Re: Hollow skirting boards?

[Colin Bradford <colin@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Matt P. wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> We're about to move to a new flat and since we need to rip out the
> existing skirting boards to fit the flooring I was thinking that 
> surely there must be hollow ones where you can run all your cat5
(on-
> topic now!) cables and other stuff?  A quick google didn't reveal
> anything apart from some American products, including one that has
> flaps so you can access the internals without taking it apart at the
> seams, so to speak.
> 
> Has anyone seen or used anything like this here in the UK?

Yes. The one I've got is made by Marshall Tufflex, and is a 3
compartment trunking system.  It's quite small, so the bends are a
little tight for cat5, but it looks just like plastic skirting board -
many people don't realise it's not normal wooden skirting until it's
pointed out to them.  It's two parts - the front clips on to the back
part, which is screwed to the wall.  A couple of tips:

- make sure you mount it high enough up the wall so that the carpet goes
under it - otherwise you can't remove the front

- mitre the corners properly. The installers who did my house didn't, 
and as a result I can't pull cables round the corners - I have to remove
all the fronts to install a new cable.

Cheers,

Colin.



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