Asked on Aug 18, 2015
Wall phone: What do I do now? Attachment from phone prevents mounting
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Becky Schaar
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How can I decorate or make this work? The attachment gets in the way of mounting the phone.
20 answers
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I have exactly the same problem, it's directly at eye level in my kitchen, we don't use our land line as we use our cell phones. I will keep an eye out for any solutions from other viewers. I just hand a picture over it but sticks out from the wall slightly, it's driving me crazy as I don't want to pay the telephone company $$$ to move it down lower behind my kitchen island.
Cindi
on Aug 19, 2015
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I think this is the outlet I need to replace it and it will hide the DSL connector, but I'm hot positive. I asked someone on Amazon who bought it. I will keep updating! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004LGIJFC?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_2&smid=A2P5I4NW0QQAX1
Becky Schaar
on Aug 19, 2015
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I have a clock that is electric and it has a place on the back that hangs perfectly, it looks like a electric cord on the bottom, solves that problem.
Phyllis
on Aug 19, 2015
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Phyllis, do you happen to have picture of that? thanks
Becky Schaar
on Aug 19, 2015
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If you are not using the landline, have you thought of removing the face place and removing the phone line and tuck the remaining part into the wall and then spackle the hole and paint over your finished result.
Cornelia Schott
on Aug 19, 2015
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Could you make or find a little box the adapter would fit in that's a little larger than the face plate for the phone? Then you could drill a small hole in the middle for the wire to feed through to the back of the phone or even get another face plate to mount on the box that the phone would attach to like it would on the wall. It would only have to be as deep as the adapter and slightly taller/wider than the existing face plate. You could even take the existing face plate off and put it over the gang box underneath then put the original face plate on the box. From the size of the adapter, I doubt it would fit inside the existing gang box, but I guess you could try that as well.
Mandy Brown
on Aug 20, 2015
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Mine is in my kitchen & we are now useing cordless phones so I didnt need it now . So I bought a Cork message board to hang over it ..
Shirley Whitfield
on Aug 20, 2015
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I had the same problem in my kitchen. Instead of mounting the phone charger to the wall, I mounted a small wire shelf that was twice as wide as the charger. I put the phone and charger on the shelf with a pencil cup and a small tool caddy beside it to cover up the ugly plate and add on.
Ennarual
on Aug 20, 2015
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Make a box mounted around it and paint it to look like an old fashioned phone You, the speaker in one hand attached with a cord, and put your phone on a shelf under it. So you have the old fashioned one on top with the other on a shelf below... and you can make an old fashioned one out of bits and pieces you cobble together and then paint yourself.. like this kind of: http://www.jcpenney.com/crosley-country-kitchen-wall-phone-ii/prod.jump?ppId=pp5004681040&selectedSKUId=80214900018&selectedLotId=8021490&fromBag=true&quantity=1&cm_mmc=ShoppingFeed-_-GooglePLA-_-Telephones-_-80214900018&utm_medium=cse&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=telephones&utm_content=80214900018&gclid=CjwKEAjw9dWuBRDFs9mHv-C9_FkSJADo58iMUVTKpwmPhXOlKPeuV3TJKiVfD1AAl6ak_CJduW4wcRoCE8Lw_wcB&kwid=productads-plaid^83170241858-sku^80214900018-adType^PLA-device^c-adid^45810124418
Annie Medic
on Aug 20, 2015
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I dealt with this for three years until one day the phone guy pointed to it and said..."Why didn't you tell us you needed a box there?" Turns out the phone company (mine at least) makes a wall mount with the attachment built in...for free to me.
Treasuredchaos.com
on Aug 20, 2015
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That looks like a DSL filter, if so, try disconnecting it and just plug in and hang the phone. I had to do that for mine, and had no ill effects on my internet, which was connected through a wall plug in another area of the house. It never hummed, or bothered the internet, it worked just fine, as did the other phones in the house..
Rus1058682
on Aug 20, 2015
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move the filter to the other end of the cord so that it is closest to the phone. The filter isn't so the phone won't interrupt the internet, it is so the phone won't have noise from the internet like static or crackling.
Loretta
on Aug 20, 2015
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I had those too till I installed a dedicated line right to the modem for my DSL. The phone company was able to do that so I don't have those all over the house. I had a phone near the modem and the phone company just changed something in the cellar so no other phones were on that line.
Gail
on Aug 20, 2015
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This is what I did you can see I have the same problem
Penny
on Aug 20, 2015
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Run a longer wire behind the wall downward and add a box. Very easy wiring.
Mark
on Aug 20, 2015
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Your phone company should be able to provide a wall mount that includes the DSL filter built into the wall mount frame.
Gerald Mccarty
on Aug 20, 2015
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Cover it up with a shadow box frame that's converted as a chalk board by removing glass and paint the background or call the phone company have them move the jack.
Leslie ortiz
on Aug 20, 2015
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Mark is correct that is the easiest fix run a little longer wire form the DSL then you phone should mount back on the wall
DD
on Aug 20, 2015
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thanks to every one of you. I ended up removing the DSL attachment, and I don't seem to notice a difference. It's a phone just for the condo entry system, so I think it's adequate for that. I thought all solutions were good fixit or decorating ideas, thanks so much, could not have figured it out on my own.
Becky Schaar
on Aug 20, 2015
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Glad you have your solution
Gail
on Aug 21, 2015
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