Cat 5 Attic To Basement

I used this technique to run cable from the attic to a room in my house with a cement floor read.

Cat 5 attic to basement.

Attach the wires with the fish tape to fish your security camera wires. It is best if you have a helper who can listen for where the wire is inside the wall. Go to where you want to install your security cameras such as attic soffit basement or crawlspace and drill a hole in the top or bottom wall plate in the same wall cavity. No crawlspace or basement.

My cable tv is distributed through the attic so it seemed like a good solution to run my home network through there as well. Speaking of which i ve never lived in a house with a real basement. Drop one from the attic and poke one up from the basement photo 6. The drop from the attic to room a is relatively simple.

Photos 1 4 show how to cut out a stud space and mount the distribution panel. Start in the attic and find an interior wall that runs from the attic down to the basement usually a stair wall should work. The problem is turning two corners to get from a to b. We opened up the stud space within a few inches of the ceiling and floor to mount the distribution box and to fish the cables photo 2.

In the attic clear away the insulation so you can find the top plate drill through the top plate and insert your cable. Also i found a route from basement to attic next to the gas pipe is it ok to run wire next to it cable and cat 5. I d like to follow the coax with cat 5. For single floor homes with a basement the basement may be the best path.