What's behind my garage drywall?

[RS250 Chester]

I need a ethernet drop in my garage so I can relocate a server and NAS. The adjacent bedroom has an ethernet drop on the same wall. I was planning on mounting a switch on the bedroom wall, right above the drop. Then add a coupler port on the wall plate to backfeed into the garage. On the bedroom side, I see insulation and I feel a wall behind the insulation

I opened a small square on the garage side drywall. The drywall is a 1/2" thick and immediately behind it is a wall. I assume the wall is OSB. I assume the OSB on the garage side is the same OSB that I see on the bedroom side. Is that a correct assumption? Can I just the drill through th OSB to drop the cable through?

Also, the drop on the garage side will be 2 feet higher than the bedroom side. What are the chances I hit some horizontal wood between the normal studs?

 

[Weeweno?]

Your assumption seems to be correct and no telling if you’ll run into horizontal blocking or not. Only one way to find out or use a stud finder.
Just drill a small hole through the osb and find it on the other side. Send your fish tape or piece of solid core wire through to new location and pull new wire run.

Interesting choice of forum for the question but why not.

Good luck

 

[RS250 Chester]

Interesting choice of forum for the question but why not.

Good luck

OG barfer here...Geek Section nowhere near as busy as back in the day. More eyes in the Sink.

 

[auntiebling]

It's probably a shear wall, sheathed with osb on both sides. Stud finder won't really help since it's solid wood. You can use a magnet to sind the screws holding the drywall to the osb which may or may not be on the studs

Even if you are on top of a stud drilling the smallest hole possible through one won't hurt anything

 

[kiwi_outdoors]

not likely to hit horiz. blocking

U R not likely to hit horiz. blocking.

 

[Eldritch]

Do you have the as builts?

 

[RS250 Chester]

Do you have the as builts?

Don't have the as-builts. Previous home owner only provided keys. I will probably try to get them as we have some bigger projects on the horizon.