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DIY & Home Improvement

quakerboy

(14,207 posts) Thu Sep 5, 2013, 03:39 PM Sep 2013

Suggestions for running wire through existing walls? [View all]

Other than "your crazy, dont do it", of course.

I want to install some of the handy, cheaply had LED strip lights. But I dont want wires running all over hell and gone. Which means I need some way to run a wire about 6 feet up a wall, and then 2 feet across to the center of the ceiling.

To make it extra fun, the up the wall part is a shared wall, which means extra insulation and whatnot.

Any suggestions welcome.

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Suggestions for running wire through existing walls? [View all] quakerboy Sep 2013 OP

Get a fish tape. OffWithTheirHeads Sep 2013 #1

Are those rigid enough yet flexible enough to do the job? quakerboy Sep 2013 #10

Yes. They also have drill bits to go around corners but based on what I've seen here OffWithTheirHeads Sep 2013 #11

Two words: Trained mouse. Scuba Sep 2013 #2

We had a possum in the walls for a while quakerboy Sep 2013 #9

What gauge cable? intaglio Sep 2013 #3

First step, figure out which way your ceiling joists run and what are they.. X_Digger Sep 2013 #4

In between first and second floor quakerboy Sep 2013 #7

That may make it a bit more difficult, if it's not a straight shot. X_Digger Sep 2013 #8

would something like this work? ret5hd Sep 2013 #5

Well that is interesting quakerboy Sep 2013 #6

there are products specially for this situation Nac Mac Feegle Sep 2013 #12