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Warning: That 'easy' attic run in a 1920s house turned into a full day nightmare
Everyone says to just push the cable through the old plaster walls, but last week in a Portland bungalow, the lathe and plaster crumbled and I spent 6 hours fishing through three separate fire blocks. What's your go-to method for these old houses when the walls just eat your fish tape?
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the_alice3d ago
Yeah, the old glow rod is a solid move. My real trick is to use a shop vac on the other end to pull a pull string through first. Attach a little bundle of plastic from a bag to the string, it gets sucked right through the dust and past the fire blocks. Saves your fish tape for the actual wire pull.
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