Fishing Wire Through Walls From Attic

From the basement or attic push the wire fish tape through the hole you have drilled.

Fishing wire through walls from attic. Enter the attic or crawlspace and look for the wire extending through the drilled hole. Keep the fish tape against the inner edge of the drywall and out of the insulation as you feed it toward the upper hole. Run the wire or cable to its destination. Most tract homes will have these framing members spaced apart at 16 24 inch intervals.

5 attach the wiring in the 3 by 5 inch hole to the end of the fish tape. For more in depth informatino about running fis. Run electrical cable through walls and across ceilings without tearing them apart. I ll be showing tricks to cut lots of time off fishing wires in walls.

Thread the fish tape. 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. And use semi rigid wiring fish tape to pull your wiring down to your outlet location. Pull the string from above to fish the wire through.

Fishing the wires through walls. Here s where you can get piano wire. 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. 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.

As you move through the attic notice the triangular trusses supporting the roof. Now you should be ready to fish the wire. While fishing wires never place your weight on the ceiling drywall only. This and subsequent steps will be easiest if you have a.

If you will need to fish wiring through a wall drill a hole through the wood plate in the attic only. Learn how with this video. This is usually a 2 person task. It will not support you and you could fall through.

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.