thead44•1mo agoProlific Poster

Had a customer in a new build ask me to run the coax through their fancy glass floor

This was over in the new Riverwalk condos, a penthouse unit with a clear glass section in the living room floor. The homeowner wanted the cable box on the far wall but didn't want any wire showing on the ceiling or baseboards. He pointed at the glass and said, 'Can't you just fish it under there?' I tried to explain that it's solid, tempered glass, not a crawlspace. He insisted, so I got my inspection camera to at least look. Sure enough, it's just a sealed air gap between two thick panes. I told him the only way was to go around the perimeter, but he was really stuck on the 'invisible' idea. I ended up having to sketch it out on a napkin to show why his plan was a no-go. Ever have a client with a wild request that just ignores basic physics?

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the_seth1mo ago

That "floor is glass, not a tunnel" line is spot on, but I gotta disagree a little. Sometimes the wild idea is the seed for a real fix. That guy wanted invisible, and going around the perimeter with a paintable channel or a super thin raceway could have given him that look. The trick is hearing the want behind the weird ask. His physics were wrong, but his goal wasn't crazy.

grant_palmer1mo ago

Used to believe every customer idea deserved a shot, no matter how out there. Then a guy wanted me to mount a TV on a plaster wall he swore was solid, no studs. Drill bit went right through into his neighbor's closet. Another time, someone insisted their fiber line could run through a gutter downspout to hide it. The lesson finally stuck: sometimes you have to be the one to say the floor is glass, not a tunnel.