Run Cable Through Door Frame

To hide cables behind a door frame or baseboard follow these steps.

Run cable through door frame.

Also remove the trim for any baseboard where you want the wire to follow. Here is my video for routing brake shifter cable and cable housing on a carbon fiber bike frame. If you need to wire around an existing door but don t want to cut away all the wallboard above the header and can t get through the attic or basement run the cable through the shim space around the door. It also must run within 12 inches of each metal box or within 8 inches of each nonmetallic box.

There are several options depending on the structure of the wall the doorway goes through and on whether or not a surface mounted method is deemed okay with the client. Simple steps to run your cable. The precise method for running a cable through a window screen will depend upon the type of window. Typical solutions used in a domestic setting in a house include directly at.

Once the new cable is running. Securing cable in new construction cable must be stapled or supported with straps every 4 1 2 feet. Carefully pry off the trim or molding at the top of the door removing any nails that hold the trim in place. Turn off the power and pull the cable through the studs and the shim space.

Going through the frame you run the risk of hitting one of the many steel bolts that should be embedded in it to make the frame secure into the wall. 3 run the cable through the holes you drilled in the studs or joists toward the new receptacle box taking care not to kink or twist the cable. You might also want to run a speaker wire through a window screen. I had pulled out the existing cable and housing and found.

You will also damage the integrity of the plastic invalidate any remaining warrantee and probably also invalidate any insurance claim should someone later break in through that window. Remove the door trim and the baseboard molding.