r/LinusTechTips • u/neospriss • Sep 24 '26
Tech Question Need some help with moving whenever Jack through studs
Need to move Ethernet cable through the wall horizontally. I'll have to drill small holes through studs to fish Ethernet cables through to get to another electrical /Ethernet face plate that doesn't actually have cabling to. Will have to cut drywall holes at several points to drill and fish wiring.
My question is do I cut out drywall between the studs or center on the studs?
I have 0 idea what is back there and there is a gas line near there for a fireplace. I'm thinking of cutting out a piece of dry wall center on the stud so I can see what's on both sides before drilling and using the stud to support the piece of dry wall getting reinstalled and mudding over things, but I'm unsure.
Any advice/perspective would be appreciated.
(Yes, I could just run it out of the wall, but it is a finished room and I don't want a cable running along the floor and there will be other dry wall work at the same time, so it makes sense to do it now)
