3 EASY WAYS TO HIDE WIRES CABLES IN WALL & FIND STUDS

what's up guys this is Tampa Tech and as an installer for many many years the hardest part of my job and the most time-consuming part of my job was wall fishing if you have the proper tools wall fishing could be a breeze and you're only as good as a tool so if you want to be a great installer get some great tools time is money so if you could save time run the wires in the wall then you can move on to your next job and make more money in this video we're gonna be all about how to make your life easier as an installer so right here my brother and I designed this portable wall and this is going to be the most common scenario that you would find inside of a wall usually what you would find installation on exterior wall this keeps your house cool during the summer and warm during the winter over here we have an empty space usually in this case is the best scenario where you can just drop the wires and they fall straight down to the bottom and you pull out your wires over here as you can see we have the fire block this is every installers worst nightmare dropping the wires from the Attic down it would drop right here and stop and then you would open up the hole down here and look for the wires and there would be nowhere to be found because they're all up here on the farm rusting on the fire block and then I show you how to get around that as well in the United States the most common wall design is studs every 16 inches sometimes they can be spread out as far as 24 inches but let's go by the most common scenario studs every 16 inches using a measuring tape I measure 16 inches from the center of the stud which is 40 centimeters then using a new neo magnet provided by the magnet pole kit you wave it around within 16 inches and you should find that drywall nail that's driven into that stud then you mark it my exterior walls in my house the studs are 24 inch spaced apart not sixteen inch so once you find one measure 24 inches and then you can wave that magnet around and should draw find that drywall screw in that stud all right I am going to go straight the magna spot the magna spot is great to locate the wall cavity or the wall space that you want to run your cables down this right here is the receiver uses a nine volt battery and right here is the transmitter it has a tack right here so you can stick it to the ceiling or on the wall it also has tacky tape that is included in the case if you want to go ahead and stick it to the ceiling or use the tacky tape that works as well so if you're in the attic you just walk in attic and then even if you're two feet above you let you know where the transmitter is see you can see the arrows right here lighting up and that lets you know exactly which wall space you need to drop the cables down and where you should drill down on the 2x4 if you guys are interested in this device I'll leave a link in the video description below once you find your spot where you want to drill just mark it X make sure you move all the insulation of the way of course so right here I'm using a 3/4 inch spade bit and we're gonna drill down from that point you can take your coax cable and you drop it down the hole like that this is the empty wall cavity it should drop straight down without using any other tools all right so now we have insulation in the wall it's not going to be that easy so you take your cable and when you run it down it starts to curl all right so now it's over here and this is loose insulation if you have packed insulation this will probably curl up here and get stuck since since this is loose insulation it managed its way down but still curved we need to right about here where the wall plate is you could use a fish rod sure or fish tape but as you know if you're in the Attic with the fish rod those are hard and clunky to maneuver in the Attic and the fish tape as you know bends so even if you fish the wire down the wall it can turn also what I suggest using is Magna Bowl Magna pull is probably the easiest tool to use and the most effective tool when it comes to wire fishing now you can either attach two wires right here through this hole or you could tape it in this case since I already have the connector on we're gonna tape it using a black electrical tape right here on the back of the connector and tape it all the way around where it kind of doesn't want to get caught on anything so I'm gonna tape it dad know like that and then leave the tab so it's easy to take off and then fold it just like that so it's gonna be easy to remove that later on and see right here how I taped it down so anything you get caught it'll just slide right up there's no 90-degree angles the get caught up on in the wall and when you drop this tool down you want to not push it straight down the middle of the installation you want to go in front of the installation or behind the installation depending on where the wall plate is so I'm going to show you right here so see how I'm trying to push it dad no to the front then you can grab it right here and then you can roll it down and this is safe this is it doesn't scratch your walls at all so you don't have to worry about that and you just roll it right here all right and the wall plate is right here and you can just numerate right where the wall plate is right there and then BOOM you're right at your location where you need to be this thing goes through insulation very easily now there's some installation that is very thick and packed and that's why you need to when you insert it you want to go in front of that packed installation all right but what happens if you have a fire block what then no no I just lost my tool right here which is really bad so if you drop the tool down the wall you're really going to need another speed bid and you're going to drill right next to