How To Run Coaxial From Attic Throug Wall

The worst cable runs occur when walls do not line up from floor to floor or you have to sidestep heavy beams and posts.

How to run coaxial from attic throug wall.

Finding the best route from the existing cable to the destination. For more in depth informatino about running fis. Protect the wall with a thin piece of cardboard etc. 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.

It s the standard type of cable used for all conventional cabled tv and internet hookups in homes and rentals. And while loosely guiding the bit with one hand apply even pressure with the other holding the drill while running it. Coax cable or coaxial cable is familiar to most homeowners and property managers. Here are some of the tips reported by homeowners landlords property managers and anyone who happens to be running coax cable through a residence to provide telecommunications hookups.

John from the cablesupply team shows how to pull cable through an existing wall while drilling through a stud with the greenlee d versibit system if you ap. Then to the opposite action have one person feed the cables down through the hole to the destination while another person pulls the cable out from the wall. To run cables vertically go into the attic or basement and drill holes in the wall plates above or below the locations of connection boxes. Learn how with this video.

The most important decision of running cable comes first. When you ve run all the wires up to the attic then bring each one to the hole that it has to feed down through. Here s where you can get piano wire. I ll be showing tricks to cut lots of time off fishing wires in walls.