Fishing Wire Through Walls From Attic

If you drill too early you ll end up creating a large insulation cotton candy cone which will make retrieving your bit difficult if not impossible.

Fishing wire through walls from attic.

Enter the attic or crawlspace and look for the wire extending through the drilled hole. Fishing the wires through walls. I ll be showing tricks to cut lots of time off fishing wires in walls. 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. Most tract homes will have these framing members spaced apart at 16 24 inch intervals. From the basement or attic push the wire fish tape through the hole you have drilled. It will not support you and you could fall through.

If you will need to fish wiring through a wall drill a hole through the wood plate in the attic only. 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. If you want to bring the wire up to the attic tie something to a string and lower it through the hole from above. If you must fish wires through exterior walls the best tip is to avoid spinning the flex bit until you make solid contact with the wood you plan to drill through.

Run the wire or cable to its destination. Thread the fish tape. Learn how with this video. When cutting through drywall from the interior of a room use a utility knife and cut carefully you don t want to drill through a hidden wire or the paper.

Now you should be ready to fish the wire. This is usually a 2 person task. When you find the hole in the wall plate remove the wire then uncoil the end of an electrician s fish tape and insert it through the drilled hole in the wall plate. And use semi rigid wiring fish tape to pull your wiring down to your outlet location.

Run electrical cable through walls and across ceilings without tearing them apart. As you move through the attic notice the triangular trusses supporting the roof. Here s where you can get piano wire. Have someone at the other end reach through the hole in the drywall grab the fish tape and pull it through with about a foot sticking out of the hole.

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