Re: Support for vertical Cat5 Cable runs

[Ben McCormack <yahoogroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Simon

Cheers - I had not thought about that yet.

I guess some sort of 'fire break' between each floor.

Ben

On 17 Mar 2008, at 22:18, Simon Pawson wrote:

> Can I just be a party pooper for a second. Please plan some sort of
> fire
> retardant/insulation otherwise you've just built a blast furnace
> between
> your inter-floor/ceiling gaps, the roof space and that big PC with the
> jammed fan that is getting rather hot........
>
> I haven't looked in a while but there was someone knowledgeable on
> UK.DIY that talked about intumescent foam/filler etc. He used to
> discuss
> this sort of thing.
>
> Sorry,
>
> Simon
>
> In message <8C79DF03-9A88-41D9-9D6F-13199234D6F1@xxxxxxx>,
> Ben McCormack <yahoogroup@xxxxxxx> writes
> >
> >Hi All
> >
> >Starting to plan the Cat5 runs in the new house and considering a
> >central wiring column in the centre of the house. I have one
concern.
> >
> >The duct will be about 5m high in total and the Cat 5 cable will
not
> >have any support. How do other people support the cable on large
> >vertical runs?
> >
> >I thought cable ties can damage the cable if pulled too tightly?
> >
> >Regards
> >Ben
> >
> >
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