How To Run And Fish Electrical Wire Through Studs Inside Drywall! | DIY Tutorial For Beginners!
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On this episode I'm going to show you How To Run And Fish Electrical Wire Through Studs Inside Drywall! DIY Tutorial For Beginners!
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Just stopped by to see how you ran electrical wires thru studs in a wall ... and ended up at amazon buying many of the tools you used.
The technique's you offered were so useful, I decided to look deeper into your playlist of uploaded videos and was very impressed with how useful they are for the DIY Home-Owner. So I decided to SUBSCRIBE and watch all the future videos that you might find time to post.
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I am handyman myself and your videos are pushing me a step ahead every time I watch them, thank you very much.
Thanks for the advice and tips. Makes a seemingly daunting task not seem so bad. Sometimes it’s the simple things that make a huge difference. Keep up the great videos.
Great advice and especially appreciate that you showed multiple options. Wish I had seen this before we moved the box for stove on my Mom's renovation. I am looking forward to checking out your other vids.
Really cool tips man! I was always wondering how to run wire through studs in a finished wall and this is brilliant!!! Straight forward with no funky sorcery...thanks again man!!
Congrats on 100k subs! Been watching your videos a while and your floating floor fix videos helped me out a ton. Please keep cranking out awesome content!
Another well made video. I like that there was more than one demonstration to attack the same problem. Anyone that has done any work behind the walls of a home knows that there are always surprises just under the surface.
Thank you so much! Your comment means a lot and thank you for sharing your advice. 🙏🏽😊👍🏽
Looking forward to the horizontal stud video! Thanks for this video, very helpful and informative for what I am looking to do in the future!
Keep it up!
Congratulations - for you getting 10. 000 subscribers !
I have been a subscriber of your channel for such a very long time and each
one of your videos are so great and very easy to understand as you go through\
step by step to understand - that endoscope camera has to be the ideal tool
to look behind the walls as not to do any damage to a electric wire or plumbing ,
keep on making your videos they are so easy to understand and I had saved
so many of them to go back looking at then when I have a project to do .
Thank you for the clear and direct explanations…as always. I recently found your page and immediately subscribed. Keep doing the great job your doing!
I’m a new subscriber. I’m so glad I found your channel. You make great easy to understand and to the point videos. I love being able to do everything I need thanks to you!
I can't wait for your next video that you will show how to drill to go up to an attic. This weekend I need to run wires for new led light and I don't fit in my attic. Stay safe and keep making videos!
What a great video. I learned something new. I have wondered how to do this but I never wanted to open up the wall to do it. I like the idea of making a couple small openings and using the same cutout for patching. Simple but effective. I need to get me and endoscope and a long bit. I look forward to your next video.
Good video! Regarding the traditional old work boxes you mentioned not liking (the ones with ears that clamp when screwed down), here's a helpful tip. I'll glue a popsicle stick horizontally on the inside of the hole along the top and bottom just using some wood glue / caulk / joint compound (whatever is handy). You're gluing this to the paper on the inside, nothing visible on the outside, and the popsicle stick is long enough to easily cover the width of the box opening plus an inch (or more) on each side. This gives MUCH strong backing, preventing the old work box back post from cutting into the paper when you screw it in, and prevents the corners from getting blown out from the box ears pulling in too much - spreads that clamping load out considerably better with solid backing. Only takes a minute to do, costs pennies, and you don't have to wait for the glue to dry; the box itself if working as the clamp to hold it in place.
I agree in general though, I love the alternative smartbox you show there that allows easily attaching an old work box to a stud. But sometimes you need that box between studs, OR you remember that those smartboxes lose a decent chunk of space on the inside to the area used for screw attachment and make certain large outlets like GFCIs a really tight fit 😀Definitely less obstructions in those cheap old work boxes with the ears.
Thank you so much for the love support and the thoughtful comment! 🙏🏽😊 really means a lot!
I'll be using the popsicle stick 😀👊
Very interesting tip on running the hole saw in reverse to start the cutting, I never thought of that! Thank you.
Glad I could be of help! 🙏🏽😊
Thanks a lot for your detailed illustration of the 3 steps. Your video did solve my problem. Keep up the good work, and thank you again for your great job!
Wow, I'm impressed. Excellent explanation with great clarity & speed. And best part is no ridiculous background music. Great job my friend, thanks!
Thank you so much for your feedback! 😊🙏🏽
I like this video because in the past I've always ran wires up in to the attic and back down. A little more labor on drywall patching saves a lot of money on expensive wire!
