# Running cable - please help before something \*else\* gets stuck in our wall?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-cable-please-help-before-something-else-gets-stuck-in-our-wall/425142>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 3, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-cable-please-help-before-something-else-gets-stuck-in-our-wall/425142 "2007-11-03T23:04:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-cable-please-help-before-something-else-gets-stuck-in-our-wall/425142/101 "2007-11-29T00:55:27Z")

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Loving this thread!

If you can borrow or rent a metal detector, it could show you just where to make a small hole in the wall board and retreve that drill bit.

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**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-cable-please-help-before-something-else-gets-stuck-in-our-wall/425142/102 "2007-11-30T11:37:41Z")

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[/hijack]I have a 7 year old and three year old twins. And I have a live in nanny, housekeeper and a grandmother that’s over every day for about 12 hours. How do the two of you do it? [/hijack]

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