Run Recepticle From Attic To Outside Wall

When cutting through drywall from the interior of a room use a utility knife and cut carefully you don t want to drill through a hidden wire or the paper.

Run recepticle from attic to outside wall.

Rigid conduit with an outside diameter of 3 4 in and a fish tape long enough to reach through the buried pipe. Use a voltage tester to ensure the indoor outlet is running properly. Find the correct breaker and turn it off. Make sure the indoor outlet can handle the new exterior gfci outlet without overloading.

One method is to run individual wires. And use semi rigid wiring fish tape to pull your wiring down to your outlet location. The proper way to run wiring on the exterior wall of a house. To make this project easier you ll be using an indoor outlet that s opposite where you want the outdoor outlet to be.

Now go up to your attic or down to the basement or crawlspace and drill a hole in the top or bottom wall plate in the same wall cavity as the outlet. Running wires inside rigid conduit. It will be next to impossible to drill downward under the portion of the roof that slopes to the attic floor without a right angle drill. Attach the wire or cable to a fish tape or coat hanger using electrical tape and feed it into the hole until it reaches the opening at the other end.

Locate an interior outlet that is on that exterior wall. Once you ve determined the electrical outlet to use as a power source and shut it off use an electronic stud finder to locate the studs on both sides. When working from an attic space it will be significantly easier to access a wall space on the floor below by working either an interior wall or the exterior wall that is on the gable end of the structure. Ideally your house included a future tube which is a pvc pipe running from the basement to the attic specifically for this purpose.

They must be readily accessible from the ground and positioned no more than 6 1 2 feet above grade ground level. If you will need to fish wiring through a wall drill a hole through the wood plate in the attic only. Running wires from the attic to the basement. Attached decks and balconies with interior access including a door to the indoors must have a receptacle no more than 6 1 2 feet above the deck.

To run the wires inside rigid conduit you ll need a hacksaw a pipe bender capable of bending 1 2 in. Turn off the power at the main panel. Homes must have at least one outdoor receptacle at the front and rear of the house. Shut off the electrical outlet.