Great ideas! I’m about to run Ethernet in the house and this was perfect timing!
I enjoyed the video because I was just getting ready to fish some wire through and it makes a lot of sense seeing it made just more easier than what I expected good know great video. Keep up the good work.
Your procedure is clear and precise, bro. I have already subscribed to your channel and, I think that you've got it. Thumbs up!
I had considered everything you presented, including the endoscopic look. I wanted to use a holer, but I decided it would not work with certain boxes, like the air boxes.I don't want to doctor the stud connection, because the local inspector seemed intent on using it. So, what I liked about your video was your flexibility in different holes. I really like the holer effect for reconstruction. AND you used proper backing! My grandfather taught me that correct way many decades ago. Thanks for the encouragement.
Great video! Very informative! I bought a house not too long ago so there are plenty of DIY projects on my list. YT is a life saver for sure! Thank you for offering your knowledge with the community.
I’m glad I could be of help! Congrats on your house! Thank you for the feedback! 🙏🏽😊👍🏽
Excellent video!!!!! You hit the very concern I had about running wire behind the finished walls!!!!! Love the camera tool you used!!!! gonna order one from Amazon this week!!!!! Great job!!!!
Thank you for your explanation. I feel way more confident about doing this project
Hey friend. Congrats on 100k! Thanks for all your great advice on all your videos, you have helped me on numerous occasions on diy projects on my first home with my family! You have helped me grow my confidence and probably saved me thousands of dollars in contractor repairs already so even if I don't win this giveaway thank you for that. Keep up the good work and great advice and instructions. Thanks!
Thank you very much for your videos and I really appreciate the way you take the time to explain what you are doing and why you are doing it and almost all the other people that have how to videos don't do half of what you do so thank you.
great video! thanks for teaching us 3 different ways. teach someone 1 way is okay, 2 is better, 3 is awesome. great instructions
Thank you so much for your awesome feedback my friend! 🙏🏽😊
Thank you so much for your awesome feedback my friend! 🙏🏽😊
In UK you'd be outside prescribed zone for wiring by going horizontally above the level of the wall boxes. We can go vertically or horizontally from the fixtures.
Always interesting to see differences. Our boxes are very different.
Thanks for the videos, they are well explained and simple to understand. I like to do small things around the house for my pleasure and for my wife and these tips really help me go step by step through some of these projects.
Great video, very clear.
They do make much better retro fit boxes than that one you showed. Metal with actual clamps, easy to use and you don’t need to be at a stud. Sometimes that’s what’s needed.
Nice tutorial friend! As an electrician for over 25 years...I have to mention that this is an "idealistic" not a "realistic" situation. Your job will vary considerably. You might cut a hole in your wall only to find you can not "fish" wires to your designated location (i.e.: insulation...fire stops...double studs...etc)....You should always look for other routes before you cut (i.e.: upstairs....basements...closets). Just an FYI.
Thank you so much sir for sharing your professional advice! I 🫡 you! Thank you so much! 🙏🏽😊
Hi J Starr I need a coaxial cable outlet installed in a room that does not currently have a coaxial cable outlet... Should I let the cable company do the installation or should I hire an electrician or a contractor. My Landlord has given me permission to have the work done...so I want the BEST option.
Or, drop down, remove the trim and do SMALL holes that can then be covered by the floorboard trim....no drywall work needed.
@@brendame The cable company is NEVER your best option :-)
@@systemsbroken They all tend to surface mount the cable (along baseboards, up/over/down door trim). I've seen houses where they even run their lines outside, then drill through the walls into each room. What you get for a $0 cost install.
You're an excellent instructor. If guys like you were teaching our kids in school, the US would be a better place.
You have some pretty good videos it helped me wire and repair a lot of electrical work in my house thank you Keep up the good work
I ran wires horizontally with my stepfather when I was young, but 30 years later, I forgot how. This was a great video.
Congratulations on 100 K thank you for all the videos you show us how to do the jobs they are very helpful you have a great channel thank you
Great videos, has taught me to be patient and precise when doing house repairs.
Great video, good instruction. When I cut a patch of drywall for access I use my craft knife at an angle, makes for easier fixing and prevents the patch falling through the hole. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing! 🙏🏽😊
Good video, I always do my electrical projects, now I now how to run cable the better way, thanks....
Great thanks for showing options on this subject congrats on your milestone and continue the great shows
Really enjoy your videos. Keep up with the good work.
Fantastic video! I always wanted to know how to run the wires behind the walls. This video is an eye-opener for me. thanks! Congratulations to your 100K subs!
