How To Run Wire Through Walls And Ceilings

Feeding the wires up and down is usually a 2 person job.

How to run wire through walls and ceilings.

Drill through on the other side. Finally wrap the whole area with electrical tape. 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. One person pushes the wire through the origin point and the other pulls through the hole at the destination point.

Turn off the electricity. 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. You may encounter nails so choose an auger drill bit which won t get damaged by metal. Then wrap the remaining ground wire through the rod s eyelet and wrap it back around the wire s sheathing several times.

Feed your cables up the wall into the attic space. 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. If you re working in a crawlspace you can use a flex bit drill to drill this hole from several feet away. 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.