Re: Fw: CAT5 embedded in screed - ok ?

[Neil Fuller <neil.fuller@xxxxxxxxx>]

So what's the floor finish? Presumably not bare screed!?

If it's hardwood floor, I wouldn't worry about the air pockets. Any
slight movement in the screed surface will be accommodated by the sub
floor membrane.

Other finishes need thinking about. I laid 2 x 32mm conduit in a 40 mm
screed, finished with underlay and carpet. That was about 12 years ago
and I haven't had a problem.

ISTR your floor finish is marble tiles? Again, I don't think you would
have any problem with burying a couple of conduits and tiling over the
top. I would certainly do it if it were up to me . . . . . . . ..

I don't envy you digging up the ground floor, with a new one there too.
We had to dig up our slab when we moved in and that was enough hassle
with just the two of us!!

Good luck!

Cheers

Neil

Gareth Cook wrote:
>
> I started all this In january - all planed up to a finish in july.
>
> Had some guys into lay the floor and level the floor (their
suggestion)
> they cocked it up - dont want to know.
>
> So now Im having to clear the whole of the downstairs again (with a
> newborn baby - this should have been done before she was born) - and
they
> will kango up the floor.
>
> Im then going to get in a company to stick a hose in the door and pour
in
> a 30mm screed from a mixer truck. Not by hand.
>
> Whilst im at it i could bung some cables in - but anything that has
"air"
> in it im thinking is a bad idea ! if not, i just wont do it.
>
> G.
>
> Gareth Cook
> IT Architect / Project Manager, SWG Sales
> IBM SWG Sales - Lotus Park, Staines, TW18 3AG
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> Gareth
>
> What's the floor finish?
>
> I can see your problem because a 20mm conduit will only leave 8 - 10mm
> of screed over the top of it. However, if the floor finish is
suitable,
> it probably wouldn't matter too much.
>
> What about going over the top and boxing the cables in a
"riser"
> somewhere?
>
> Regards
>
> Neil
>
> Gareth Cook wrote:
> >
> > I'd like to get as much of the screed down as poss, and not have
conduit
> > with "air pockets" essentially
> >
> > The base underneath is the normal concrete floor - this is a 30mm
screed
> > on top.
> >
> > G.
> >
> > Gareth Cook
> > IT Architect / Project Manager, SWG Sales
> > IBM SWG Sales - Lotus Park, Staines, TW18 3AG
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> > Yes Gareth
> >
> > Any movement in the floor at all (at slab joints etc) would break
the
> > conductors.
> >
> > Why not run them in a length of PVC conduit? - or are we talking
about
> > 10's of runs?
> >
> > Besides, it not good practice - I'd hate to do a job thinking
that when
> > somebody looks at it a few years later, they start muttering
about
> > cowboys etc!!!
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Neil
> >
> > Gareth Cook wrote:
> > >
> > > If I were to lay out a bunch of cat5 cable on a concrete
floor, then
> had
> > > 30mm of screed laid down embedding the cat5 - anything wrong
with that
> > ??
> > >
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