Re: Hidden contact long drill bits?

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

aw com'on drilling through the roof is fun.



"Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Bill wrote:
| > Where do you get *very* long drill bits for drilling from a door or
window
| > through the wall and up into the attic?
| >
| > The kind I have seen have a narrow 5 ft. long rod welded to a regular
drill
| > bit, then there is a hole drilled through the end of the bit and at the
end
| > of the rod. Then when you have drilled a hole through to the attic, you
can
| > thread a wire through the end of the drill bit, then pull the wire back
out
| > through the hole you just drilled.
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| Will your roof pitch allow you to reach the tip of the bit to attach
| the wire?
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| Ranch houses usually don't have that steep a pitched roof to allow easy
| access to the tip of the drill bit. If this is the case, you'll may
| find that you will have to use a fish tape ( snake ) to push up through
| the drilled hole, into the attic, so that you can attach the wire to
| something you can reach. Be sure to mark the shaft of the bit with a
| piece of tape, so that you don't drill through the roof.
|
| Snakeing the wire into the attic may be a good test of your patience if
| you have no experience.
|