Cat 5 Attic To Basement

Running wire from attic to basement.

Cat 5 attic to basement.

The drop from the attic to room a is relatively simple. Start in the attic and find an interior wall that runs from the attic down to the basement usually a stair wall should work. 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. It is best if you have a helper who can listen for where the wire is inside the wall.

Photos 1 4 show how to cut out a stud space and mount the distribution panel. Attach the wires with the fish tape to fish your security camera wires. No crawlspace or basement. Speaking of which i ve never lived in a house with a real basement.

I used this technique to run cable from the attic to a room in my house with a cement floor read. Drop one from the attic and poke one up from the basement photo 6. 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. The problem is turning two corners to get from a to b.

In the attic clear away the insulation so you can find the top plate drill through the top plate and insert your cable. My cable tv is distributed through the attic so it seemed like a good solution to run my home network through there as well. I d like to follow the coax with cat 5. For single floor homes with a basement the basement may be the best path.