kaip11•4d agoMost Upvoted

Found a trick for fishing lines through finished walls in 10 minutes flat

Last month I had a job in a brick house in Columbus where every interior wall was already painted and trimmed. I used a glow rod with a magnetic bit and pulled three coax runs through one hole without cutting a single patch. Has anyone else tried those magnetic fish tapes or do you still stick with the old metal rods?

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morgan5124d ago

Huh, the glow rod with a magnetic bit is actually a solid call. I've been using the old metal rods for years but they're a pain when you hit a stud or some insulation that's packed tight. The magnetic ones let you hook a pull string through from the other side way faster. I'd say the big trick is using a high strength neodymium magnet on your tape end so it really locks onto the bit through drywall. For most houses the rods still work fine, but in a finished brick place with no access, the magnetic setup saves you a lot of crawling around in the attic.

dylanh974d ago

Nah, I mean it's a decent tip and all but are we really acting like fishing a few cables through drywall is some kind of mountaineering expedition? I've done plenty of jobs with just a standard glow rod and a strip of electrical tape on the end, never needed a museum-grade magnet setup to get it done. Unless you're doing this 8 hours a day every day, spending that much time on "the trick" seems like overkill for what's basically a 10 minute job.