Cables Through Attic

Be sure to leave enough slack on both ends to make connections.

Cables through attic.

Second bring the fish tape after that tape the start of the camera cable to the fish tape and pull on the fish tape through your attic. If drilling up through the ceiling expect to pass through a thin coat of plaster and 5 8 of sheet rock and 1. My cable tv is distributed through the attic so it seemed like a good solution to run my home network through there as well. Feed cables through the holes.

New lighting cable computer networking and sound systems can all require wiring that may need to come through the ceiling. Use a fish tape or a fish stick a rigid pole for pulling wires when you need to pass them through the wall plates to the floor above or below the one on which you re working. How to run tv cables in wall spaces from the attic or basement space. On a single story home or the the upper floor of a multiple story home this means accessing your attic to run wire.

Support cables at 4 1 2 inch intervals with appropriate staples or clamps.