Cable Fishing Question

[JeffL2 0]

I'm a total newbie who knew nothing about CCTV a few days ago. I'm still in the research and learning stages.

Here's my first question - I have a single story stucco home on a raised foundation with a crawl space. My first thought was to mount the cameras in the eaves and bring the cable down to the craw space through a piece of electrical conduit that I would mount on the exterior wall. Now I wondering, if I drill a hole in the stucco exterior wall at the top near the camera, would the house framing be open all the way down to the crawl space so that I could just fish the cable down inside the wall?

[the toss 0]

That would depend on the building practices in your area. Where I am the timber framed houses before WW2 were mainly built using toungue & mortice framing which didn't involve noggings so the wall cavities were open from top to bottom. After WW2 every dog & returned soldier would build their own house out of whatever materials they could find. People who where farmworkers or accountants before the war were suddenly builders after the war and not many standards were adhered to. These houses can be a nightmare to cable. More recently, standards are strictly enforced and timber framing should have at least one horizontal nogging. If it is a brick/veneer construction then the perimeter brick walls will have a cavity all the way down

[JeffL2 0]

I was afraid there wouldn't be a simple answer. FWIW, I'm in North Hollywood, CA and my house was build in 1939.

I hate going under my house more than necessary, but maybe I can go under there with a mirror and flashlight to see if the wall is open from bottom to top.