Finally Added A Proper Outdoor Telephone to our house :)

[Hill Haven Telephone Company]

We finally added a proper outdoor telephone to our house

A Western Electric Outdoor Phone,  Hooked up to our kitchen extension so we can take calls outside

[HarrySmith]

Why did you mount it sideways??

[Hill Haven Telephone Company]

Doh the picture isnt oriented correctly

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[Ktownphoneco]

Harry   ....    It stops the wind from blowing the door shut while someone's using the phone. 

Jeff Lamb

[Key2871]

Lol, second load looks better.
You funny Harry... Good comeback Jeff.
The cords a bit short, but I bet it tends to keep the call the same way... Short. Nice Job looks cool.

[AT2796]

I agree, way cool!
Mrs AT2796 has been looking at/for the right one for a few months now.

[Pourme]

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Good job, I am in the process of doing the same thing. I have the phone, mine came without the dial. All I need is the daisy pedal number plate and I'm too cheap to pay the EBAY prices, lately.

[FABphones]

I quite fancy adding something like this to an outbuilding, but the ground is hard (a lot of granite) and the cable run would be about 125 metres. Poles are out of the question. Any ideas?

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... All I need is the daisy pedal number plate...

I think Jim (payphone installer) had one listed.

Mrs AT2796 has been looking at/for the right one for a few months now.

Unless I'm mistaken, I believe Jim had quite a few exterior phones listed too.

[dsk]

I do not know how far a wireless phone jack works, but yo could gie it a try.  https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/73252-wireless-phone-jack-unwires-settops-fax-machines

[Jim Stettler]

I quite fancy adding something like this to an outbuilding, but the ground is hard (a lot of granite) and the cable run would be about 125 metres. Poles are out of the question. Any ideas?

If you have power in your outbuilding you could use an xlink to provide dial tone.
xlink uses bluetooth to connect to your smartphone for the dialtone.
xlink supports pulse dialing

[tallrick]

Those phones are so hard to find and ungodly expensive when you do, I preferred to use an abandoned pay phone for the same purpose.

[HowardPgh]

Do you lock it so unauthorized people can't use it when you're not home?

[Key2871]

I had a phone outside, and when I wasn't around I turned it off So you wouldn't get a dial tone.. As long as the phone is secure to the wall.. That would work.