Run Wires Not Accessible From Outside To Attic

Cut the opening in the ceiling for your new electrical box.

Run wires not accessible from outside to attic.

Raul no this is not a standard practice and is most likely the result of improper installation of electrical attic wiring. The attic wiring should be protected and secured to ceiling joists or other wood structural supports. Don t forget to include the vertical distance up to the attic and back down again. If there is access above the light in an attic or kneewall space you can remove the wire from the existing fixture box and install it in a junction box.

You will need to cut a square of drywall at the very top of your wall in order to give you access to drill through the top plate of your wall. One method is to run individual wires in a conduit system such as intermediate conduit rigid conduit or schedule 40 or 80 vinyl conduit. To run the wires inside rigid conduit you ll need a hacksaw a pipe bender capable of bending 1 2 in. If the wires are within 7 of the attic access hole or along any attic flooring you ll need.

Rigid conduit with an outside diameter of 3 4 in and a fish tape long enough to reach through the buried pipe. Yes this should be corrected and it would be good to have the wiring and all the circuit connections inspected as well. I just got back from my attic and realized i can t access the soffit from there. Measure the distance between the two sites you want to run wire between and make sure you will have enough wire.

Step 2 find your attic access. The second method is to run cable. Make the opening about 12 x 12 to give you room to get the drill in. The original plan was to run security camera wires up through soffit into attic down into basement but that no longer is an option.

You will want to run the cable parallel to the direction of the joists. You can then splice on a new piece of wire make sure it is the same wire gauge and run the new piece from the junction box back to the fixture box.