Flexible Drill Bit

[a72o1]

I have a data cable I need to run above a ceiling. Above the ceiling there is a plasterboard wall which needs drilling through between rooms. I'd like to avoid cutting large holes if possible in the ceiling for access.

Looking online I've found "Flexible Installers Bits" which look ideal. I could poke it through the hole from a downlight close by. Unfortunately they only appear to be available in the US and not exactly cheap after import costs.

For example: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DNEF1VI/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ADKCEP9FE3496&psc=1

Does anyone have any clever suggestions how to do this?

 

[SUNRAY]

I have a data cable I need to run above a ceiling. Above the ceiling there is a plasterboard wall which needs drilling through between rooms. I'd like to avoid cutting large holes if possible in the ceiling for access.

Looking online I've found "Flexible Installers Bits" which look ideal. I could poke it through the hole from a downlight close by. Unfortunately they only appear to be available in the US and not exactly cheap after import costs.

For example: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DNEF1VI/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ADKCEP9FE3496&psc=1

Does anyone have any clever suggestions how to do this?

Long drill bit such as: https://www.toolstation.com/sds-plu...jcovFKgBOvdBySlnEkIxPwBHgHG2wLmUaAgFbEALw_wcB

excuse my attempt at drawing an electric drill.

If it is a simple plasterboard wall bang a piece of 10mm studding or 15mm copper pipe etc through with a hammer. If you use a pipe you can then blow a piece of string through as a drawrope.

 

[JohnW2]

I have a data cable I need to run above a ceiling. Above the ceiling there is a plasterboard wall which needs drilling through between rooms. I'd like to avoid cutting large holes if possible in the ceiling for access. ... Looking online I've found "Flexible Installers Bits" which look ideal. I could poke it through the hole from a downlight close by. Unfortunately they only appear to be available in the US and not exactly cheap after import costs.

What about a flexible shaft, of which umpteen types are readily available - like ...

Kind Regards, John

 

[flameport]

Above the ceiling there is a plasterboard wall

Is that wall a fire barrier?

 

[a72o1]

Excellent, thanks. I think both of those solutions would work.

Is that wall a fire barrier?

Quite possibly. There are other cables going through which have look to have Intumescent Mastic around them so I'll be doing the same.

 

[crystal ball]

Is that wall a fire barrier?

I was running data in newish school loft, I saw a hole the size of a scone in the fire barrier, it had a fire alarm cable in it

 

[sparkymarka]

Least the cable won’t burn ...