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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you have a finished space above the kitchen, the hardest thing to do, in my opinion, in is to look for open spaces to install the cans.  You don't want to cut any joists, hit electrical wires, or plumbing.  You may want to buy or rent a snake camera that you can use to look above the dry wall to see if there are any obstacles to avoid.  [/quote]

Good advice. Another piece of advice when fishing cables is look around and map out where things may be running in between certain joists. Go on the floor above the place where you're looking to install cans and look if there are floor registers for hvac, or a bathroom, etc. Those can at least be dead giveaways whether you'll have an issue with plumbing or ducts. If there's a floor register directly above where you want to install a can, there is probably an hvac duct running between the two joists back to the central part of the house to a main duct. Also, soffits are a great place to fish cables as you won't run into top plates/joists/etc. where you need to cut a lot of drywall access holes.[/quote]

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