How Trough Wire From Outside To Attic

Run the wire or cable to its destination.

How trough wire from outside to attic.

If you want to bring the wire up to the attic tie something to a string and lower it through the hole from above. If you run outdoor audio wiring for speakers from an inside location to a back yard chances are you re going to need to run them through an attic or crawlspace. Pull the string from above to fish the wire through. Once the string reaches the bottom go down to the lower opening and tie the cable and string together.

Remove 3 4 inches of insulation from the individual wires. Attach the wire or cable to a fish tape or coat hanger using electrical tape and feed it into the hole until it reaches the opening at the other end. I did a lot of reading about it but am confused about the best way to do it. This video will show you tips how to fish wire down an existing wall from an attic space down to a crawl space.

The staple gun should be loaded with wire staples designed for holding the size and type of wire you are running. Bring all of the wire up into the attic. When you do be sure to staple the speaker wiring in place and protect it from either contact with curious critters in the attic or from coming in contact with the ground or water. Here i ll focus on the work of the attic rat the poor slob whose job it is to crawl through the attic space running wires s he must pull wires from the main panel location out to each alarm device in the system.

Hi all i have to run some romex in my attic. Wires can then be attached to the end of a fish tape and pulled down to their final locations. Drop a string from above instead. To make the connections in the junction box.

Remove the outer jacket from the cable ends using the cable ripper or the utility knife.