[Anthony]

A similar feat was required to get the surround speaker wire over to the far wall. However, I did not have a chain long enough so that involved a hook and loop pull. First I got the speaker wire to that ceiling box with plenty of slack.

I put the hook in the ceiling all the way to the end. That little port hole was done by the electrician running the power to the projector. It came in very handy for seeing and guiding the hook at the loop. Otherwise, I would have had to used a very long chain and magnets (and a bright light in the ceiling bay).

The loop there is exaggerated, it was very small so that it wouldn't deform when pushed through the ceiling hole.

Speaking of holes, here's a closeup of the wall. There's a stud between them. It was easier to get into that stud bay to run to the ceiling that move across bays in the ceiling. That hole is that large so that my entire drill would fit in with a really long 1/2" bit to drill into the ceiling plate. Both of these holes will be covered by the dipole surround speakers, although the paint crew is going to patch it.


So once everything was hooked, I pulled the CAT5 and pole up into the ceiling bay, unhooked and pulled both wires out in that little access hole. I taped the speaker wire to the CAT5 and pulled both through.