Pulling Wire Without Getting In Attic

When you must deal with an attic space because you can t run the cable by simply pushing up the ceiling tiles there a few things to consider.

Pulling wire without getting in attic.

A ring of the same size as a drawing wire is made in the feed cable. Run the wire or cable to its destination. Find your attic access. You may need to use needle nose pliers to get the end of the fishtape out.

Had to be pulled to get through the last 90 and it felt like 187 lb. That would give you plenty of room to drill the studs and pull the wire. The pull went smoothly until the last 90 that multiplied the tension from about 67 lb. Pass the end of the wire or cable through the ring that you make in the wire.

The person who is pushing should smear lubricant on the wires as they enter the wireway until the run is well underway. How to run wire through an attic. This is usually a moveable piece of drywall or plywood that covers a rectangular hole. The last 90 was pulled using a unistrut lever bar on the rope.

With one person pushing and another pulling you should be able to pull the wires through. Because it was just a little over what i can pull with the rope over my shoulders. 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. Running wires without attic or basement.

Converting an attic to a bedroom and bath averages 80 100k if it can easily be converted without. Measure the distance between the two sites you want to run wire between and make sure you will have enough wire. In reality as long as you can feed the wire across the ceiling using a wire pulling fish you can easily install can lights in any room even one without attic access. Here s where you can get piano wire.

Strip the end of the sheathing attach the wires to the fish tape and tape them in place. Then pull the cable through the wall plate and out the next wall box opening. To patch one sheet of drywall cut into 8 strips would give 48 and you have two even seams to patch. 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.

Step 1 place the stud finder against the ceiling and map out the location of the ceiling joists. This video is. I ll be showing tricks to cut lots of time off fishing wires in walls.