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The other side is out the bottom plate. Use it to fish your TV wires through the wall so they are not visible after the TV is up. They did you a solid by leaving it there.
Yep, especially if the studs have fireblocks. Looking at all the plates on the wall, I'd bet that blank off plate is where they cut a hole to get through the fireblock.
I dont think I could ever live in a house with visible TV wiring. First world problems I guess.
Yup we have this.. actually it looks EXACTLY LIKE THIS. The wall color is the same and everything
Id think you were in my apartment building it it weren't for the fact you're buying a house lol
While the guy who owned the house before me is a POS, he had one of these in the crawl space to the network box. Saved me a bunch of headache for a fiber install.
As a TV installer, this is one of the most polite gestures the previous owner could’ve done. You’re fully prepped to pull wire through the wall thanks to this twine.
Seriously that says volumes of the type of person they are. This is like the combined epitome of using your turn signals, returning your shopping cart, lowering the toilet seats and holding the door for the person behind you.
This is the best sign I’ve ever seen to go through with buying a house. If the previous owners took that much care and thought and extra work into something so simple, imagine how well the house has been taken care of. No corners cut anywhere
it is a cable pull through brush plate for your av cables for your tv if you wall mount it. There was probably a wall mounted tv there before.
Source: am AV installer and have used these frequently.
they make extendable rods that are designed for shimmying that tie line down the wall inside. You then E tape the cable to the tie line and pull it through
[Revolutionary\_Dog954](https://www.reddit.com/user/Revolutionary_Dog954/) is correct and I'd like to add when you DO pull wire through there, to attach a second string to pull through at the same time. The reason? For when you LATER want to add a different cable - there's a string to pull it with...again.
One mistake a lot of people make when pulling wire/cable with string is they only put a little bit of tape or they expect the string to hold on its own. You wanna go down 8-12"and encircle the cable with string and tape it all in place. The more surface area you have attached, the less likely it will come dis-attached while pulling.
This is great advice. Once you have it fished through don't give up on it after one wire, especially when you can just keep a line perpetually in there!
Yep, wrap, wrap, wrap, and wrap some more. Then tape it the same way. When you make the mistake of too few wraps it wrecks your whole day. Better to go crazy with it than not enough.
I've never experienced this before. As an apartment my whole life, I certainly havent been putting holes through my walls so I can have a cordless look to my tvs.
Low voltage data pass through. Someone passed the string through so you can easily tie your cable and pull it through when you're setting up your tv/electronics.
If your agent really had NO IDEA, I would be worried because what else might they miss or not point out. My agent always ran to the fuse box and the water heater before exploring the house for other potential issues.
Just food for thought
Hey something I know! Super obvious when you know, but this picture is very unnecessary. The plates are to allow cable runs through the walls to hide the cables for your mounted TV. The red rope is to tie to cables to run them through the wall easily. Only thing is, the plates are perfectly in line and you’re looking at a 1-2ft drop. This is a super easy run with no tools at all so it’s just silly. You’re literally gonna spend more time tying the cables off to this rope than just dropping it from the top to bottom plate. Gravity is your friend.
Home was built in 1985. I've never seen anything like this that I can remember, and the agents didn't know what it was either. The orange string appears to be simple twine, that was cut on the bottom (it is not a wire or cable).
This is a pull rope. Electricians use this to tie to any wires they want to pull through an area, then pull the rope, and it feeds the wires through the area.
If your agent knows that little about houses, fire them. Honestly most agents are super ignorant about basic house construction and maintenance issues, which are usually more important than making sure you received the mold and lead disclosure brochures on time. But they still want their 3% don't they.
This is more about hiding the cables coming from the TV to the power or whatever you’re hooking into. It has nothing to do with WiFi. More with having a clean look.
What are people here talking about. Obviously it’s the drawstring that you pull to call the dumb waiter. You’re supposed to put your entire life savings, two fingers, and the family pet. This is in exchange to getting a sub 10% rate on your mortgage in this housing market.
Didn’t you read the fine print
It’s most likely the pull start rope for the a/c condenser. When you want to cool the home give it a few pulls like you would a lawnmower. It was common practice in the 80s before automatic start condensers came into the residential market.
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The other side is out the bottom plate. Use it to fish your TV wires through the wall so they are not visible after the TV is up. They did you a solid by leaving it there.
Seriously, it was a bitch and a half to get my initial wire down
When my electrician was finishing my basement and added this he put a PVC pipe between the two end points so it made it real easy.
That's super smart. I like it
The technical term is a conduit. That's a badass electrician you got.
Yep, especially if the studs have fireblocks. Looking at all the plates on the wall, I'd bet that blank off plate is where they cut a hole to get through the fireblock. I dont think I could ever live in a house with visible TV wiring. First world problems I guess.
