How To Run Wire Through Wall Studs

Cover the notch with a metal nail plate after pulling the cable through.

How to run wire through wall studs.

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. You obviously can t drill holes in studs that are already covered with a wall material so you won t be able run cables laterally in the walls. If there are horizontal fire blocks between studs you have two options. Then fish your wire from the basement to the top of the wall and pull it through into the room.

Using a hammer and chisel notch a path in the top plate of the wall so that a wire can be run from the wall to the ceiling. Drill one hole through every stud. When romex owner southwire conducted tests in nashville tennessee area homes they found a substantial reduction in installation times. One solution is to run them behind baseboards and another is to pass them vertically into the attic or basement and run them laterally from there.

Use a flex bit to drill through the center of the fire block. Fold the ground wires neatly into the back of the box photo 11. Drill left to right or right to left through a wall stud with power drill and a 1 1 4 inch bit working through the access openings that you cut in the drywall. For the horizontal portion of the cable run this can involve drilling holes in the joists where the cable will pass.

Snip all the white neutral wires to the same length 6 in. This usually requires drilling holes through wall studs and or the top or bottom wall plates the horizontal members at the top or bottom ends of the studs. Run the electrical wire pulling wire through studs is made slightly easier with nm wire such as romex that has a patented coating called simpull that reduces friction. Push the long wire through the hole in the top of the special green wire connector and connect the remaining wires to it by twisting the connector clockwise until it s tight.