I am trying to run rear speaker cables to create home theater surround sound, under a wood floor where I cannot get access to the crawl space. I think that I can use a long drill bit to drill through the wood floor near the receiver and then where the speakers will go, but I am concerned about how to guide the cables using an electrician's fishing tape under the floor. How will I be able to get the wire to the other end of the floor, 25 feet away and find the other hole?
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an electrical fish tape is very flexible and I'm afraid its hit or miss trying to manipulate it that distance [25 feet] not knowing what obstructions are in the crawl space, the fish might travel the whole distance or it might just get wrapped in a circle. a suggestion. have you thought about using a cove molding as a "shoe" molding around the room? the front edge is an ogee curve and the back is cut at a 45 degree angle. between the baseboard and floor corner is a 90 degree and the backside of the cove molding is a space you could run the wire.
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