Getting an ethernet cable to the basement help!

[ADay2Long]

Original owner yes, we have some plans, but not the "blue prints" plans describing where everything runs in the walls.

Sadly there isn't a phone line running in every room. (Visited the house when it was still under construction fully built just no drywall).

Edit : Problem with heating ducts is the way they are assembled, they fit into one another, so if you're going in the wrong way it's nearly impossible to get a wire to not get stuck + screws sticking out everywhere.

[ZZLEE]

Do you have a fish tape? makes life much easier stiff and doesent get stuck as much.

[SugarJ]

Originally Posted by ZZLEE

Do you have a fish tape? makes life much easier stiff and doesent get stuck as much.

In the original post he said he tried a fish tape, and couldn't make it around all the corners.

[KaptCrunch]

Originally Posted by ADay2Long

Original owner yes, we have some plans, but not the "blue prints" plans describing where everything runs in the walls.

Sadly there isn't a phone line running in every room. (Visited the house when it was still under construction fully built just no drywall)..

kinda wish to turn back the clock eah,
missed the opertunity to run your cables (tv,phone,net,audio) in walls in that stage of house build.

Note new home owners thats the time to DIY for all rooms, will be a selling feature when time to sell.

if handy can still do it but lots of drywall repairs and repaint walls

[ADay2Long]

We were extreme lucky when we bought the house, there was a waiting time of 8 months for new houses when we were looking and turns out the previous buyer had backed out the morning off and his house was already partially done, so we took over, which means we couldn't change anything in the plans anymore (adding wires, changing room layout).

[lcdguy]

don't forget that you may need to run plenum sheathed cables for installation in walls, duct work, etc.