but don't rule out a direct in ground cable (no ducting) from the footway to your property.

Edited by deleted (Mon 10-Jan-22 18:56:44)

yeah the method you suggested they wanted to try with my setup but I wanted the ONT/Router in a different location than the old master socket in hallway.

I believe even with DIG which mine was (but only partial i believe as there was a duct which ended about 2m away from the house) - Last 2m was DIG they can still pull the cable through behind the old copper? (Guessing as the armoured cable is quite thick) At least that's what they were asking to do until I said it wasn't a good place for the ONT.

They then just dug down about 2m away from the house down into the grass, and pulled the fibre in to there, micro duct then under grass, in through a vent and internal CSP.

More than likely it will be KN Circet who do your install, the guys I had here were excellent.

Edited by BuckleZ (Mon 10-Jan-22 19:23:10)

The example you provide is a rarity. It sounds very much as though there is no CSP fitted. It also sounds like they have fitted a field fit connector direct to the UG fibre.

Scenarios whereby the external ducting terminates in a wall void behind the NTE are exceptionally rare.

In reply to a post by BuckleZ:

I believe even with DIG which mine was (but only partial i believe as there was a duct which ended about 2m away from the house) - Last 2m was DIG they can still pull the cable through behind the old copper? (Guessing as the armoured cable is quite thick) At least that's what they were asking to do until I said it wasn't a good place for the ONT.

Armoured as we all know is clearly a lot stronger than CW1308 although there must be a lot of resistance when trying to pull it through but when they are asking you is it ok then I suspect the risk is down to you if it goes wrong.

Edited by deleted (Mon 10-Jan-22 22:13:07)

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In reply to a post by BuckleZ:

I believe even with DIG which mine was (but only partial i believe as there was a duct which ended about 2m away from the house) - Last 2m was DIG they can still pull the cable through behind the old copper? (Guessing as the armoured cable is quite thick) At least that's what they were asking to do until I said it wasn't a good place for the ONT.

Armoured as we all know is clearly a lot stronger than CW1308 although there must be a lot of resistance when trying to pull it through but when they are asking you is it ok then I suspect the risk is down to you if it goes wrong.

You should follow whatever procedure Openreach recommend - and then the risk is entirely down to them.

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In reply to a post by dect:

In reply to a post by BuckleZ:

I believe even with DIG which mine was (but only partial i believe as there was a duct which ended about 2m away from the house) - Last 2m was DIG they can still pull the cable through behind the old copper? (Guessing as the armoured cable is quite thick) At least that's what they were asking to do until I said it wasn't a good place for the ONT.

Armoured as we all know is clearly a lot stronger than CW1308 although there must be a lot of resistance when trying to pull it through but when they are asking you is it ok then I suspect the risk is down to you if it goes wrong.

You should follow whatever procedure Openreach recommend - and then the risk is entirely down to them.

Totally agree, in BuckleZ case it was a contractor not direct Openreach resource asking if it was OK to pull the DIG cable through (and we all know Openreach contractors don't neccessarily follow the high standards of most Openreach engineers) and the second point is it may work when pulling the smaller fibre cable behind a larger armoured cable but what happens if that fibre cable ever needs replacing in the future once it is the only DIG cable.

Same with my 2016-build. The master socket is in the lounge at the back of the house and the copper is terminated at the front of the house. When fibre came it had to be run from the CSP around the outside of the house.

The houses I looked at on fibre only developments in most cases had the fibre ducted into the house to the cupboard under the stairs.