Fishing Wire Through Walls From 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.

Fishing wire through walls from attic. Enter the attic or crawlspace and look for the wire extending through the drilled hole. 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. Thread the fish tape. This is usually a 2 person task.

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. Fishing the wires through walls. If you will need to fish wiring through a wall drill a hole through the wood plate in the attic only.

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. Learn how with this video. Most tract homes will have these framing members spaced apart at 16 24 inch intervals. Pull the string from above to fish the wire through.

Run electrical cable through walls and across ceilings without tearing them apart. 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. As you move through the attic notice the triangular trusses supporting the roof. Keep the fish tape against the inner edge of the drywall and out of the insulation as you feed it toward the upper hole.

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. 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. Once the string reaches the bottom go down to the lower opening and tie the cable and string together. 5 attach the wiring in the 3 by 5 inch hole to the end of the fish tape.

Here s where you can get piano wire. Run the wire or cable to its destination. And use semi rigid wiring fish tape to pull your wiring down to your outlet location. Now you should be ready to fish the wire.

I ll be showing tricks to cut lots of time off fishing wires in walls.