• mosiacmango@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      Depends on where and how far. Once youre trenching and cutting into your walls, it’s only cheap if youre spending your time.

      • Entertainmeonly
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        9 months ago

        No one should ever need to cut into your walls. A good tech will run down from attic or up from crawl space. The most you should ever have is a new plate where a box may be placed. If someone is cutting frivolously into your walls they should be fired. Hopefully they had contractors insurance too. Probably not if they were that incompetent.

    • Takumidesh@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      The cost of the cable maybe, not the cost of all the ancillary work.

      Most people have or want cameras in places where it won’t be particularly easy to run wires, like door frames for door bells, and outside walls with insulation and various utilities in the way.

      Other people live where they can’t do it at all (an apartment)