Re: Telephone wiring
You never want to run any kind of wire under a carpet. Current carrying conductors create a fire hazard and any kind of wire will create a bump that will look bad and wear out. DIYers will do this, pros should know better. There are undercarpet systems I believe for this but they are expensive.
In a situation like this we would tuck the wire under the cove base. Quick and easy actually. If the base is not vinyl cove and the carpet is laid with a tack strip on the floor there is always a space between the tack strip and the wall under the carpet. Use your linesmans pliers (I know, not a standard telecom tool) to pull up the carpet a couple of feet at a time, carefully place the cable in the space (you definately don't want it to flip on top of the tack strip!) put the carpet back down and stomp it down onto the tack strip with you foot. You do it a little at a time so the carpet doesn't become unstretched.
If neither is possible, check for a hung ceiling and fish each wall. Last resort is stapling around the walls or raceway. NEVER under the carpet!
I should say also that running around the base or tack strip pretty much guarantees that you (or somebody else) will be back to redo the job when the carpet is replaced. Take that for what its worth!
-Hal
[ March 01, 2004, 10:53 PM: Message edited by: hbiss ]