Cat 5 Attic To Basement

Running wire from attic to basement.

Cat 5 attic to basement.

Speaking of which i ve never lived in a house with a real basement. It is best if you have a helper who can listen for where the wire is inside the wall. We opened up the stud space within a few inches of the ceiling and floor to mount the distribution box and to fish the cables photo 2. I d like to follow the coax with cat 5.

For single floor homes with a basement the basement may be the best path. My cable tv is distributed through the attic so it seemed like a good solution to run my home network through there as well. Run security camera wires or cables to the destination you may need a. No crawlspace or basement.

In the attic clear away the insulation so you can find the top plate drill through the top plate and insert your cable. Go to where you want to install your security cameras such as attic soffit basement or crawlspace and drill a hole in the top or bottom wall plate in the same wall cavity. Drop one from the attic and poke one up from the basement photo 6. The drop from the attic to room a is relatively simple.

Start in the attic and find an interior wall that runs from the attic down to the basement usually a stair wall should work. I used this technique to run cable from the attic to a room in my house with a cement floor read. Also i found a route from basement to attic next to the gas pipe is it ok to run wire next to it cable and cat 5. The problem is turning two corners to get from a to b.