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Where to run the wire....
RBM wrote:
"Jon Danniken" wrote in message ... 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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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"Bob F" wrote in message ... 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 |
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