One trick I heard is to stick a tennis ball through the drillbit so its around it, then it forces the bit to center inside the cavity and not go into the walls

Nice video, nice teamwork to get the wires pulled. With a lot of newer homes sometimes the build in a chase through which to pull wires right from basement to attic, and if you're building a new home design that in. Sometimes, if you have a chimney running from basement to attic you can find space alongside it and get lucky enough to push a fishrod all the way up.

I need to do the same thing-run a Cat 6 from the attic, through the second floor and ultimately to the first floor. You gave me some great ideas, thanks!

I have a home built in 1924 and while installing an exhaust fan in a bathroom I ran a line from basement to attic using the space around a vent pipe. Maybe nowadays with the plastic pipes the hole is too tight but with the old cast iron vents, there's usually room. Good luck to all and keep it fun.

A few tips I've learned over the years: I almost neve drill a hole smaller than 3/4". That may sometimes be overkill but down the road when you decide to run more wires you will be glad you did. Always run your pull string first from end to end if possible and pull enough slack in it so when you are all done pulling your cables your pull string is still secured on both ends. String is cheap!

I respect your view on a to be idea... that's how i train my guys... don't focus on the project... focus on your task

Thanks. Very informative. Great teamwork. I appreciate you sharing.

Yes, thank you for this video. Excellent work as always

Thank you so much! It’s so hard to find tips like this on cable running.

Super good work man! Fishing wires down a wall is an art and you make it look easy!!!

I bought a Teslong endoscope last year and it has been amazing for looking in closed spaces. I got one with 3 cameras and 16 foot cable. If I had to do it again I’d get one with just a 10 foot cable. The extra cable just gets in the way and it doesn’t go around bends easily so not even able to use the full length. I’ll probably buy an extra single camera cable since it has a smaller diameter and would not need as big of a hole to go through. Currently in the process of running wires up to my attic and it has not been as difficult as I thought it would be. Thanks for the nice video.

dude, this video was clutch, thanks a ton!

Perfect job dude

Really great video. The best bit that I liked that I have seen most people get wrong is using a speed bit drill and not a twist bit drill. Twist bits are so much easier.

Just found your channel. Im a fiber technician for a big cable company, I install fiber optics and coax, doing cable,internet and phone. Pretty much just running drop lines from the pole outside to a termination box on the house. Then from that box into the house to a modem. Then from there running lines all over the house. Mainly running ethernets. And so far I've been fortunate enough to not have to do a wall fish inside of a wall to another floor from scratch. I've always been able to do a tape and pull. But the company I work for is coming out with a new plan that's going to cause us technicians to have to run ethernets all over these houses now. So that's what lead me to this video, to sharpen my skills. I like the scope you got so I'll for sure use the link and grab one for myself. Appreciate the vids thanks

great video Alan

I still have that old Rigid scope, it's still working well. But specifically for automotive use I found the diameter too bulky to get through a spark plug hole. Now I have a second scope that works great. Cheap ones have an annoying delay, so the software interface is important.

Discount code for the scope still works. Thanks for the video!

I love this guy

GREAT VIDEO THANK YOU!

This was awesome. I’m not a home owner or technician but always wanted to be an installer. The reason I’m here now is because I have a tech coming to install coaxial soon and I’m on the 3rd floor apt. (Cox) if anyone was carious.

Awesome vid and great technique. I personally would have cut drywall big enough to fit my drill into wall to drill through floor plate. It’s easier and as long as I tell the customer what I have to do and they are ok with drywall repairs then why not? Flex bits are great but they don’t last long and you can’t find one over 1” either.

My last home, it was prepped for cable in the basement. I asked the builder about an antenna hook up and he said there was no way to do that going from basement through 2 stories and then the attic. This was a custom home, and I found cavities and a conduit going from first to second floor in a cavity. I drilled an 1 1/4” hole in basenment and 2nd floor, dropped a line with a nut for weight and made the connection. I ran my coax to the attic, bought the largest antenna that would fit (20’x18’) and it worked for 14 years. I had a tract home built and paid a plumber to run 2@3” pvc plastic pipes from the attic to the basement. I moved the old antenna (from old home, looked like new, since it was in the attic) and hooked it up in the attic again, used the plastic pipe to get coax from attic to basement then to each room needed in this ranch. I’ve been living in this home 20 years and the antenna works great, it’s 34 years old.

like the father i never had. thank you

Badass bro, just yesterday I bought the extended 54in auger bit plus the 54in drill bit extension planning on hitting 4 rafters straight but I did it just to hit the exterior wall on my 2 hole therefore I could't poke all the way through and made like 5 holes. I just got me the NTS500 with rotating dual lenses. I already have some ideas on how it will help me but I wonder how to charge the customer for the convenience on not making holes. Greetings and hats off to your work

good job bud...

