How To Run And Fish Electrical Wire Through Inside Corner Studs Behind Drywall! DIY For Beginners!

[@Chris.Rhodes]

I prefer boring...not notching unless absolutely necessary.... except if I'm boring old work, I prefer to bore further back in the stud. People love to use 2" screws, so if there's nothing behind it, I go like one more paddle bit back from center. So it's more like 2-2¼" into the stud.

[@FixThisHouse]

Thank you for the feedback Chris! Boring is my preferred as well! 👍🏽😊

[@jcberb]

My first time doing this in my home I used a piece of string tied to the wire. I vacuumed the string through the hole and gently guided the wire through.

[@howtodoitdude1662]

Notching out the stud and installing a metal plate is faster for me. Thanks For sharing!

[@FixThisHouse]

Thank you for sharing man! 👍🏽😊🙏🏽

[@arod7404]

Since you’re cutting and patching drywall anyway, you might as well make the cutout large enough so that the drill can fit in for easy drilling

[@FixThisHouse]

Thank you for the advice!🙏🏽😊👍🏽

[@bobjones9727]

Or you could use a simple right angle drill attachment. (No cell phone needed!)

[@arod7404]

@@bobjones9727 but you still have to cut & patch, so what I said still applies, if you gotta cut, cut out a larger section to make it easier

[@bobjones9727]

@@arod7404 Because larger sections require more taping and mudding to repair. Cut out a smaller section and use a right angle attachment to make it easier.

[@arod7404]

@@bobjones9727 come on, more mud and taping, really lol? Yes, if you’re cutting out a 4’ section maybe, but a cutout that’s a few inches larger won’t take that much more material or effort. But hey, you do you and I’ll do me and we’ll just leave it at that.

[@rickm.6452]

I peel back the baseboard notch the studs ,run wires use nail plates no need to patch drywall since baseboard will hide everything.

[@shivapriyasaraswati7171]

Thank you for this great video! I definitely prefer this method over notching. I work for an electrician and sometimes have to do rough estimates, so I came here out of curiousity, so I can better understand fishing through corners. I learned a lot in this video. Very succinct, yet also very informative. I appreciate your efforts. Thanks a bunch!

[@kpmgbp29]

?? Your video assumes you can get behind the drywall with a drill, which you can’t without tearing out a larger section of drywall. Cutting out those two small squares in the corner is the least amount that would have to be removed. A right angle drill attachment is a better option.

[@LannyDAllen]

I got to this point and just stopped watching. Come on bro, do better.

[@paultech9385]

Your cam also comes with a fishing hook. I also like the chain and magnets that are in pull rod accessories.

[@FixThisHouse]

Nice! Thank you for sharing! 👍🏽😊

[@RescueEMS]

Thanks for the video. For those of us wanting to run through the studs at the corner by making a cutout on each side of the corner, I used a right angle Dewalt drill and I had to remove about 8 inches from each side (leaving 1 inch of drywall next to the stud for the patch) to make the run work (size of drill head plus short spade and then longer spade bit). This appears to be a complex task for a finished room, especially if you cannot go above or below (i.e. concrete garage with second floor ADU).

[@catsmeow5566]

What about when you have printed wood paneling instead of drywall? They don't make the panels anymore so I can't patch or replace them. One of the nice things about the wood panels is that I can see the nails/joints and I can actually feel where the studs are by pushing on the wall. I can hear them by knocking too. Hmm.. I suppose if I cut the hole low enough I could cover it with backsplash or small corner shelves or something. Notching is terrible for structure.

[@kenschmidt6522]

In some situations it is better to route the wire through the attic or basement/ crawlspace. Requires a bit more wire, but can eliminate the need to patch drywall.

[@FixThisHouse]

That is true! Thank for sharing! Stay tuned I will have a video on that soon! 👍🏽😊🙏🏽

[@justanotherthingtodo]

Thanks for this! Can you make a video for running electrical wire through metal studs?

[@mujahidhussain8815]

Thank you for your wonderful information. “YOU ARE THE BEST”

[@Chris.Rhodes]

As always man, great video brother 👊

[@FixThisHouse]

Thank you brother! 🙏🏽😊

[@amorales9613]

Nice tools. Good technique.

[@FixThisHouse]

Thank you 🙏🏽!

[@puntoverde1997]

How did you make hole 🕳 on your left side?

[@FixThisHouse]

Should be the same on the right. If you cut out around the left stud after it you will have access to feed through the 24” spade bit.

[@jim9520]

Thank you for the information.

[@FixThisHouse]

Glad to be of service! 🙏🏽😊👍🏽

[@PR-fk5yb]

Thanks for this video ! 😇

[@mrbling1170]

We love you, thanks for info

[@FixThisHouse]

We love you too! Thank so much! 🙏🏽😊

[@evanjrowley]

Thank you. This is tricky to do and glad you showed how to do it.

[@Johamo]

Save your impact clutch, use a drill

[@KurtMeredith]

Dude! As soon as you put that extension onto your boring bit and drilled around the back side of the drywall on your DEMO MODEL, you lost me. No one is going to be able to do that on a real job. Disappointing.

[@alexanderdavis3117]

This is why it’s so important to leave giant drywall gaps in your walls during construction 😂

[@OmarChannel]

Yup useless video. Impossible on a retrofit job

[@spencermanning5827]

Kurtmeredith I agreed with you until I realized that I think he was trying to show how one would need to extend through another nearby stud to reach the corner studs. It wasn’t clearly explained but I still learned a lot from this video.

[@JayO4174]

Always editing out THE very part you need to see.... What about the second hole??

[@JPGtampa]

I agree with all the above... Totally fucked up video.

[@gxxr5040]

90° corner = 90° bend

[@sayyedzuber7689]

MASTER

[@FixThisHouse]

Thank you so much! 🙏🏽😊

[@bobjones9727]

Is there anything out there where you DON'T need a "smart phone" to operate??? Cant wait till the cell phones go down. There will be a whole lot of helpless people out there.

[@thomastaylor8657]

Phones are a super power.

[@FixThisHouse]

Are you watching this video through your smartphone phone? Just curious.

[@bobjones9727]

@@FixThisHouse Don't have one, never will

[@jepps5]

I love the smartphone. I was able to learn about this method while dropping a deuce on the crapper. Now that’s what I call productivity during down times

[@JoeyC_83]

Well, aren’t you just a real comfort?!

[@couchpotatoe3204]

OMG 12 minutes for something that should have taken 60 seconds. Ridiculous instruction.

[@robcourt9727]

Dide@ 1st: You Have NO opening on the right side! Remember? You said it's already sheetrocked!! There are no openings that are magically for you to stick your entire arm through! Your evite video makes no sense! I would never use you or your company to run wires. EVER!

[@amananaher]

Thanks for all info