crabshell wrote:
John McGaw wrote in
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crabshell wrote:
I need to install some coax in a peer and beam house. Someone told
be I need some sort of expensive right angle drill bit. I don't want
to drill a big hole in the wall, just one large enough to run the
coax through. What do I need exactly to drill through the drywall
and down through the floor behind the drywall?

Thanks,
crabshell
I'm assuming that you are referring to construction where there is a
basement or crawl space underneath? If so the easiest way I've found
is to cut a standard outlet opening to fit an old-work plastic box and
then to use a flexible installer's bit inserted vertically into the
hole and then to drill straight down. Install the box after the hole
and cable are finished. Installer's bits are available in a wide range
of lengths but I've settled on a 4-foot bit as being able to do almost
anything I normally need. I guess the only exception would be to drill
upward from standard outlet height into an attic space (but I'm sure
that somebody makes a bit that will do it).


You are correct, however I was hoping to cause less wall damage and just
drill a small hole vs. the standard outlet opening.

If you were very good and very lucky then you _might_ be able to fish
wires that way. I did video and audio and alarm and network and
communications wiring for more years than I care to think about. Over
the decades I learned that things always went better when I allowed
myself at least an even chance of pulling off the install before I
started considering making a noose from the wires and ending it all.

But why is it that a neatly-installed standard box with a faceplate
(which could even be camouflaged in whatever color or finish you prefer)
is so undesirable? Surely you must have power outlets and switches in
the rooms too.

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John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com