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Originally Posted by james t kirk
How were you planning to pull wires with the finished ceiling still in place?
I can understand how you can run wires in the space between the joists, but how exactly were you planning to run them transverse to the joists?
Unless you want to cut drywall out.
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well i checked last night and the joist are set at like 20" centers or so and they run in the short 12' direction..
what i plan to do is cut out the holes for the cans in all of the spots i want. more than likely the wire will have to run thru 3 joists to get from the center of the kitchen to the spot near one side. that means that i will have to fish the wire thru one open joist bay without having access to it.
start at one opening in the ceiling, use a long flexible drill bit to drill thru the first joist and then let that hole guide the bit to the second joist. then i will prolly have to drill the third joist from the other hole in the sheet work where the wire is going to.
then use 2 fish tapes and an extra person, i will run one fish tape thru 2 holes and he will run it thru one. trey to get them to "catch" each other and then pull one of the fish tapes thru all of the holes. attach wire and then pull it back thru all of the holes again...
i know it sounds easy but it will prolly be a major task to undertake!!! hehe