How To Run Wire Through Walls

One trick that makes fishing wire through walls easier is to tape a powerful magnet like a rare earth magnet on to the cable.

How to run wire through walls.

Run electrical cable through walls and across ceilings without tearing them apart. Fish cables through existing walls with fish tape or a fish stick. Terminate the cables in low voltage electrical boxes. Running audio video cables behind walls is similar to running electrical cables but a v cables should be at least a foot away from electrical cables to prevent interference.

But with careful planning a few special tools and the right techniques running wires in the wall of your home may be easier than you might think. Wiring new construction before the drywall goes in is a piece of cake compared to fishing them through existing walls and floors. Running electrical wire through the walls and hooking the wire to end point devices is an easy and safe task for a skilled do it yourselfer. 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.

However tying the wiring into the service panel circuit breaker box and thus electrifying the wire can be an uncomfortable task for many amateur electricians. If the wall above runs parallel to the attic or basement joist this cable will be attached across the side of a joist. Once the magnet is attached with a bit of tape stick it and the cable through the lower opening. Check the whole wall cavity with a stud finder.

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. Roll out the cable through the basement or attic space to the next box location. For more in depth informatino about running fis.