Holy Toledo, I'm so proud of myself. Today i successfully fished a line from the basement up to the second floor guest room. You would never know it was installed after the fact. I had bought a drill bit that is like 5 feet long (for that purpose) and a fishing pole that can be extended up to 15 feet.
By doing measurements from the wall to light switch plate in the first floor and wall to same measurement on the basement, i drilled up from the basement into the wall space. My gosh it was a perfect measurement. I pushed up the fishing pole up right into the light switch plate.
I then used the drill bit to drill up from the light switch plate up in the wall space up to the ceiling. Then from the second floor i pulled off the floor trim, and then drilled a 1 inch hole up against the wall into the floor. Now between the first floor ceiling and second floor floor, there is about a 10 inch space for the floor joyce. I then fed up the fishing pole up the light plate on the first floor up into the joyce space. I then went back upstairs and with a flash light, shined it into the floor hole and sure enough i saw the fishing line about 4 inches over. I have one of the tools that is like a telescope that has a grasp at the end. Its for picking up small objects that fall into small space. I stuck that into the floor, and snagged the fishing pole, and after a dozen or so attempts was able to pull the fishing pole the four inches to me and up out of the floor.
Two parts of the fishing pole met up in the light switch plate hole on the first floor... I screwed those two pieces together so it made one piece that is now from the basement up to the second floor. I then taped the RG6 quad shield onto the fishing pole on the 2nd floor and then went down to the basement, and pulled the fishing pole slowly down until the RG6 cable came out. (I yelped out with some joy) I then put the floor trim back on, and vacuumed up and you would never know that it wasn't always there.
I am done for the day. But, the next step will be to hook the wiring up to an STB and get Satellite TV into the 2nd floor guest room. My mother will be very happy with this. Yesterday, she inquired as to whether i have gotten tv up there yet, and I told her not yet. That is what kicked my but to tackle it today.
I'll send pictures once i have the entertainment system setup.
By doing measurements from the wall to light switch plate in the first floor and wall to same measurement on the basement, i drilled up from the basement into the wall space. My gosh it was a perfect measurement. I pushed up the fishing pole up right into the light switch plate.
I then used the drill bit to drill up from the light switch plate up in the wall space up to the ceiling. Then from the second floor i pulled off the floor trim, and then drilled a 1 inch hole up against the wall into the floor. Now between the first floor ceiling and second floor floor, there is about a 10 inch space for the floor joyce. I then fed up the fishing pole up the light plate on the first floor up into the joyce space. I then went back upstairs and with a flash light, shined it into the floor hole and sure enough i saw the fishing line about 4 inches over. I have one of the tools that is like a telescope that has a grasp at the end. Its for picking up small objects that fall into small space. I stuck that into the floor, and snagged the fishing pole, and after a dozen or so attempts was able to pull the fishing pole the four inches to me and up out of the floor.
Two parts of the fishing pole met up in the light switch plate hole on the first floor... I screwed those two pieces together so it made one piece that is now from the basement up to the second floor. I then taped the RG6 quad shield onto the fishing pole on the 2nd floor and then went down to the basement, and pulled the fishing pole slowly down until the RG6 cable came out. (I yelped out with some joy) I then put the floor trim back on, and vacuumed up and you would never know that it wasn't always there.
I am done for the day. But, the next step will be to hook the wiring up to an STB and get Satellite TV into the 2nd floor guest room. My mother will be very happy with this. Yesterday, she inquired as to whether i have gotten tv up there yet, and I told her not yet. That is what kicked my but to tackle it today.
I'll send pictures once i have the entertainment system setup.
