Some things that I've found handy in the past http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_tape
6 foot long drill bits A string with a nut attached to it for weight (use gravity as a friend) I do not pull cable any longer I only did it for one job in which I discovered that I'm claustrophobic. So sorry I don't have the above mentioned tools as they were not my property ever. But the last one is cheap & easy to do assuming you don't have anything blocking you.. On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Joe George <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Levi Pearson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> The room of interest has a finished bedroom above it, with no cat-5, >>> and a finished basement room below it, with no cat-5. I can get cat-5 >>> in the attic, but that's two floors up, and I reckon it would be >>> pretty easy to drop cable into the upstairs room, but then getting it >>> down another floor would be tricky, since there's a sub-floor, right? >>> >>> The odd thing is that I'm sure there *used* to be cat-5 in the room of >>> interest, but I think it got removed when the previous owners knocked >>> out a wall in the room to make another door. >> >> If you first cut a hole in the room above, you could maybe use the >> really long, flexible drill thing mentioned earlier to drill through >> the subfloor so you can access the room you want. You can get those >> drill bits, along with other cable-running tools, at Lowes/Home Depot. >> You could then put a faceplate over the access hole in the room >> above, and have network in both rooms. >> >> --Levi >> >> /* >> PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >> Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >> Don't fear the penguin. >> */ >> > > I have been able to solve most of the similar problems I have had by running > cable behind base boards. You have to be very careful removing them. I first > use a utility knife to score all the joints, then very gently work > them off a little > at a time using putty knifes. Don't get impatient or you will break > the molding. > When you get them off pull the nails out from the back so you don't mar the > front. > > You can then route a grove to run the cable to the most convenient place to > drop the cable down. Sometimes this involves drilling through a wall into > another room which you do by taking the baseboard off on both sides of the > wall. > > You can drill holes in the floor that will be covered when you put the > baseboard > back. Sometimes it takes a couple of tries to hit a cavity that goes down > where > you can get it through. Most basements have someplace where you can get > a cable down without trashing a wall or ceiling such as a furnace or storage > room. > > Test the connection before you put the base board back and then be careful not > to hit it with a nail when you put the baseboard back. I put tape on > the front of the > molding to mark where the studs are because sometimes the nail holes are > still covered. > > YMMV > > Joe > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
