Fishing Wire Through Exterior Wall

Run electrical cable through walls and across ceilings without tearing them apart.

Fishing wire through exterior wall.

How to snake wires through insulation. From the basement or attic push the wire fish tape through the hole you have drilled. Then i have a drill bit especially for fishing wires through walls. Before you begin make sure you have the necessary permits to install new branch circuitry and additional devices.

It came with a metal handle tool that you can use to direct the shaft in the wall. As they say in australia no dramas. Here s where you can get piano wire. Fishing wires through a wall can be tedious but in most cases you only need a couple of basic tools.

Attach the cable to the fish tape after the blade of the fish tape has been retrieved through the wall opening uncoil enough nm cable to complete the cable run you are planning. This is usually a 2 person task. 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. The best advice for fishing wires through insulation is avoid it if you can the potential is always there to damage the vapor barrier or bunch up insulation leaving cold spots in the wall.

I ll be showing tricks to cut lots of time off fishing wires in walls. Now you should be ready to fish the wire. Fishing the wires through walls. I try to fish the drill down between the vapor barrier and sheetr rock.

For more in depth informatino about running fis. Thanks to an. I had the coax cable fished from the basement up through an exterior wall complete with fiberglass insulation in less than a minute. The first time i used it i knew it was worth every penny i spent on it.

A short length of clothes hanger wire can sometimes make it easier to hook the fish tape and extract it through the wall opening. It s a 3 4 spiral bit with a 3 long flexible shank. Finally i stuck a crowbar in my wallet and bought this fish tape. Learn how with this video.

If you re fishing a small cable like a security cable you can attach the cable to the end of the rod by threading one of the wires in the cable through the hole in the bull nose. When you re installing a new electrical circuit or running speaker cables in your home you have to run the wires inside your finished walls.