How To Run Wire Through Walls And Ceilings

Feed your cables up the wall into the attic space.

How to run wire through walls and ceilings.

You may encounter nails so choose an auger drill bit which won t get damaged by metal. To connect a ceiling light fixture to a light switch in your house snake the wire through the ceiling and walls via access holes a process known as fishing the wire. 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. When you hook cable to the eyelet of a glow rod strip the plastic sheathing back about 6 in then cut off the hot and neutral wires.

Return to the attic or basement and drill through the wall plate where you want to guide the wire through. If you re working in a crawlspace you can use a flex bit drill to drill this hole from several feet away. Turn off the electricity. While running it through a basement drill two holes on the wall ceiling and drill two other holes on the mounting plate for running the wire through the wall and connecting to the speaker.

Feeding the wires up and down is usually a 2 person job. Finally wrap the whole area with electrical tape. One person pushes the wire through the origin point and the other pulls through the hole at the destination point. Feed the wire through the hole above the distribution box while someone else pulls the from attic.