How To Run Wire Through Walls And Ceilings

One person pushes the wire through the origin point and the other pulls through the hole at the destination point.

How to run wire through walls and ceilings.

Return to the attic or basement and drill through the wall plate where you want to guide the wire through. You may encounter nails so choose an auger drill bit which won t get damaged by metal. Feed the wire through the hole above the distribution box while someone else pulls the from attic. While running wire around a door frame detach the molding run the wire through the frame and after completing the task reattach the molding.

Feeding the wires up and down is usually a 2 person job. 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. Then wrap the remaining ground wire through the rod s eyelet and wrap it back around the wire s sheathing several times. Turn off the electricity.

Finally wrap the whole area with electrical tape. Feed your cables up the wall into the attic space. 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.