All> thanks for your
responses.
So – if I just make a nice channels in the wall.. and then
plaster
straight over the cables???
Or..
Channel the wall out.. enough to receive some form of trunking..
then
lay the cables and plaster over the top of
that?
I would have thought the latter the better option – so I can
add /
repair / change cables if needed at a later
date
Nah… I only have g/f – and she doesn’t bat an
eyelid – she’s as keen on
having the tv / hifi / dvd / sky piped around the house as I am – so
I’m on a
bit of a winner ;o)
Jonathan
-----Original
Message-----
From: Alex Monaghan
[mailto:alex@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 03 July 2002 12:46
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] back to
basics - laying cables
Your
best option (but most work) is to sink necessary back boxes and channels
into
the wall, fit your desired cables (keeping necessary distance between data
& power) and then plaster the whole lot flat again and fit the
face
plates (or decorate & then fit the plates - we're making the mess
through
the whole house and then decorating later)
Easy
option is to get some simple trunking (screwfix / tlc etc... will have this
available) and lay it on the surface (there's even some self adhesive
stuff).
I'm
going
for option A, but it's hard work even with an SDS drill & chisel
(although
much easier with the SDS than my old drill), but looks far nicer - if you
have
a SWMBO then you may not get away with surface mounted
cables.
-----Original
Message-----
From: TAWN Jonathan
[mailto:jonathan.tawn@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 03 July 2002 12:16
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] back to
basics - laying cables
Hi...
Ok -
I'm
going to start the slow process of re-decorating my house (mid-terace brick
built)
I want
to
lay a quantity of cable around my house - to a small cupboard in the
storeroom/soon to be office /box room...
However,
the partition walls in my house are brick.. not the conventional stud (they
are
all supporting walls)
I want
to
lay 8 cat 5's in the front room.
4x in
the
dining room / dining kitchen
4 in
the
master bed room
4 in
the
spare room
and
back
to node 0 - the box room.
I also
want to lay some more power cables + some speaker jack-points on the
walls.
How do
I
go about laying the cable? - I presume I don't just lay the cable on the
wall
and then plaster over it?
Is
there a
trunking product or conduit available for me to adhere to the wall, to drop
my
cables down?
Any
help
really appreciated
Regards,
Jonathan.
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