the other hole make sure it's tight at this time [Music] you can draw the magma pole to cool down all right swinging around grab it and then pull and retract your tool there we go you just saved yourself ten bucks all right so let's say you drilled the hole you're running your wires fishing your wires down and you hear a thunk all right so now you know that there's a far block in the wall that's good that you know houses have fire blocks because it prevents fires from spreading upward into your second floor or even your attic but for an installer this is a nightmare all right so we're gonna spin the wall around and we're going to go around this fire block now there's a few ways to locate a fire block you can knock and if you don't hear an echo here a shorter sound tone then you know there's a fire block in this location right here you can also use this magnet pull tool and wave it back and forth and it should stick to the drywall nail or drywall screw and insert it into the bar block another way of course is using a stud finder you should locate the fire block in the wall as well now that you know where the fire block is we're gonna have to try to go around it to continue fishing the wire down the wall so this is where the cubit comes into play so I'm gonna go ahead and mount the cubic saw to the oscillating tool you will tool right here and you just squeeze the trigger and it's gonna cut right through the drywall like butter don't worry this saw is safe too for your skin ah I'm just kidding that's fine and you want to put slight pressure on it and at the same time squeeze the trigger slowly [Music] flathead and pop this out just like that what's cool about this is that we're going to use this to patch the hole in the wall right here there we go it looks like I do not there's a little gap right here this I could shoot this should work still so let's go ahead and what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna drill right here of course you want to use a far block stealing after you're done with all this [Music] [Applause] all right so I drilled through that so I got with my magnet wand right here and it bends so you take your magnet wine you drop your magnet pull into location right in that hole fire black hole right there and then it's from this point on you can just drop it down wall using the Magna pole now if you want a wall patch that's very easy I'm gonna use some spackle right here put it on the back right here and I'm just gonna place it right in here just like that now I get some more and just spackle over it and of course you want to sand it down and paint it all that good stuff now if you don't have this special tool they do make a qubit adapter then you can just go ahead and mount it onto this device right here and so you just squeeze and slide that down remove that and then you can attach it to this adapter and that goes on to your regular drill and just unscrew it right here and it slides on like that this handle is reversible so it's for righties and lefties and it comes with the allen keys so you can change the handle it also comes with the bit adapter put this on right here tighten that it's just the quarter-inch bit so let's go ahead and now when you attach it you want to make sure the level is facing up so we're going to go ahead and attach it right here there you go so you want to use it like that in my house my I won't plates are about 11 inches from the floor all right so here's the floor level and I'm going to measure 11 inches that's going to be the bottom of my wall plate and 16 inches it's pretty much at the top okay and then I'm going to get a level and my level is right about there so I'm gonna mark and Mark it like that there we go so I know that is level and line it up where that leveled line is now there's also a steel bowl in there and you can use a steel bowl as a level when you want to put slight pressure and squeeze the trigger real slowly [Music] alright go ahead and squeeze it out there you go now you can take your Mecca pull bring it all the way up take off your wire so guys if you found this video really informative give me a big thumbs up worked hard on this project making the portable wall and demonstrating all these tools if you know any install or anyone that's in the field of running cables go ahead and click on the share button below and share this video to them help someone out if you guys are interested in any of these tools of course the links would be in the video description below you guys want more how-to videos like this coming your way click on the subscribe button right here and if you want to check out some of my other tutorials click on the playlist right here thanks you guys for watching later

Channel: TampaTec

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Id: 0cNC4AN_us4

Length: 14min 47sec (887 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 16 2017

Reddit Comments

[u/P9a3]

Buy multiple quick connect extension bits 12" long, add paddle bit, plus additional extensions as needed, and drill through the fire blocks 1 by 1 from the attic. Then use glow rods with jet line taped to the end to drop through the wall. Hook the string out at the bottom where your device is going, cut it off, and tie it to something. Then pull the glow rods up to the attic. Tie wire or cable to string, and pull out the hole below. This way you patch nothing. Planning on patching is a bust. Many residential homes have plaster walls, and/or texture sprayed walls, fancy paint, etc.. You can't rely on being able to patch them. Plus, glow rods will push through insulation, and other obstructions.

[u/DrMcMeow]

fish tape or fish sticks are able to push / pull wire a lot easier and faster most of the time.

[u/[deleted]]

That is NOT how you go through a fireblock. Idiot.

[u/Yard_Pimp]

That was really cool! Thanks!!