Hi, great video. how to run cctv cables from basement into cavity up to main level above back door?

@21:00 I'm so glad I'm not the only one. lmao

Half hitches, great tip mate

Thanks for the intro to Teslong products. I’m in the market and wondering which camera size you got on the 500 and if you think it meets the need for just running wire. Thanks!

Hello, I've just seen Part 1 and now am wondering if Part 2 was ever posted. I didn't see it in the video listing so thought I'd ask!

Thanks. But how do I run wires on high walls from basement through to the third floor

Thanks for the video! I'm trying to run HDMI between floors (2nd floor to 1st floor), and may be in over my head. :-S Was trying to get by on a budget, and was using a Forstner bit I already had, but that definitely takes more work to get through the wood. And of course, the first hole went into a nail. Forstner bit didn't like that.

How would you run a cable from a first floor to a second floor? Would you need to cut a blank plate hole near the top of the wall on the first floor to catch the flex drill end if I drill through the plate between the floors via a gang box hole on the second floor?

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Excellent! Could send a link for the camera please ??

You can rent wall scopes too.

"this is not a teslong commercial" proceeds to talk about teslong for 15 minutes. Lol good video though

Please tell me how I can find other professionals that can do this. What titles do I search? What certifications or licenses should they have? Should I just look for an electrician?

Can you please provide the link for the flex tool you used. The flex drill bit.

In my house I found an alternative method because there was just no way I was going to effectively get a cable from our basement through 2 stories into the attic. All the wiring in the house was original and so installed and stapled before the drywall was put in. Horizontal bracing scattered throughout. Electric, water, etc behind the drywall. They didn't put conduit in either. No thanks. House was built right before running Ethernet all through the house was common. So instead I was able to punch through from the basement into the garage. The garage has a high 2 story ceiling and its own attic space. So I can run the cables vertically inside the garage along the outside of the wall and then punch through to the attic above. From there run the cable throughout the attic and drop down into any 2nd floor room. Some sections of white PVC piping and U clamps secured to the wall make a tidy external conduit/wire raceway. Cut the holes with a hole saw for the entry/exit areas of the pipe and spray some foam I'm the crevices or use some fire block material.

not cement, concrete, great video

Edit your descriptions to link to the other parts in the series. Both previous and next parts. YT isn't smart enough to to do that for you!!!

I have to get a low voltage certificate to do this kind of work 😫

A flex bit is $60, it’s not too expensive to do it right.

I have rj11 in my rooms how can I get rid of them and add ethernet instead????

Part 2 where?

Who built your home Mate?

LMFAO, me at every fucking electrical job. @4:30. Why is this house built like this?!

Sir did you have me work

Whoever cabled and wired my house made sure you couldn't move or pull on any cable or run another cable same location. even fiberglass fishing rods don't go through.

Discount code doesn't work? Is there an updated code?

a Pro? An amateur - he doesn't even wear knee cap protection. A true amateur

hello sir how are you

Just drill a 1” hole, you had more than enough space lol

The coupon code doesn’t work

my concern in this video is the basement, the wall behind you i hope is not a load bearing wall. those 2x6 studs have been compromised by that plumbing in them. other that great info on running wiring

Part 2 sadly never happened.

Half Hitches?!!? I haven't heard anyone call a knot that since Boy Scouts...

Are you still in med school?

Your dry hose is a major problem. One get rid of that crappy hose and get yourself all aluminum dryer flex duct. Two get rid of all excess. No sags. What you now have is a pipe that can't be cleaned and it is going to fill up with water condensate. If you can run metal duct then run that. Keeping flex has short as possible is the best.

Seems easier when you don't have your walls filled with Rockwool insulation like I do :D

nice video, but I wouldn't call it MAD SKILLS. Meh. it's okay

You should be wearing a hard hat in that attic. Roofing nails can be annoying, when they penetrate your scalp. Ouch, and the bleeding, makes it hard to see anything through the blood. Keep your tetanus shots up to date as well.

Do you brag about being a pro in the title of every video you make?

wouldn't it be relatively easy to remove the baseboard then drill. no holes in wall!