How To Run Wire Through Wall Studs

Drill left to right or right to left through a wall stud with power drill and a 1 1 4 inch bit working through the access openings that you cut in the drywall.

How to run wire through wall studs.

Fold the ground wires neatly into the back of the box photo 11. Push the long wire through the hole in the top of the special green wire connector and connect the remaining wires to it by twisting the connector clockwise until it s tight. If there are horizontal fire blocks between studs you have two options. If your joists are not running the right way then try running the wire in a different wall instead.

Run the electrical wire pulling wire through studs is made slightly easier with nm wire such as romex that has a patented coating called simpull that reduces friction. Then fish your wire from the basement to the top of the wall and pull it through into the room. You obviously can t drill holes in studs that are already covered with a wall material so you won t be able run cables laterally in the walls. Using a hammer and chisel notch a path in the top plate of the wall so that a wire can be run from the wall to the ceiling.

Use a flex bit to drill through the center of the fire block. Cover the notch with a metal nail plate after pulling the cable through. Snip all the white neutral wires to the same length 6 in. Drill one hole through every stud.

For the horizontal portion of the cable run this can involve drilling holes in the joists where the cable will pass. Or cut through the drywall at the fire block and chisel out a notch inch wide x 1 inch deep 1 9 x 2 5 cm. When adding or replacing wiring in finished walls most electricians will attempt to make the horizontal portion of the cable run in the unfinished attic or basement crawlspace areas looping the cable down or up through the wall cavity across the floor or ceiling joists then vertically through another stud cavity to the next wall box opening. When romex owner southwire conducted tests in nashville tennessee area homes they found a substantial reduction in installation times.