I have a hole in the wall of the top floor going down into the space between floor/ceiling joists. Middle floor wall is about 2-4 inches offset and not directly under, but the joists turned out to be parallel to that wall and a joist is on top. Is there a sensible way to route the cable?
In a different house the joists went the other way and I was able to just drill up from the lower wall with the flex bit and just grab the dangling wire from a ceiling cutout and reach in between and hook it on the puller in the lower wall but I'm not sure how to handle it this time.
Sarcasm0 - 18hr
I'm not sure if I'm seeing it exactly but it sounds like you might need a bigger hole for downstairs. Maybe use a hole saw so you have more room to fish and can get the cable through looped if you can grab it.
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Grass @sh.itjust.works - 17hr
I'm mainly worried about damaging the joist that runs along the top of the lower wall. If I drill up from the receptacle cutout with the flex auger it will maybe go behind the joist but if they are doubled it will just go through one, probably at a weird angle.
The upper wall puzzles me a bit because it is offset and seemingly just sitting on the plywood then air, but I've been looking for the endoscope I could have sworn I accidentally stole from work to get a better idea of whats going on. I might just take down more drywall if I can't find it.
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bryndos - 12hr
If you don't have wallpaper- I'd cut some more holes with a hole saw or even just a knife to see whats going on in there from different angles, easy enough to patch them back up.
Grass in diy @slrpnk.net
Pulling network cable, joist along top of wall
I'm not really sure how to proceed nicely here.
I have a hole in the wall of the top floor going down into the space between floor/ceiling joists. Middle floor wall is about 2-4 inches offset and not directly under, but the joists turned out to be parallel to that wall and a joist is on top. Is there a sensible way to route the cable?
In a different house the joists went the other way and I was able to just drill up from the lower wall with the flex bit and just grab the dangling wire from a ceiling cutout and reach in between and hook it on the puller in the lower wall but I'm not sure how to handle it this time.
I'm not sure if I'm seeing it exactly but it sounds like you might need a bigger hole for downstairs. Maybe use a hole saw so you have more room to fish and can get the cable through looped if you can grab it.
I'm mainly worried about damaging the joist that runs along the top of the lower wall. If I drill up from the receptacle cutout with the flex auger it will maybe go behind the joist but if they are doubled it will just go through one, probably at a weird angle.
The upper wall puzzles me a bit because it is offset and seemingly just sitting on the plywood then air, but I've been looking for the endoscope I could have sworn I accidentally stole from work to get a better idea of whats going on. I might just take down more drywall if I can't find it.
If you don't have wallpaper- I'd cut some more holes with a hole saw or even just a knife to see whats going on in there from different angles, easy enough to patch them back up.