Thank you so much for the love and support brother! Have a great day! 🙏🏽😊
First CONGRATS on reaching the 100K milestone on your way up!!!! Appreciate you simplifying running wires behind walls.
Thanks for the video, just in time as I need to run speaker cable from one room to a second room.
I would recommend using a side handle on the drill (if available) when using large diameter hole saws; it gives you better control of the drill and you're less likely to break your wrist if the saw jams suddenly.
Love your content. Great tips for us DIYers.
Awesome video. Need the horizontal work through for my job. Thanks a lot it makes more sense now.
I enjoy watching your videos I have been doing DYI’s for 40 years, but I always learn something.
Thank you so much! 👍🏽😊🙏🏽
Awesome video - great tool to have Endoscope Inside Wall Camera With Light, thank you for the intro. !!!
Binge watching all your videos since buying my home. Great content
Just now found your page on here and man, I wish I had seen your tips sooner!!! I plan to watch every video! Your garage door tips is what brought me here! I didn’t even know those green hinges existed before now!! Thank you!!
Ps. Wonder if you have or can make a video specifically for running speaker wires for home theater 7.2.4 type of setup (ceiling speakers also). Would be awesome if there was a way to run cables in a rental where the owner would never find them. 🎉
When I was mounting my TV, I had to cut out a big section of drywall so I could put in some additional bracing. The studs in that particular wall weren't exactly 16" on center. This house was built in 1969 and a lot of the stud spacing isn't 16" on center. Some of them are more, some are less. So I could get one side of the wall mount into studs, but the other side was just in hollow wall. So I cut out a big section, put in some additional bracing, and then ran my wiring while I had that ginormous hole in the wall, lol. It made it SO easy to do as I could get both my arms, my head, and my shoulders in the hole to see anything inside the wall.
Unfortunately, I couldn't cut it out as a single piece and then use it as a plug to close the hole then tape and mud over it. I had to take it out in pieces. But I had a larger piece of drywall so I just cut a piece from that to fit, afterward. But it wasn't too bad.
The bad (good) thing is I like all my wires to be hidden. So i have a lot of wires (both power and low voltage) that I run inside my walls. And that means I have a lot of patches in my walls at various places. But thanks to videos like this, it made it easy to do and I wasn't left with a bunch of crappy looking walls with crappy patch jobs.
Thank you, I learned something new today. Keep up with your tips and tricks.
Great job as always! You have a no nonsense approach to home repair that is easy to understand and accomplish. Congratulations on your 100k subs and that’s only the beginning, wishing you more friend.
Thank you so much for the love and support my friend! 🙏🏽😊
Great video, congrats on the 100k subscribers!
Great video, I'll try to remember this method for future wire pulling in drywall .
Thanks! I wasn't going to tackle a lighting project but now I feel empowered to knock it. My wife thanks you too, her bathroom will finally be finished and we can have guests over once again! Lol
That was a great video. Thanks. I need to get one of those scopes.
Congratulations on the 100k subscribers. Thanks for the great explanation. You can also add removing the baseboard and making the holes there..
Thank you for a great instructional video. I'm working on a project where I have no access to the attic space above. This definitely provided me with other options!!!
Great video!! Can you use the hole saw at the stud versus a square hole? Or is there a problem since the hole saw has a drill bit? Or is the hand access too small?
Great video, I have been a Subscriber for a while and I’m glad I could be a part of helping you reach & exceed 100k. Keep up the good work and thanks for showcasing the Endoscope, I’m definitely adding one to my collection.
Thank you so much for the love and support my friend! 🙏🏽😊
Very useful and informative video, thank you, I must say that I learn a lot from your informative videos thank you again!
from the drywall finisher perspective: the difference between a half sqft patch and a two sqft patch isn't much; it's better to use new drywall because it won't have a layer of mud on it already; and circles are more work because joint tape is straight. just do what you have to to do the job right and fast and let the finishers finish it. if anything, make the holes square and from stud to stud.
Exactly. In fact, I would typically rater patch 2 long joints in parallel than 8 short joints
In all different directions.
Having a circle gives you a pretty easy method to make a hot patch, if that's sufficient for the particular job.
Two holes next together have to be treated like one hole anyway, so why not just cut one piece of drywall to fit everything cleanly. Ben from Vancouver Carpenter just made a video about this 5 days ago: th-cam.com/video/ExrlG2c2KtI/w-d-xo.html
@@RayleighCriterion that is right but I wouldn't take advice on drywall from a carpenter
@@stevensko9153 He mostly does drywall work in 99% of his videos.
