How To Fish Electrical Wire Through Walls

Carefully extend the fish tape from one opening to the other.

How to fish electrical wire through walls.

Pull an additional 2 to 3 feet. Reel and wind the fish tape which will pull the electrical wire along with it as it snakes through the wall and ceiling. Here s where you can get piano wire. Fish the cable.

Tape the end of the fish tape tightly onto the cable with electrical tape. If you need to install a regular gang box for an electrical receptacle or wall switch install the mud ring temporarily to protect the drywall while you fish the wire then remove it. Then retract the fish tape to pull the cable through. So to do this i need to draw a new wire through the wall to connect the lo.

Pull the wiring through the wall by reeling in the fish tape bringing it out through the hole for the electrical box. Attach the wiring in the 3 by 5 inch hole to the end of the fish tape. Pull the cable through with a fish tape. I m removing deleting two receptacles in the wall to make room for a fireplace.

It may take some finessing as the tip of the fish tape blade passes through the drilled hole in the wall plate. Mud rings are approved only for low voltage wires like communication and coaxial cables. Make sure the tape is smooth so the cable can slide through the opening. From the attic or basement pull steadily on the fish tape while a helper feeds the cable into the wall opening.

Grab the wire as it emerges from the hole.