Wire Feed To Attic

While one person holds the flashlight the other person should use a staple gun to run the wire along the rafters from one entry hole to the other.

Wire feed to attic.

Bring all of the wire up into the attic. Enter the attic or crawlspace and look for the wire extending through the drilled hole. It will be next to impossible to drill downward under the portion of the roof that slopes to the attic floor without a right angle drill. The proper way to run wiring on the exterior wall of a house.

When working from an attic space it will be significantly easier to access a wall space on the floor below by working either an interior wall or the exterior wall that is on the gable end of the structure. One method is to run individual wires. Level 2 original poster 1 point 2 years ago edited 2 years ago. 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.

Run the wire or cable to its destination. Thread the fish tape. Then you can feed a fish stick in there go in the attic and attach the wire to the fish stick hint long fish stick less belly crawling and pull it back. The staple gun should be loaded with wire staples designed for holding the size and type of wire you are running.

Keep the fish tape against the inner edge of the drywall and out of the insulation as you feed it toward the upper hole. When you find the hole in the wall plate remove the wire then uncoil the end of an electrician s fish tape and insert it through the drilled hole in the wall plate. There are two ways to run electrical wiring on the exterior walls of a house or other structure.