How Trough Wire From Outside To Attic

The staple gun should be loaded with wire staples designed for holding the size and type of wire you are running.

How trough wire from outside to attic.

Pull the string from above to fish the wire through. Run the wire or cable to its destination. To make the connections in the junction box. This video will show you tips how to fish wire down an existing wall from an attic space down to a crawl space.

Drop a string from above instead. Here i ll focus on the work of the attic rat the poor slob whose job it is to crawl through the attic space running wires s he must pull wires from the main panel location out to each alarm device in the system. 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. Bring all of the wire up into the attic.

My attic is non accessible so i know for a fact that i must protect the romex with guard strips or bore holes 1 25 from the face of the joists when running perpendicular to the joists and when i run parallel i must staple the romex to the face of the joists. If you want to bring the wire up to the attic tie something to a string and lower it through the hole from above. Once the string reaches the bottom go down to the lower opening and tie the cable and string together. If you run outdoor audio wiring for speakers from an inside location to a back yard chances are you re going to need to run them through an attic or crawlspace.

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. While one person holds the flashlight the other person should use a staple gun to run the wire along the rafters from one entry hole to the other. I did a lot of reading about it but am confused about the best way to do it. Wires can then be attached to the end of a fish tape and pulled down to their final locations.

Remove the outer jacket from the cable ends using the cable ripper or the utility knife.