How to Run a Wire Through a Porch Roof

Adding wiring to an enclosed porch can allow you power appliances and fixture to increase your outdoor living enjoyment -- you can use wiring to power lighting fixtures or install electrical outlets for portable radios, televisions or portable fans. To provide power for fixtures and electronics, you might need to run wiring along the interior of an enclosed porch roof. Running electrical wiring is a straightforward task you can complete with basic tools and supplies.

Drill
1¼-inch paddle bit
String
½-inch magnet
Electrical tape
Scrap metal
Electrical wire

Instructions

- 1
  Equip a drill with a 1¼-inch paddle bit. Drill a hole through the ceiling, working from the attic, between the studs on either side of the electrical outlet nearest the porch roof. Drill a second hole through the exterior wall into the inside of the porch roof.
- 2
  Drill a 1¼-inch hole through the underside of the porch roof where you will install the lighting fixture or electrical outlet.
- 3
  Tie one end of a string to a ½-inch magnet and secure the string with electrical tape. Feed the magnet through the hole in the underside of the porch roof.
- 4
  Guide the magnet to the hole in the exterior wall by sliding a piece of scrap metal along the underside of the roof to the exterior wall.
- 5
  Pull the magnet through the exterior wall and feed it through the hole in the ceiling to the electrical outlet.
- 6
  Turn off the main power supply to your home. Remove the electrical outlet cover with a screwdriver. Wrap one end of the new electrical wire around the string and secure it with electrical tape.
- 7
  Pull the end of the string extending from the underside of the porch roof to pull the wire through the wall, ceiling, exterior wall and porch roof.

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