My fish tape hit 300 feet on a pull and I was not ready for it.

I was running a new line in an old apartment building in Cincinnati, threading through a chase I thought was maybe 150 feet long. The tape just kept going until the 300 foot mark came out of the wall. I've never needed that much on a single residential job before. What's the longest pull you've ever had to measure for?

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mia4421mo ago

Honestly, that's wild for an apartment. Makes me wonder if your tape found a loop or a shared chase running to another unit. I've hit about 280 on a straight commercial run, but in a home anything over 200 usually means something's up. Did you check if the path doubled back on itself somewhere?

amy_murphy151mo ago

Ever find a weird bend behind a kitchen cabinet? @mia442 I had a run that seemed way too long. Turned out the line went up into a soffit, took a hard left behind some drywall for like six feet, then dropped back down. Measured it twice thinking my tape was wrong. Was just a hidden jog in the path.