Best practice for new construction 2

[robertjo24]

We are currently building out on a new floor, and have a local contractor running all our drops.
He ran all the cables in the ceiling with standard “J” hooks, and all there seems fine.

He tied the cables up in the ceiling, waiting for the drywall guys to complete the wall installations. He said it is better to wait until the walls are up, because the drywall guys often damage the cable.

Is this a typical practice?

What is preferred, drop the cables in the walls while they are open, or wait till they are up and fish them down?

 

[EddieDuece]

Best practice is to have the electrician stub a conduit, but if it isn't in the budget, then I would drop them down after the drywall is complete. I just built a house and did my own cabling, and when the sheetrockers cut in the electrical boxes, I got a couple of shiners on teh network cables. No biggie, because I had a maintenence coil above, so I just pulled more down. If the wall isn't insulated, then fishing it will be a piece of cake!

 

[kwing112000]

When i used to do cabling i would run the cable and leave it up above but put in plaster rings and pull string down the wall. i always would rather go back and pull them down instead of replacing a cable because they put a screw thru it.

 

[EddieDuece]

I forgot about the pull string. Good call kwing. Another good practice is to pull a trailer string back in with the cable so you have a pull string in the wall if you ever need to install another cable in that location.

 

[robertjo24]

Good input all.

Thanks

 

[DTSMAN]

I had a recent site where the electricain ran the wires and he used some type of device that attached to the medal studes and held the wires offset from the stud about 6 inches or so. There are things similar on this website but I don't know exactly which one it was.

http://www.twacomm.com/info/Caddy.htm

Bo

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[AndyD5]

DTSMAN I believe is reffering to metal frame wire manager connects into those funny shaped holes that are spaced about every 8 inches along the metal studs used in commercial construction. the easiest pulls I've always left them above ceiling until ready to finish termination exspecially if it is a fiber cable. electricians put in stubs for most of the work I've done but a few times dropping in the open air of the wall drill a hole at the top place and drop a $3.00 length of chain and use a magnet to find it at the bottom to cut your hole unless a mud ring was installed then just tie your cable end to the chain and pull down the wall the mud rings they sell at hardware stores are okay but the easiest are the ones from anexter with the fold over tabs in the center you just drive a drywall screw from the face into the tab and walla instant wall mountthe other option is the buscuit jacks personally I don't like them ppl kick them and knock them off the wall