RE: Fw: CAT5 embedded in screed - ok ?

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

What about using OVAL CONDUIT ???

A 29x11 should carry the same if not more than a 20mm round and would then
have 19mm of screed above it instead of 10mm

Keith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Fuller [mailto:neil.fuller@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 05 November 2006 14:20
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Fw: [ukha_d] CAT5 embedded in screed - ok ?
>
>
> 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
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> > ----- Forwarded by Gareth Cook/UK/IBM on 05/11/2006 09:04 -----
> >
> > Discussion
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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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