[pcdreams]

well I'm trying to wire in a light switch to my pantry. Right now its on a pull chain. Here is my situation.

the celing in the pantry is about 3 foot lower then the rest of the house(roof is 45 on all sides. Thus leaving me a space of about 3-4 inches to work my arm in.

We rewired the house about 4 years ago but never got around to putting this switch in. It should be possible however since I was able to get the wire into the light itself(how I don't recall) and its in the center of the room. Where the switch is is about a foot from where the higher and lower cealing meet. I'm not sure If I can get a drill in to drill a hole for the wire(unless maybe its an open wall at the top).

So I'm looking for suggestions. I'm really trying to avoid having to tear a hole in the wall and cealing(since the room is near ready to paint. I know, I should have though of this before hand but hey) to get this in and I'd prefer not to run it across the cealing and down the wall.

its an older home (1906) so that makes it a bit of a challenge.

 

[pcdreams]

dont look at me, i'd just run a line of BX cable up the wall across the ceiling to the light. and paint the cable. thats just me, I'm not fussy. but in the BX cable its like steel conduit, you cant dammage the cable....
if you want it in the wall... your gonna have to poke a few holes. or doorways.

neither am I, but the wife is

 

[pcdreams]

pcdreams, I read your post but I am having some problem mentally picturing your arrangement. Since the light is on a pull chain, you have power to the light. You need to determine where that power is being fed from and go to the source and connect the switch in that supply line to open and close the power to the light and leave the ceiling alone.

I understand what your saying. The problem is I can't get the switch in a place where it would be accessable(don't want to climb in the attic to turn the light on). In other words I can't get a wire down a wall because the wall is below where I can reach due to the roof angle. It would be much simpler to explain in a picture.

Hadn't though of a fish tape. I'll see If I can rent/borrow/buy one.

 

[pcdreams]

A motion sensor will be the quickest fix. I would bite the bullet and just cut a small hole near the ceiling to get the romex thought and then fix it. Im may be more time consuming but it will look so much better and is a much better solution unless you will never care how it looks in the future. Wiremold is mounted on the surface and looks bad to me, but sometimes there is no choice.
Without knowing how the wire is ran(under the floor etc) it is hard to give advice. If it is ran under the floor and you can access it let us know. It could be an easy fix then.

I think I'm going to take your advice on the hole in the ceiling. Seems to be the best Idea in my mind. The wire is in the attic(wish it was under the floor