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Ho do I run a cable through the garage ceiling?
I need to run a TV cable from the inside of my garage through the finished
ceiling in the garage (sheetrock), into the attic. I understand that there is a problem with making holes in walls or ceilings in the garage, leading to living quarters or to the attic. How can I stay within code while running this cable through the ceiling in my garage? Do I need special fittings or can I just knock a hole in the ceiling, run the cable and patch up the hole around the cable with patching compound? Thank you -- Walter www.rationality.net - |
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Greetings,
Just make the hole about the size of the cable with a drill bit and run the cable through the hole. Seal the hole with silicone if it makes you feel better. No inspector I have ever had has ever failed me for anything done with a coax TV cable no matter what. Hope this helps, William |
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If you really want to dot the I's and cross the t's, where you drill the
hole through the floor to the living space,inside or outside of the wall, ( not the garage sheetrock) use firestop caulking "Walter R." wrote in message ... I need to run a TV cable from the inside of my garage through the finished ceiling in the garage (sheetrock), into the attic. I understand that there is a problem with making holes in walls or ceilings in the garage, leading to living quarters or to the attic. How can I stay within code while running this cable through the ceiling in my garage? Do I need special fittings or can I just knock a hole in the ceiling, run the cable and patch up the hole around the cable with patching compound? Thank you -- Walter www.rationality.net - |
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