Where to run the wire....
 

RBM wrote:
"Jon Danniken" wrote in message
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RBM wrote:

I would drill through the double plate in the attic, and snake down
to a new outlet location. Don't try to refeed an existing outlet.
Unless the wall of the room in question is over 8 feet, there is
probably no obstruction in it except insulation. A wire fish tape
(snake) should go through it easily

Aye, they are indeed eight foot walls, but there is a firebreak at
the midpoint at about four feet up.

Jon
That's unusual for walls that aren't over 8 feet. If that's the case,
you'll have to notch the sheetrock and drill the cat

If you have the working space, a long flex drill could get you through the
firestop, or a shorter one might be angledfrom the box hole to the outside of
the wall and back to the inside wall at the bottom so as to angle through the
bottom footer.

Where to run the wire....
 

Bob F wrote:

If you have the working space, a long flex drill could get you
through the firestop, or a shorter one might be angledfrom the box
hole to the outside of the wall and back to the inside wall at the
bottom so as to angle through the bottom footer.

Interesting, I hadn't thought of going through to the outside. Thanks.

Jon

Where to run the wire....
 

Jon Danniken wrote:
Bob F wrote:

If you have the working space, a long flex drill could get you
through the firestop, or a shorter one might be angledfrom the box
hole to the outside of the wall and back to the inside wall at the
bottom so as to angle through the bottom footer.

Interesting, I hadn't thought of going through to the outside. Thanks.

To avoid confusion, I wasn't saying to go through the outside, but to flex the
shaft of the drill from the box hole, out against the outside and back to the
inside in an arc so that it angles back towards the inside where it drills
through the bottom plate right against the insode wall. You would need a helper
tool of some sort to get the flex right probably.

Where to run the wire....
 

"Bob F" wrote in message
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Jon Danniken wrote:
Bob F wrote:

If you have the working space, a long flex drill could get you
through the firestop, or a shorter one might be angledfrom the box
hole to the outside of the wall and back to the inside wall at the
bottom so as to angle through the bottom footer.

Interesting, I hadn't thought of going through to the outside. Thanks.

To avoid confusion, I wasn't saying to go through the outside, but to flex
the shaft of the drill from the box hole, out against the outside and back
to the inside in an arc so that it angles back towards the inside where it
drills through the bottom plate right against the insode wall. You would
need a helper tool of some sort to get the flex right probably.

That can be a very tricky task in a wall filled with fiberglass insulation