How To Pull Wire Through Wall

Lubricating the wires.

How to pull wire through wall.

From the attic or basement pull steadily on the fish tape while a helper feeds the cable into the wall opening. Wire pulling compound is a non conductive lubricant in either a gel or a slimy soapy form that makes both the conduit and wires slick by coating the wiring allowing. You can push the wire leader with the cable attached toward the sheetrock or the side with the opening. Roll out the cable through the basement or attic space to the next box location.

And use semi rigid wiring fish tape to pull your wiring down to your outlet location. It may take some finessing as the tip of the fish tape blade passes through the drilled hole in the wall plate. Then retract the fish tape to pull the cable through. It is easier to fish a new wire through a wall if you have someone on the other side to help you pull on the wire if anything happens.

If the wall above runs parallel to the attic or basement joist this cable will be attached across the side of a joist. Pull the cable through with a fish tape. Get expert advice on how to fish electrical wires through walls and ceilings with only a few common tools. If you will need to fish wiring through a wall drill a hole through the wood plate in the attic only.

Tape the end of the fish tape tightly onto the cable with electrical tape. When cutting through drywall from the interior of a room use a utility knife and cut carefully you don t want to drill through a hidden wire or the paper backing of the attic insulation. Glow rods can also be used to hook wires to pull them out as a wire snake tool. Fish the wire gently by pulling at short intervals on one end while your helper feeds more wire from the other end.

Running electrical wires allows you to add additio. 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. Pulling wires can be difficult enough through straight runs of conduit but throwing a few bends and turns in the run increases friction making pulling much more difficult that s when you use a lubricant. Be gentle as you fish the cable through the hole since it is important not to tear the sheathing on the cable.

Attach the cable you want to pull on the wire leader this has a hook for the wire with a strong magnet attached. Make sure the tape is smooth so the cable can slide through the opening. Once your hole is drilled you can shove a glow rod through the hole to start fishing wire attach your wire to the eyelet at the end and pull it back through. Buy a bit that has a hole on the end of it so you can use the bit itself to pull wires.