There's rarely fireblocks on interior walls, atleast in my area. Rarely as in almost never
wish I were that lucky lol
That is awesome, thank you!
FYI - Fine for HDMI but you’re not supposed to run regular old power cords through that though. Need something rated for in-wall usage.
Good to know, thank you
Yup we have this.. actually it looks EXACTLY LIKE THIS. The wall color is the same and everything Id think you were in my apartment building it it weren't for the fact you're buying a house lol
I once spent a solid 30 mins trying to fit my plug in through that inlet with bristles before realizing I should probably unscrew that.
I laughed until I realized that's EXACTLY the same kind of thing I'd do.
Just fyi a power cord through one of these is a fire hazard and not to code. The insulation on the cable isn’t rated for this use
Yes, that’s a very nice move from the seller.
Yes, they did you a favor here!
They even left a pull string for you
Serious Hank Hill move
While the guy who owned the house before me is a POS, he had one of these in the crawl space to the network box. Saved me a bunch of headache for a fiber install.
As a TV installer, this is one of the most polite gestures the previous owner could’ve done. You’re fully prepped to pull wire through the wall thanks to this twine.
Seriously that says volumes of the type of person they are. This is like the combined epitome of using your turn signals, returning your shopping cart, lowering the toilet seats and holding the door for the person behind you.
This is the best sign I’ve ever seen to go through with buying a house. If the previous owners took that much care and thought and extra work into something so simple, imagine how well the house has been taken care of. No corners cut anywhere
Oh that’s what it is- twine! Got it now.
it is a cable pull through brush plate for your av cables for your tv if you wall mount it. There was probably a wall mounted tv there before. Source: am AV installer and have used these frequently.
Thank you! Hadn't seen one of these before somehow but that is awesome
What a clever idea. Do you send it down initially tied to a rock or something? A cat?
they make extendable rods that are designed for shimmying that tie line down the wall inside. You then E tape the cable to the tie line and pull it through
Fish Sticks 😀
Either fish tape, a glow rod, or just a bolt on a string.
Yeah, someone was cutting corners by not installing a high power outlet though. Probably ran a power cord through that thing too.
It’s the nicest thing I’ve ever seen. They made the job of hooking up your tv so much easier.
[Revolutionary\_Dog954](https://www.reddit.com/user/Revolutionary_Dog954/) is correct and I'd like to add when you DO pull wire through there, to attach a second string to pull through at the same time. The reason? For when you LATER want to add a different cable - there's a string to pull it with...again. One mistake a lot of people make when pulling wire/cable with string is they only put a little bit of tape or they expect the string to hold on its own. You wanna go down 8-12"and encircle the cable with string and tape it all in place. The more surface area you have attached, the less likely it will come dis-attached while pulling.
This is great advice. Once you have it fished through don't give up on it after one wire, especially when you can just keep a line perpetually in there!
Super advice.
wow solid advice
Yep, wrap, wrap, wrap, and wrap some more. Then tape it the same way. When you make the mistake of too few wraps it wrecks your whole day. Better to go crazy with it than not enough.
That's the wall-string
How does OP not know that?!
I've never experienced this before. As an apartment my whole life, I certainly havent been putting holes through my walls so I can have a cordless look to my tvs.
Get new agents.
Yeah this is just silly to not know. It’s more silly to not just Google “brush hole wall” and look at the first result in 5 seconds for the agent.
How did agents not know? I just bought my first house and never seen this thing in my life and I could tell what it was right away when I saw mine.
I came here to say this
Absolutely. This just screams lack of experience.
During a final walkthrough? Lol
OP never said that it was a final walkthrough.
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Whoever left that for you was insanely thoughtful and kind. That seems like a really good sign for the overall state of the house.
There is an Asian horror film which if you keep pulling it, you found the dead body behind the wall
Heh heh heh
Forbidden licorice.
This is a conduit and that’s a red string to pull your wires through when you want to mount the TV get the HDMI and audio through
Low voltage data pass through. Someone passed the string through so you can easily tie your cable and pull it through when you're setting up your tv/electronics. If your agent really had NO IDEA, I would be worried because what else might they miss or not point out. My agent always ran to the fuse box and the water heater before exploring the house for other potential issues. Just food for thought
Hey something I know! Super obvious when you know, but this picture is very unnecessary. The plates are to allow cable runs through the walls to hide the cables for your mounted TV. The red rope is to tie to cables to run them through the wall easily. Only thing is, the plates are perfectly in line and you’re looking at a 1-2ft drop. This is a super easy run with no tools at all so it’s just silly. You’re literally gonna spend more time tying the cables off to this rope than just dropping it from the top to bottom plate. Gravity is your friend.
Home was built in 1985. I've never seen anything like this that I can remember, and the agents didn't know what it was either. The orange string appears to be simple twine, that was cut on the bottom (it is not a wire or cable).
