Scariest Stories from Jobsites
By Tom LeBlanc
Cutting into walls isn't just laborious for CE pros, it can be downright scary.

We have already shared some of the wacky stories from jobsites, but there also are plenty of scary encounters.

We asked CE pros to submit their scariest jobsite stories. It seems many an integrator have encountered mice and ghosts. Scary stuff.

Rodent Family
"I cut a 1-gang retro box into a ceiling and gently lowered the small rectangle down. On top of it was a dead mouse carcass. What's the chance of that?"

- Derek Cowburn, DistinctAV, McCordsville, Ind.

"Dennis Nim, our lead installer in Orange County, was on his first installation six years ago. The new house had been completed about four months before and had been sitting vacant. We were asked to retrofit the house with audio and video.

"I showed Dennis how to use the stud finder to locate the wood behind the drywall and determine the optimum spot to cut an opening. He punched his drywall, saw through and began cutting.

"As he got the last cut, he used his other hand to hold up the 8-inch square while he balanced on the ladder. As he lowered the drywall down, six newborn, hairless, pink mice fell from the ceiling onto his head, with one falling inside his shirt. He let out quite an unmanly scream.


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