Clean install, good job! 2 things... 1 - drilling down will always give water a way to travel into the walls. 2 - Get a hammer drill. Will help you drill even faster and save your masonary bits. 👍🏻
@@tannerthetechnician5252 What would you do if there was insulation in the walls? Wouldn't the insulation catch the chain and stop it from falling to your magnet? I'm trying to wire my doorbell and avoid drywall/paintwork by running the wire up inside the wall to the attic and then dropping it down from the attic to the closet where my power and bell are located (It's a ring doorbell that I want to connect to the bell so it rings in the house and gets power). My problem is that I'm trying to drop the wire from the attic down to the hole where the doorbell would be, but with all the insulation in the wallspace, I can't use a magnet+metal chain or anything else to bridge the doorbell to the attic so I can run a wire.
Ok yes I know what you’re talking about. So what I like to do is get a drill bit or something long and skinny and where the doorbell is going I’ll use that to sweep the insulation as far over to both sides as possible to create a pocket where there isn’t any insulation. That way when you fish your chain down it will be a lot easier to catch. Are you using a glow rod with your chain at the end? Its going to be close to impossible to drop your chain behind the insulation with out a glowrode
@@tannerthetechnician5252 Yes I have glow rods. I think the problem I was having is that my hole was like 1/2" and I couldn't really fish around for the chain, and I didn't have a really strong magnet, or a magnetic wire thing like what you used indoors. All I had to do was drill a larger hole, and I was able to find my glow rod. Thank for the help!
Good job tanner. Only thing I would’ve done different is kept the 3 foot drill bit in the wall, take the electrical outlet out + box, see if I can somehow attach the wire to the drill bit directly and save some time. Also, I wish I had wood studs, in south Florida we have steel studs and I don’t think they make flexible 3 foot long drill bits that go through those, I could be wrong but it sucks we all have to do attic work here
lol I got a good buddy of mine who lives outside MIA. And he’s always saying the same thing. Seems like most of the guys down there use the attic or unfortunately have to just pop straight through the wall and cover the wire with raceway. Well hopefully some of this video helped! Lol
Light switches run off a higher voltage. So that’s why I had to run it to an outlet and plug a transformer on! Most doorbell cameras run off 16-24V. Hopefully that helps!
This video should have 10M views and likes! What a total gem! Thank you!
Hahah thanks!
Agree!
Clean install, good job!
2 things...
1 - drilling down will always give water a way to travel into the walls.
2 - Get a hammer drill. Will help you drill even faster and save your masonary bits. 👍🏻
Also, seal your holes with silicone.
I wonder how many pipes he drilled through
Awesome video! Best one I've seen on UA-cam
lol thanks! Glad I could help!
Woah , very professional.
Ive learned at least 1 thing or 2 .
Thank you !
Thanks for watching! Glad I could help
Thank you for the first time ever what I search is exactly what I am looking for!!!!!
Thanks! Glad it helped! Let me know how it goes!
Very well detailed. Thank you!
Excellent video. Thanks!
Glad I could help!
Thanks for your knowledge, sir.
Super helpful. I love this format for a video. watched the whole thing. Now I need a really long drill bit.
Thanks for watching! Reach out if you have any questions or need any help! You got this!
@@tannerthetechnician5252 What would you do if there was insulation in the walls? Wouldn't the insulation catch the chain and stop it from falling to your magnet? I'm trying to wire my doorbell and avoid drywall/paintwork by running the wire up inside the wall to the attic and then dropping it down from the attic to the closet where my power and bell are located (It's a ring doorbell that I want to connect to the bell so it rings in the house and gets power). My problem is that I'm trying to drop the wire from the attic down to the hole where the doorbell would be, but with all the insulation in the wallspace, I can't use a magnet+metal chain or anything else to bridge the doorbell to the attic so I can run a wire.
Ok yes I know what you’re talking about. So what I like to do is get a drill bit or something long and skinny and where the doorbell is going I’ll use that to sweep the insulation as far over to both sides as possible to create a pocket where there isn’t any insulation. That way when you fish your chain down it will be a lot easier to catch.
Are you using a glow rod with your chain at the end? Its going to be close to impossible to drop your chain behind the insulation with out a glowrode
@@tannerthetechnician5252 Yes I have glow rods. I think the problem I was having is that my hole was like 1/2" and I couldn't really fish around for the chain, and I didn't have a really strong magnet, or a magnetic wire thing like what you used indoors. All I had to do was drill a larger hole, and I was able to find my glow rod. Thank for the help!
Nice! Glad it worked out!
Thanks for the video! I have a video doorbell that I need to install on brick. Wish me luck! 🤣
Good luck! Let me know if you run into any issues! Would love to help
@@tannerthetechnician5252 I got my doorbell all hooked up! Thank you for your video, it was a big help.
Great video! Thanks teacher.
Thanks for watching! Hopefully it helps!
Good job tanner. Only thing I would’ve done different is kept the 3 foot drill bit in the wall, take the electrical outlet out + box, see if I can somehow attach the wire to the drill bit directly and save some time.
Also, I wish I had wood studs, in south Florida we have steel studs and I don’t think they make flexible 3 foot long drill bits that go through those, I could be wrong but it sucks we all have to do attic work here
lol I got a good buddy of mine who lives outside MIA. And he’s always saying the same thing. Seems like most of the guys down there use the attic or unfortunately have to just pop straight through the wall and cover the wire with raceway. Well hopefully some of this video helped! Lol
@ this video def helped, I love learning about diff states and how they do construction
Never drill down, always up
Didn't see a hook up to a chime, did I miss something?
No! I should have explained that part. I’m doing a wireless chime that connects to the doorbell camera and just plugs into an outlet inside.
@@tannerthetechnician5252if you was to do a wired chime for this house, where should you put it
Naisu...but Eufy or Reolink are better.
There's a light switch you could have used on the other side
Light switches run off a higher voltage. So that’s why I had to run it to an outlet and plug a transformer on! Most doorbell cameras run off 16-24V. Hopefully that helps!
Yeah, don't drill through junction boxes. Repairing a clean cut square of drywall is a lot easier than an electrical fire.
Might not have been super clear in the video but you go on the outside of the electrical box lol yes definitely don’t want any electrical fires!