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Update: My old trick for fishing wire through a tight stud bay actually worked

I was in a 1920s house in Cincinnati and the path between two outlets was blocked by a fire stop. Instead of cutting a bunch of holes, I used a flexible drill bit extension I had from a car job. I taped a small magnet to the fish tape and used another magnet on the outside of the drywall to guide it around the block. Got it on the second try and saved probably an hour of patching. What's your go-to method for a blocked bay?
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elliotb57
elliotb5713d ago
Yeah, I've definitely just cut the hole too.
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the_gray
the_gray13d ago
That magnet trick sounds like more hassle than just cutting a small access hole.
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