Easy Way To Fish Wire Through Walls

Cut through drywall for horizontal fishing.

Easy way to fish wire through walls.

Fishing the wires is quite easy when you attach them with a fish tape or a pull wire. Use your stud finder to check the whole wall cavity for obstacles like blocking and abandoned headers. Don t go wire fishing without a fish tape. If you will need to fish wiring through a wall drill a hole through the wood plate in the attic only.

Fish tape is a springy steel tape that electricians use to pull wire through walls. For more in depth informatino about running fis. Run electrical cable through walls and across ceilings without tearing them apart. Learn how with this video.

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. 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. Attach the cable to the fish tape after the blade of the fish tape has been retrieved through the wall opening uncoil enough nm cable to complete the cable run you are planning. In most cases you will also need to drill through a wall stud as described below.

If there is no way to avoid fishing your wire horizontally you will likely need to cut through the drywall. Some fish tapes have hooked ends to grab a second fish tape. And use semi rigid wiring fish tape to pull your wiring down to your outlet location. If you re fishing a small cable like a security cable you can attach the cable to the end of the rod by threading one of the wires in the cable through the hole in the bull nose.

I had been struggling to use the fish tape to get a wire through the wall to no avail. Super easy to use. Wrap the bare wire through the fish tape eye and twist the end of the wire around itself. Now holes are already done.

This took care of it in a few seconds. When cutting through drywall from the interior of a room use a utility knife and cut carefully you don t want to drill through a hidden wire or the paper. A short length of clothes hanger wire can sometimes make it easier to hook the fish tape and extract it through the wall opening. The little pieces screw together to make the right length for the job at hand.

Very happy thus far. Now you are ready for pulling wires. Place the electrical tape over the end of the fish tape eye and wire. Seems as sturdy as anything else i ve seen.

Running wires comes next.