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running wire in small attic spaces, electricians/HVAC technicians/diy welcome?

My power supply to my alarm system is on a receptacle close to the attic ladderIt run through the attic to the master bedroom which has a high flat ceiling that slopes on two sides(no space except on sides where ducting is running) to a bathroom closet on the other side where it goes down a wall and powers the control box.and no, I don't want a wireless system.How do electricians/HVAC technicians run wire through such small spaces and then down a wall?

Answer:

The hair on your legs and arms will grow faster.
They use fishing tape, which is really just a really large, narrow spool of thin steel - like those measuring tapes, only much narrowerOne the end is a clip where you attach the wire or whatever you want to runThen you just start extending and fishing the wire towards the spot you wantThe tape is stiff enough to go down through insulation in a wall as wellYou would probably do best to start at the destination, go up the wall, and into the atticWith a bit of luck you should be able to snag the tape from the other side through the attic and pull it over to the receptacle.
The hair on your legs and arms will grow faster.
They use fishing tape, which is really just a really large, narrow spool of thin steel - like those measuring tapes, only much narrowerOne the end is a clip where you attach the wire or whatever you want to runThen you just start extending and fishing the wire towards the spot you wantThe tape is stiff enough to go down through insulation in a wall as wellYou would probably do best to start at the destination, go up the wall, and into the atticWith a bit of luck you should be able to snag the tape from the other side through the attic and pull it over to the receptacle.

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