Found a wire fishing trick that saved me 2 hours on a kitchen rewire

I was stuck trying to get a new circuit through a finished wall, then my journeyman showed me to tape a rare earth magnet to the fish tape and another to the pull string. Has anyone else used magnets like that for fishing through insulated walls?

2 comments

2 Comments

riverm481mo agoMost Upvoted

Hate when shit gets stuck in insulation like that.

king.aaron1mo ago

Oh man, tell me about it! The worst is when you don't catch it right away and then it starts to smell. Some people think all insulation is the same, but it really isn't - fiberglass holds onto stuff way different than that spray foam stuff does. I've seen folks try to just cover it up with more insulation and that never works out well. You gotta get that mess outta there or it just gets worse over time.