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@xxxxxxxSubject: 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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