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Posted by kellyj00@gmail.com on November 20, 2006, 4:12 pm
When I first moved in to my current home, I installed crown molding in
the living room without thinking about the future.
Now, I have a stereo with 4 wall mountable small speakers that I would
like to run wire for. Rather than running all the way through the
roof, I would like to run in the hollow space behind the crown molding.
Do they make a fishtape small enough to run through a 1/4" hole?
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Posted by Brian V on November 20, 2006, 4:23 pm
> When I first moved in to my current home, I installed crown molding in
> the living room without thinking about the future.
>
> Now, I have a stereo with 4 wall mountable small speakers that I would
> like to run wire for. Rather than running all the way through the
> roof, I would like to run in the hollow space behind the crown molding.
> Do they make a fishtape small enough to run through a 1/4" hole?
>
use compressed air to blow a string thru or a vacumn to pull it thru
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Posted by RicodJour on November 20, 2006, 4:41 pm
Brian V wrote:
>
> use compressed air to blow a string thru or a vacumn to pull it thru
I wonder if anyone has ever blown crown molding off the wall with
compressed air? That would be interesting to see...in someone else's
house.
Your idea is a good one. Drill a hole, larger than 1/4" please (even
if it's stained wood, you can plug it and match the grain and pull a
spot repair so no one would ever notice it), tie a thin line to a small
grocery plastic bag, push the bag all the way into the hole, then put
the vacuum nozzle over the hole at the other end and have at it. It
will take about a couple of seconds for it to show up at your end.
Pull the bag through the hole and you're home free.
I'm envious of you. I have a similar situation where I need to run
some AV wire behind the crown molding, but the crown has solid divider
blocks every eight feet. I have to pull the molding, drill through the
blocks, run the wire, reinstall the crown and touch up paint the walls,
crown and ceiling. Sigh. Care to switch projects with me? ;)
R
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Posted by Charles Schuler on November 20, 2006, 4:52 pm
>
>> When I first moved in to my current home, I installed crown molding in
>> the living room without thinking about the future.
>>
>> Now, I have a stereo with 4 wall mountable small speakers that I would
>> like to run wire for. Rather than running all the way through the
>> roof, I would like to run in the hollow space behind the crown molding.
>> Do they make a fishtape small enough to run through a 1/4" hole?
>>
>
> use compressed air to blow a string thru or a vacumn to pull it thru
Have you ever done this?
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Posted by buffalobill on November 20, 2006, 4:29 pm
there is a version of this which uses a beaded chain like your light
switch pull chain.
but when you see hdsupply and search for fish tape it reveals some
small sized tapes.
at:
http://hdsupply.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10051&pageSize=300&beginIndex=0&sType=SimpleSearch&resultType=1&searchTermScope=3&searchType=ALL&searchTermCaseSensitive=no&searchTermOperator=LIKE&orderBy1=CatEntDescName&errorViewName=AdvancedSearchView&searchTerm=fish+tape
kellyj00@gmail.com wrote:
> When I first moved in to my current home, I installed crown molding in
> the living room without thinking about the future.
>
> Now, I have a stereo with 4 wall mountable small speakers that I would
> like to run wire for. Rather than running all the way through the
> roof, I would like to run in the hollow space behind the crown molding.
> Do they make a fishtape small enough to run through a 1/4" hole?
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