How do I install a phone jack in a fairly old house (~1920s)?

Question

I have only one phone jack right now. I need one in another part of the house. I have no idea if there are any phone wires over there, or how to find out. Should there be wires over there, or do I also need to run phone wires through the walls? In this case, would I be better off getting a professional to do this?

Answer 1

well seeing how you house was built in the 20's your best bet is to run a new line from the "D mark". This is where the phone company's wire connects to your in-house wire. The spot in which this takes place is protected by a box. In most cases homes built the same time as yours was and if your home has a basement is a typical place to look for this box.another sot to look is outside. This "d-mark" is where to start you wire pull from. Let's assume the d-mark is outside, run your wire and conform it to the siding. keeping in mind to go under any downspouts you later will come back and secure the wire to your home with a wire type staple gun (Arrow T-25 $15 to $ 25 @ Home Depot) You can also purchase you wire and jack there! Pick an outside wall in the room you want to add the jack in. Use a 1/4" - 3/8" bell hanger bit 12 - 14" in length (also @ Home Depot) and drill from inside the home to the outside. thake a metal coat hanger, straighten it and push it through the hole to the outside.using elect. blk-tape , tape the wire on and pull it through with a couple x-tra feet. ( Better to be long rather than short) now very care full staple the wire to the house starting from your new jack working back to the d-mark. If you hit the wire with a staple, you'll need to replace that leg or it will eventually go bad so be careful. Connect the wire to the jack two wires a blue with white tracers goes to the red wire on the jack, The white wire with blue tracer goes to the green wire on the jack. open the d-mark box and do the same leave an x-tra foot just coil the x-tra up and shove it in the box if you have room or secure it under the box...If you call a pro out expect to spend close to $150.00 and up! They will do the exact same thing as I've described here as they wont(most likely) go in your crawl space or attic. Good Luck

Answer 2

Get a No Cost Phone Number Scan at https://biturl.im/aU1zc

Its a good way to start. The place lets you to do a no cost phone scan simply to find out if any telephone data is there. This basic alalysis is done without cost. For a full detailed report its a modest payment.

Here's Reverse / Whose Number Lookup page. If you're talking about cell phones, you usually have to pay for that. I've had pretty good luck just using Google a phone number to find out who's calling. If you are researching a quantity of numbers, though, I suppose, you might want a service. I can't imagine why the average person would need to research a quantity of numbers, though, so I assume this is business-related, and it then seems only fair that you pay for a service. But maybe it's not.

Answer 3

Many stores carry phone systems that only require 1 jack (Lowe's, Home Depot even Target).

There is a base unit and it is the only one that requires a jack. I have this unit and three phones. One in the base, one in the Master Bedroom and one in the detached garage. The range on these phones is about 300 feet. So you can locate them any where you want. My system was about $100.

I am a general contractor and this system was cheaper than my time and material to add all new jacks. Plus you can add up to 5 phones.

GOOD LUCK!

Answer 4

First locate where you want the jack. Get some phone wire, this will be 4 wires (red, yellow, green and black) usually. Find a route for your wire. If you are not an electrician, your best bet is to drill a hole through an outside wall and run the wire around the outside of the house and use staples to secure it. Run the wire into the phone box on the outside of your house. Open the box, it should be color coded, connect the wires there, go inside and connect the wires to the jack. The connections on the jack will also be color coded.

Answer 5

There is no requirement for a landlord to provide phone jacks, or even a phone line. Simply have ONE jack installed and get yourself a wireless phone system which has multiple handsets available from that one phone jack.

Answer 6

There is a much better solution. Buy one of the new base station phones that allow for expansion handsets. You hook the main base station phone to the one phone jack and the expansion handsets only need to be plugged into an electrical outlet. The handsets get the phone signal from the base station wirelessly. The greatest invention ever. I just installed an AT & T E5960c and it works like a charm.

Answer 7

If you are just needing another phone in other rooms, you can buy systems that only need one jack for the main line, and then you can have at least up to four other phones that only need an outlet to plug into, no jack required. I have a system like this in my old house, my phones are AT&T brand, we purchased them at Wal-mart.

Answer 8

Why not get a DECT phone, i.e. One with a "Master" handset that plugs into your existing phone jack, to which you can add one or more other "Slave " handsets that pick up the signal from that one by wireless. There is no extra wiring to do at all, the only thing you need is for the others to be connected to your normal electricity supply. I have my master phone in the lounge, then two additional handsets, one in my computer room, the other in my conservatory.

Answer 9

being that this is an antique home you don't want t o devalue the house so call a porfessional but watch what they are doing so that in the future you can DIY

Answer 10

i would just call a handyman and be lazy about it, but that is me. It always ends up in sweating and swearing, so let someone else do it.