How do I find the bottom plate on my wall?
Go down to the basement and find it, then measure ~2″ in towards the wall and then drill up from the basement through the sub-floor and the 2×4″ bottom plate. Go easy with the drill, don’t sink an entire 18″ drill bit into the floor/wall. If it’s not carpeted then yes, look for a line of nails from the bottom plate.
How do you pull a wire through a crawl space?
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Quote from Youtube video: I'm about to take my three force drill bit my Spade drill a hole here get underneath the house and feed this up through. And it'll come right up through here and into my switch.
How do I drill a hole in a crawl space?
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Quote from Youtube video: So here's our hammer drill you can see we use it a lot and we're going to use a 2 inch bit this is diamond cord those are little diamond studs on the end of that thing and what it does is it hammers.
How do you drill through a basement floor?
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Quote from Youtube video: You can use that or a flat spade. Bit this just drills a little quicker.
How do you determine load-bearing walls?
To determine if a wall is a load-bearing one, Tom suggests going down to the basement or attic to see which way the joists run. If the wall is parallel to the joists, it’s probably not load-bearing. If the wall is perpendicular, it’s most likely load-bearing.
How do you repair a rotted wall plate?
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Quote from Youtube video: This wall is not there's nothing above the the top plate on those there. So what we have to do here is just start to remove the disintegrated material.
Can you put a junction box in a crawl space?
You Can Add a Junction Box to a Crawl Space
Yes, you can put your junction box in a crawl space. At the same time, the biggest concern you need to think about is the accessibility of the junction box. You need to make sure that people can easily get to the junction box if something is wrong.
What is smurf tube used for?
A Smurf tube is a conduit for all those TV wires and cables. The tube is blue so many builders in Olympia WA nickname it a Smurf tube. With many floor plans calling for flat screen TVs to be hung on the wall above the fireplace, it leaves the new owner in a quandary about what to do with all those cables.
Does electrical wiring in crawl space need conduit?
When you are looking to wire in a crawlspace underneath your house, you need to secure them properly. We recommend that you run them in a conduit, but there is no law requiring you do to so, so long as you fasten everything properly.
Can I drill a hole in a floor joist?
Rules for boring/drilling holes
You can put holes in floor joists anywhere along the length of the joist, but you can’t put them any closer than 2″ from the top or bottom edge of a joist. The maximum size of a hole is 1/3 the depth of the floor joist.
What is a bell hanger bit?
Common tools of the trade for electricians and cable installers, bell hanger drill bits are twist drills that feature a transverse hole drilled through the bit near the tip that enables the pulling of wire through walls, ceilings and floors.
How do you drill a floor through a wall?
use a flexible installer bit (3′) to drill through the bottom plate of the top story frame via the small access hole of the wall plate. continue downward and drill through the top plate of the bottom floor frame (still inside the wall)
What is underneath a subfloor?
Underlayment
The underlayment material is installed below the floor covering and placed on top of a subfloor. Under the visible covering, there is a layer made of soft or foam-like materials with a thickness of between 1/4 – 1/2-inch.
How do you drill between joists?
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Quote from Youtube video: Then if you look at this diagram here because we're drilling holes in the joist. Itself we're not notching in. We have to come out a quarter of the spam. Before we drill any holes. So.
How do you use an installer bit?
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Quote from Youtube video: Now once you're through the wall and chuck the drill bit take the cable or wire you are trying to get through the wall. And simply slide it down the inside of the hollow shaft of the snake bit drill.
What is a flex bit used for?
Flex bits are long, flexible bits that come in handy when you need to drill through hard-to-reach materials, like through wood planks in ceilings or in walls. The long length of a flex bit enables you to drill a hole into spaced out pieces, like internal wall frames, and fish electrical wire through.
What is an auger bit?
auger, tool (or bit) used with a carpenter’s brace for drilling holes in wood. It looks like a corkscrew and has six parts: screw, spurs, cutting edges, twist, shank, and tang. The screw looks like a tapered wood screw and is short and small in diameter; it centres the bit and draws it into the work.
