Figured out a quicker way to fish wire through old insulation

I spent like 2 hours fighting with fiberglass batts in a 1950s house near Denver last Tuesday. I tried a glow rod but it kept getting hung up, then I just taped a plastic bag over the end of my fish tape and it slid right through. Has anyone else used that trick on fluffy insulation?

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hart.mark23d ago

Tape and a plastic bag beats my usual trick of just swearing at it until my wife asks if I'm okay.

phoenix_carter23d ago

You ever try yelling at it from the NEXT room?

nina_johnson8623d ago

Haha oh man that bag trick is a lifesaver. I tried something similar once with an old house and ended up using a grocery bag that still had a receipt in it. The receipt got stuck somewhere and I swear it was like pulling a stubborn receipt out of a printer for 20 minutes. But the plastic bag itself worked way better than I expected. I also tried using a vacuum cleaner hose once to suck the tape through but that just made a mess of insulation dust everywhere. Your trick is way smarter honestly.