How To Fish Wire From Attic To Basement

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

How to fish wire from attic to basement.

If you want to bring the wire up to the attic tie something to a string and lower it through the hole from above. Pull the string from above to fish the wire through. If there s enough clearence on the sides of the chimney you might be able to fish a cable up that way. Drop a string from above instead.

Running wire from attic to basement. From the attic or basement pull steadily on the fish tape while a helper feeds the cable into the wall opening. I recently tried that. For more in depth informatino about running fis.

Fish the cable. 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. This video will show you tips how to fish wire down an existing wall from an attic space down to a crawl space. From the basement or attic push the wire fish tape through the hole you have drilled.

Learn how with this video. Once the string reaches the bottom go down to the lower opening and tie the cable and string together. Quickly fishing wires from the attic.