RE: Question from a novice

["Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)" <haweste@xxxxxxx>]

When I did my place (retrofit) I used trunking in *some* places. I've got
the trunking buried in the wall so cables can be removed / reinstalled in
future, but all of the wiring under the floor is "free", or just
clipped to the joists.

Why ? well I saw it being very difficult to replace the in-wall cable
without trunking, but the under the floor stuff, since I've already lifted
the floors to install the cable in the first place, so I can lift the
floors again to replace / upgrade what's already there. It's still not a
trivial task though.

Just a further point about ducting, and I hope this won't be granny &
eggs etc. but I'd be amazed if you could stand at your wall outlet and pull
your cable all the way through from your wiring closet. In practice there's
just too many bends to allow you to pull the cable in one go, without
additional access points along the way. Additionally, the size of ducting
you would require for your main runs through the house may be physically
impossible in a retrofit.

See here for some of my pics (about half-completed) and my wiring closet is
under the stairs:
http://tinyurl.com/3dvxp
or
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/ukha_d/lst?.dir=/Tim_Hawes&.src=gr&.order=&.view=t&.done=http%3a//photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/ukha_d/lst%3f%26.dir=/%26.src=gr%26.view=t

And Tracey, somehow I think I know what you mean re: *flood* wiring ;-)

HTH,

Tim H.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tracey Gardner Sent: 15 January 2004 19:14
>
> IMHO in the normal domestic build it's not easy to run
> ducting/conduit in
> such a way that it facilitates cabling at a later date.
> That's not to say it's impossible but I feel that it's easier
> to flood wire
> to start with.
> The only problem then is defining "flood" wiring, one man's
> "flood" might
> well be another man's "trickle" :-)
>
> Tracey
>
> >
> > My feeling on this has been that you should use ducting. I
haven't
> > implemented this yet so would like advice from others on the
list.
> >
> > If you use the right ducts then you can add cable of
> whatever type you
> > need as you need it.
> >
> > Is this thinking correct ?

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