Re: The first time in over 20 years.

[G. Morgan <G_Morgan@xxxxxxxx>]

Just Looking Wrote:

>Stupidity is its own reward I guess.
>I know small guys make good attic rats, but do you pick your trainees by
>size of cranium too along with overall body size?
>It would take an awfully small head (and correspondingly small brain) to fit
>into the wedge where roofline meets top plate, or an even smaller head where
>joist and purlin meet.
>But why use the snake? If you already have the bit though the hole, there is
>a hole on the end of the bit most times that will allow you to attach the
>wire there and pull the wire back down the hole; no fish tape needed.
>I'll be sure to keep the one good eye I have left on the lookout for your
>answer; That is as soon as I get this damn fish tape with the end hook
>anchored to my otherwise empty eye socket to stop bobbing up and down link a
>slinky, then I can keep my head otherwise stationary enough to be able to
>read text on the computer screen again.

Most installs I never had attic rat.  I got quite good at reversing the
bit, flip it and put a loop of wire back up.  I'd make it a goal to go
into the attic *once*, and grab all of them at once (with a Grabbit).