RE: CAT5 embedded in screed - ok ?

["Nigel Giddings" <nigel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gareth,

As you are only using 30mm screed does this mean it is the self leveling
(very liquid) type?

Not sure why you don't like 'any' air but with only 30mm almost anything
will create a weak spot...

Nigel

-----Original Message-----
From: Gareth Cook [mailto:g@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 05 November 2006 17:14
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Fw: [ukha_d] CAT5 embedded in screed - ok ?

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
Office: +44 (0)1784 445166 - Mobile: +44 (0)7980 445166
email: g@xxxxxxx <mailto:g%40uk.ibm.com>

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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
> Office: +44 (0)1784 445166 - Mobile: +44 (0)7980 445166
> email: g@xxxxxxx <mailto:g%40uk.ibm.com>  <mailto:g%40uk.ibm.com>
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> Yes Gareth
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> 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!!!
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> Cheers
>
> Neil
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> Gareth Cook wrote:
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> > 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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