Running Wire Through Walls Attic

Now that you have run wires from your outlet to the basement or the attic you may need to run the wire from the attic to the basement.

Running wire through walls attic.

Roll out the cable through the basement or attic space to the next box location. If drilling up through the ceiling expect to pass through a thin coat of plaster and 5 8 of sheet rock and 1 2 inch 1 3 cm of strapping to which the sheet rock is secured. You may encounter nails so choose an auger drill bit which won t get damaged by metal. Cut the cable leaving plenty of slack and feed the cut end into the wall cavity and out through the wall hole as you did with the first box.

But with careful planning a few special tools and the right techniques running wires in the wall of your home may be easier than you might think. If you will need to fish wiring through a wall drill a hole through the wood plate in the attic only. Cut the holes that the wire will pass through to enter and exit the attic. And while loosely guiding the bit with one hand apply even pressure with the other holding the drill while running it.

Or thinner walls by running it through 1 2 in. Return to the attic or basement and drill through the wall plate where you want to guide the wire through. If the wall above runs parallel to the attic or basement joist this cable will be attached across the side of a joist. Depending on what the wiring is for this may be go through the drywall to the ceiling for instance for new lighting or be farther down on a wall.

Drilling is undoubtedly one of the best and easiest ways to run security camera wires through walls soffit vinyl siding etc. Protect the wall with a thin piece of cardboard etc. And use semi rigid. Wiring new construction before the drywall goes in is a piece of cake compared to fishing them through existing walls and floors.

When adding or replacing wiring in finished walls most electricians will attempt to make the horizontal portion of the cable run in the unfinished attic or basement crawlspace areas looping the cable down or up through the wall cavity across the floor or ceiling joists then vertically through another stud cavity to the next wall box opening. Metal junction box and attach a length of conduit to it with a conduit connector you ll need two conduits for two cables. If you run a cat 5 6 ethernet cable of your security camera you can just drill a hole to run the ethernet cable from the camera to your home router or nvr. Anchor a 4 x 4 x 1 1 2 in.

Running wires from the attic to the basement.