Wire Feed To Attic

Thread the fish tape.

Wire feed to attic.

Keep the fish tape against the inner edge of the drywall and out of the insulation as you feed it toward the upper hole. 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 proper way to run wiring on the exterior wall of a house. 5 attach the wiring in the 3 by 5 inch hole to the end of the fish tape.

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. 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. 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. Level 2 original poster 1 point 2 years ago edited 2 years ago.

Extend the blade of the fish tape until it is visible in the wall. There are two ways to run electrical wiring on the exterior walls of a house or other structure. 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. 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.

Attach the wire or cable to a fish tape or coat hanger using electrical tape and feed it into the hole until it reaches the opening at the other end. Bring all of the wire up into the attic. One method is to run individual wires.