How To Run And Hide Electrical Wire Behind Baseboards #shorts

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On today’s episode I will be showing you How To RUN And HIDE Electrical Cable Behind Baseboard Without Doing Drywall Repair Work! DIY. Now you can add an electrical outlet anywhere on a finished wall without having to damage any drywall and not having to do any drywall repair work!

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[hxteixeira]

There are situations and situations. In a real situation, there is no room for the hand to enter this angle and we still have the issue of insulation between the walls. Not to mention the risk of hitting a tube or own electric cable.

[noahholt]

Don’t wanna cut drywall . Let’s remove baseboards then cut drywall

[shaffer]

He makes a good point. Some can’t patch. Most can but he’s giving you an option.

[Bull_sheet_Bob]

I invented most construction methods. I have been at the forefront of the latest techniques for the last 45 years, and I can confirm that this is a good idea.

[SeeLifeBro]

As an electrician, I can tell you this is not the easiest way to do this.

[magzxi]

Guys like this make the internet a dangerous place for people trying to learn something.
Go ahead and try using a spade bit in a flex extension and you'll definitely learn something the hard way! 😄

[ianbelletti]

Rather than cutting the drywall at the top of the baseboard, cut it a little below the top of the baseboard. This will ensure that you don't have to worry about needing to mud and paint.

[sadistksuffring]

This seems like far more of a hassle than just patching the wall back in. Also I would want that seam to get taped, you're going to end up seeing it somewhere above the base. You're also dreaming if you think you're popping that rock out of there in one piece, piece that slim is going to bust along every stud.

[s.schmidtt]

People just can’t help but comment negative bullshit for no reason. I swear it’s what these people on that construction videos live for.

[corvettefever]

As a contractor for over 25 years, who does it all including electrical and HVAC and so I do this stuff all the time, I will say this is definitely not a bad idea especially for an at-home do-it-yourself type. However it becomes real impressive when you get your game up by snake it through the walls, without making any cuts in the drywall / sheetrock. They also sell long flexbits and snakes to help with this. Don't get me wrong sometimes you have to cut out little patches but make them real small. Trust me customers absolutely worried about having to cut trenches through their walls. Because most of the time the electrician doesn't handle the sheetrock so that means another contractor has to come in. This is where it's good being versatile in all of this. Because most of the time I'm not going to leave any marks and if I have to I tell them don't worry I'll be the guy to fix that too oh, they are less likely to try to talk you out of that paycheck. Many times you get a nice tip two because they were paranoid as hell that you were going to cut trenches through their walls. And it's sad because there are some contractors who have been doing this for many many years and they just don't care they're just like grab the Sawsall, & and start cutting trenches everywhere and they just don't care. And then they tell the customer yeah you got to call another guy to do the sheetrock spackling and touch up paint. Sorry to all the contractors out there who do this that's terrible.

Now I do want to add this though, there are definitely certain commercial jobs where this type of thing is just how it is going to go. Especially with certain Union type jobs, where you don't have time to play around with sneaking missing that this is on the budget they don't give a damn you need to get in there going to call somebody else to fix it and you can't even fix your work. I'm talkin you may even get beat up for trying to do your own work. I'm talking you may get beef for trying to sweep up your own mess. I'm serious too. Now you're technically taking somebody else's job. Somebody is on the clock getting paid to come behind you and spackle, AKA mud depending where in the country you are, there's somebody getting paid to sweep up your mess and if you do it that means they don't need him or her. And I get it but I'm going to be real sometimes I think some of this is just a lot of nonsense. Listen I'm all about everybody getting a job and making money but I think we can give everybody jobs without overdoing things.

[joegilly]

Time to tell us how long it took to get the wire thru the hole in the stud ?

[pbfunky]

Had to do this looking for a circuit I thought I hit drilling up from the basement, hole hawg grabbed me good until it kicked me off, helper was just a deer in the headlights on that one. Turns out the hawg had got a short in it, and that's what got me. Had to open up the wall to find out if I hit a wire, walls were already finished, so we took the baseboard off, took the sheet rock out, and didn't see any wires at all. Handy trick to know.

[Liberty]

Additional tip: try to pry only on each stud so you don't blow the pry bar through the drywall and make more work

[jamieo]

Here in the UK that would be a total bodge. We have prescribed zones in which to run cables. These are vertical and horizontal from an accessory ( outlet or switch)

[keithhernandez]

I find it easier to go on the other side of the wall where there’s no Sheetrock

[dustinbryan]

Did you plug wires in the back of that receptacle? You don't wanna do that if you can avoid it.

[alwaysskeptical]

I’ve done this before on an old house to ground a series of 2 prong outlets. It’s a pain in the ass, but it’s not bad if you have a remodeling company to do everything after ripping off the base board.

[edwardmcdermott]

a tip that you may not know, remove the Brad. nails buy pulling them through the base board so as not to chip base board paint and then re nail or construction adhesive

[cristinafultz]

Okay this is better than I thought it would be

[jesusalfredomagana]

Your really funny man, that's your solution, not too thought out but you own it