Run A Drop Through Attic

This may involve fishing it through another wall cavity or out a small hole drilled in the floor.

Run a drop through attic.

Climb through the attic access using a ladder if necessary and look into the attic space. My cable tv is distributed through the attic so it seemed like a good solution to run my home network through there as well. The attic wiring should be protected and secured to ceiling joists or other wood structural supports. Must be run through bored holes or be attached to a running board.

If drilling up through the ceiling expect to pass through a thin coat of plaster and 5 8 of sheet rock and 1 2 inch 1 3 cm of strapping to which the sheet rock is secured. For single floor homes with a basement the basement may be the best path. Familiarize yourself with the footing situation. With a flashlight examine the attic and locate the path that you will use to run the wire between the two locations.

And while loosely guiding the bit with one hand apply even pressure with the other holding the drill while running it. If you re working from the attic you can drop a weighted string down wall cavity then attach the wire to the string and pull it through. Protect the wall with a thin piece of cardboard etc. One reason you are not allowed to run wires across the bot tom of floor joists is to eliminate the temp tation to use the 12 2 wire for your kitchen gfi as a place to hang laundry.

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. Run the wire or cable to its destination. When running pipes from a slab to an attic use an inside wall.