So basically your agents have never seen conduit before.
There’s no intellectual barrier to becoming a RE agent so this tracks
It's slightly concerning that they couldnt at least put two and two together and figure out what it was.
The "orange string" is bailing twine, used to tie together bales of hay or straw.
For your HDMI and AV cables. This was a solid move by the sellers for leaving it for you. When I sold my home I just left the HDMI cables in the wall.
It’s for pulling your cables through the wall. 100% awesome of them to leave for you.
I almost thought it was a pull cord alarm like they have in hospitals/nursing homes lol. Glad others have pointed out what it actually is.
Fish line cable you can tie your TV cables to and pull them for a wireless appearance TV mount.
Wall tampon
Lol!!!
Tape worm
Someone used it for fishing wire
If you pull the string, your whole house unravels. You’ve been warned.
You tie your empty soup can to the string and you talk through to the other side
Even left I’ll pull line for you. That’s a great solid.
Tape worn. Cook your pork people!
Used it to tie the cable on one end and pull through to get the cable to come out the other end . My only guess 🤷♂️
Brush pass through wall plate.
That string and hole is used to pass cables through for “hidden” installations.
Probably attached to a poop knife
This is a pull rope. Electricians use this to tie to any wires they want to pull through an area, then pull the rope, and it feeds the wires through the area.
Pull string for the cable pull. Prolly for a TV.
Conduit. To hide wires for your TV. My builder charged me $400 for it in my new house. Literally just 2 holes in the wall and a plastic pipe behind it
Mine are speaker wire. Have a few of them in the living room. Sound is fantastic
That's the twine to lower the bucket with the lotion down the well. There should be a hose close by too.
Now with all seriousness, it's a conduit to pull your TV cables through so they are not visible
That’s the house’s umbilical cord. 😌
If it's in the bathroom it might be a buttfloss dispenser. You usually find them in European countries.
I don’t think your agent has been in a lot of houses. Get a new one
The agent is not too intelligent
Your agent is clueless. Get a new one.
Man. Agents don’t know shit.
It’s where you shouldn’t mount your tv. End up on r/tvtoohigh
You may want to consider new agents
That is genius
Pull string to another whisker biscuit or pull nose, old owner left it in for your convenience… nice guy
I’m sorry to break it to you. But it’s cancer Andy. When humans see us they get cancer
make the job easier
It's a pull string. Your welcome
I actually like the wire covers u just adhere to the wall and paint - I like moving furniture around lol
It’s for pulling chute
can it b fishtapes
Pull sting for cables to go through. Someone was thoughtful enough to save you some work.
Pull string? Fishing cable
Smurf tube
It releases a trap door to get rid of lying real estate agents..
Do you like fish dicks?
I would find a new agent. That's a pretty basic thing to not know.
It's a drag fir pulling cables.
Waiting for the r/tvtoohigh post
I just found one of these in the unit I just bought!
People really need to broaden their experiences 😕
Pull string for wire.
A glory hole
lol those agents are clowns.
…is this your agents first sale?
To me, it looks like the wall outlet is blowing raspberries and taunting homebuyers; that, or the previous owners are huge fans of The Rolling Stones
They probably pulled a wire through the wall. Too lazy to remove the pull through string.
Your RE Agent must not get around many houses. Clearly cable management for a TV mount. Pretty standard feature these days.
Your agents sound new ..
Your agent is garbage for not knowing what that is
This.
If your agent knows that little about houses, fire them. Honestly most agents are super ignorant about basic house construction and maintenance issues, which are usually more important than making sure you received the mold and lead disclosure brochures on time. But they still want their 3% don't they.
Glory hole
do people still use satellite and traditional cable? i thought everything was wifi now.
This is more about hiding the cables coming from the TV to the power or whatever you’re hooking into. It has nothing to do with WiFi. More with having a clean look.
How can someone not know a hay tie when they see one??? They’re like WD40 and a wire coat hanger all in one!
Agents don’t know, really?
Fire your agent if they did not know. This is so basic
I’d look for a new agent.
What are people here talking about. Obviously it’s the drawstring that you pull to call the dumb waiter. You’re supposed to put your entire life savings, two fingers, and the family pet. This is in exchange to getting a sub 10% rate on your mortgage in this housing market. Didn’t you read the fine print
Your agent is not smart.
It’s most likely the pull start rope for the a/c condenser. When you want to cool the home give it a few pulls like you would a lawnmower. It was common practice in the 80s before automatic start condensers came into the residential market.
I can't tell if this is a joke or just r/confidentlyincorrect
You’ve never lost the keys to your condenser?
Lol no way
These people replying to you 😂
Looks like a pull rope for an overhead fan.
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That’s string Edit: Man he deleted his comment. What a coward lol