Yes this should be corrected and it would be good to have the wiring and all the circuit connections inspected as well.
Run wires nonaccesible from outside to attic.
Prepare for that by moving insulation away from the walls through which you need to pass the wires and marking the existing wires you need to remove.
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The attic wiring should be protected and secured to ceiling joists or other wood structural supports.
If you are planning to run security camera wires outside beyond the suggested range take the following tips into account.
If the attic is inaccessible you have less a worry about protecting the wires than you would if it were a storage area.
If you can run it across by stapling it to the rafters you can avoid the insulation thing.
If you don t want to remove drywall then you ll be running most of the wires through the attic or the crawl space.
Measure the distance between the two sites you want to run wire between and make sure you will have enough wire.
Add a wifi extender to boost the wifi signal.
Do not drill them through the joists or rafters.
The original plan was to run security camera wires up through soffit into attic down into basement but that no longer is an option.
Don t forget to include the vertical distance up to the attic and back down again.
One method is to run individual wires in a conduit system such as intermediate conduit rigid.
After routing the security cameras wires outside you can add a security camera wire cage to protect outdoor cameras from being tempered or stolen by the thieves.
Calculate the proper amount of wire and the most expedient routes for the circuits.
I just got back from my attic and realized i can t access the soffit from there.