How To Run Wire Through Walls Without Cutting Drywall

Running electrical wire through closed walls is a project that few do it yourselfers enjoy.

How to run wire through walls without cutting drywall.

Prepare for that by moving insulation away from the walls through which you need to pass the wires and marking the existing wires you need to remove. Pierce the drywall with the tip of a drywall saw on the left or right side of one of the pencil marks on the wall. If you don t want to remove drywall then you ll be running most of the wires through the attic or the crawl space. The true focus of the task should be the electrical wiring not rough carpentry and demolition work.

You don t want to find out the hard way that you should have fished your wire one stud cavity to the left or right. A decent stud finder is a must have for every wire fishing job but don t throw it back in your pouch after you ve located the studs. If the wall above runs parallel to the attic or basement joist this cable will be attached across the side of a joist. Cutting into drywall is little more than collateral damage that needs to be minimized.

Use your stud finder to check the whole wall cavity for obstacles like blocking and abandoned headers. Roll out the cable through the basement or attic space to the next box location. A drywall saw is a long slender knife with sharp cutting teeth.