Fish Wire Into Attic

If you want to bring the wire up to the attic tie something to a string and lower it through the hole from above.

Fish wire into attic.

Bring all of the wire up into the attic. Once the string reaches the bottom go down to the lower opening and tie the cable and string together. Pull the string from above to fish the wire through. Glow rods can also be used to hook wires to pull them out as a wire snake tool.

Attach the wiring in the 3 by 5 inch hole to the end of the fish tape. Once your hole is drilled you can shove a glow rod through the hole to start fishing wire attach your wire to the eyelet at the end and pull it back through. Steps for fishing wires begin your first pull by climbing into the attic and taking the wires handed up by the ground man. As their name suggests glow rods glow in the dark.

The presumption is that the cable run will be looped from one box location down or up into a basement crawlspace or an attic then across floor joists before entering the stud cavity where the next box is located. If you re working from the attic you can drop a weighted string down wall cavity then attach the wire to the string and pull it through. Head toward the first area using any catwalk or boarding that may be in place. Run the wire or cable to its destination.

Wrap the bare wire through the fish tape eye and twist the end of the wire around itself. Many attics don t have any provision for this so you ll have to stretch across the rafters. While one person holds the flashlight the other person should use a staple gun to run the wire along the rafters from one entry hole to the other. Pull the wiring through the wall by reeling in the fish tape bringing it out through the hole for the electrical box.

Attach the wire or cable to a fish tape or coat hanger using electrical tape and feed it into the hole until it reaches the opening at the other end.