@@RayleighCriterion I've watched them and they're better than most drywall TH-cam videos but he doesn't know a lot.
Great video as always! If I win your competition, I'll be using the money to replace the knob and tube wiring for my home and my family. Thanks!
I was putting a new closet in my bedroom i watch this wiring in stud and it really help me thanks
Congrats on 100k! Do you have any advice on getting those pieces back in and drywalled like they weren't cut out in the first place? Putting pieces like that back has always been tough for me and it almost always leaves a shadow of some sort. I appreciate your well thought out videos, so thank you for all the effort you put in to help the average DIYer. Don't worry, we see you! 💪Congrats again and keep up the good work, see you at 200k!
Glue a block of wood on the back of the piece of dry wall before you reinsert it. The air will be blue and you will be fluent in French if that piece drops down behind the drywall.
Migual.....that's why as electricians, we never cross trades, we just do our job always as neat as possible, and, think about the drywall finisher. They are the experts repairing new work added!
Your videos made me a fan, keep up the good work
It’s a very ingenious way to feed a wire behind the drywall. Congratulations
Great explanation! Thanks for the video.
That was very helpful and thank you for Sharing this video
This video was very informative and I learned some good tips and tricks. I also picked up some of the tools you recommended. Thank you.
Thank you so much Carlos for the love and support! 🙏🏽😊
Nice I like the 3rd method and the tool endoscope as a great way to be safe and secure and accomplish DIY 👌👌👌👏👏👏
Thank you brother! Perfect explanation!
Congrats on 100k subscribers, that is awesome
Like the way u cut between the stud, easy to repair and cut thew the stud, nice job
Really good advice. Thanks. I believe is the same procedure for internet cables that I need to hide.
Just...excellent video!
Thanks
Great video
Most well built homes have insulation/soundproofing batts filling the wall space
What’s your advice on dealing with that ?
Great video and congrats on the 100k!
Really a learning video, never thought about that technique. It makes jobs easy.
Your Videos are always Great and easy to understand. Thanks.
Congratulations on 100k. I’m just starting a renovation for my girlfriend and that endoscope would come in handy. I’ll be heading over to the link next. Thank you very much and congratulations again.
Thank you so much for the love and support! 🙏🏽😊 I wish you all the best in your renovation my Friend! 👍🏽😊
Good advice. I’ve never seen the square method. Might be my favorite bc you don’t need to find wood to make for a backing.
Thank you, will help me a lot on how i can run wires behind the wall. Very informative. Great job.
Thank you so much! Wish you the best on your renovations 👍🏽😊
Appreciate the video. Thanks again for the detailed explanation.
Thanks I'll use this when I redo my shed for my wife's stuff 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
yo!!!! congratulations on reaching 100K Subs!!! Proud of You!!!!
Good practical examples, thank you.
Very very helpful . Thanks for uploading
This is great info! I needed this episode. I've learned how to use my Walabot! I use the Walabot DIY2 now - I was hesitant buying it at first, but I can see everything & the direction it's going behind my wall (drywall). I can't say how well on other materials.
Thank you so much for the feedback! 🙏🏽😊
Helpful information, thank you for sharing !!
Thanks for doing these videos. Very helpful and waiting for passing wire from one floor to another.
Thank you! I made a video video from attic through walls that you should find helpful! Please check out my playlist 👍🏽😊🙏🏽
for that piece of wood to reuse cutout dry wall, I've found wooden paint stir sticks to work quite well.
Thanks alot, very helpful, I like the holesaw method better, did not know about using a piece of wood for backing, pretty smart. I'll try and subscribe to your channel, thanks again for the info
Nice job! One other way to do this with less drywall repair is to remove base board and cut drywall just above the base of wall large enough to drill holes through the studs. Fish wire across and through the holes. Add drywall back and replace base board. Hope you’ll try this.
Fantastic video very informative
Thanks for sharing
Great show, thank you. Six different methods!
Another awesome cool video. Thanks for sharing them. I always look forward to your videos. Stay well & safe.
Thank you so much! Means a lot my friend! 🙏🏽😊! Stay well and safe as well brother!
Excellent video, thank you. There are almost no videos like this for simply running across walls so this is very helpful. I need to run a 12 volt wire across walls in my kitchen. I have one side of the kitchen with under-counter LEDs and need to run a spur to the other side for a very short section of lights there. I am inclined to simply locate the metal studs and cut out a narrow horizontal grove across each one to run the wire, just plastering over the wire. With low voltage that should be OK, yes? Thoughts would be appreciated.