Trunking for cable.

More advice needed - I'm going to put my patch panels in the loft and
distribute the CAT5 to the room under the floorboards in each room.
I've identified a fairly central wall which i'm going to open up to
drop the cables down to the floor below and on to the cellar to go
under the ground floor rooms. I also need to run a bit of co-ax for
signal distribution. some sort of trunking inside the wall seems like
a good idea to me.

Is this really neccessary and if i am going to put it in what should i
use? My first thought was drainpipe.....anything better?

On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 06:43:10 -0800, anthony james wrote:

> More advice needed - I'm going to put my patch panels in the loft and
> distribute the CAT5 to the room under the floorboards in each room. I've
> identified a fairly central wall which i'm going to open up to drop the
> cables down to the floor below and on to the cellar to go under the ground
> floor rooms. I also need to run a bit of co-ax for signal distribution.
> some sort of trunking inside the wall seems like a good idea to me.
>
> Is this really neccessary and if i am going to put it in what should i
> use? My first thought was drainpipe.....anything better?

Electrical conduit or electrical trunking, made for the job no less !!.
See your local electrical wholesaler.

Dave
--
And you were born knowing all about ms windows....??

On 9 Feb 2004 06:43:10 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) (anthony james)
wrote:

>More advice needed - I'm going to put my patch panels in the loft and
>distribute the CAT5 to the room under the floorboards in each room.
>I've identified a fairly central wall which i'm going to open up to
>drop the cables down to the floor below and on to the cellar to go
>under the ground floor rooms. I also need to run a bit of co-ax for
>signal distribution. some sort of trunking inside the wall seems like
>a good idea to me.
>
>Is this really neccessary and if i am going to put it in what should i
>use? My first thought was drainpipe.....anything better?

That would do, using this type of method would mean you could pull in
new cables if you required. You could use several smaller diameter
conduit, 25mm or 32mm, to keep the depth of cut down.

...

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd.

Dave Stanton <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>. ..
> On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 06:43:10 -0800, anthony james wrote:

> Electrical conduit or electrical trunking, made for the job no less !!.
> See your local electrical wholesaler.

Indeed it is, but it was surprisingly expensive when i last looked at
it. I dont yet have a price for drainpipe either so could be in for
an equal shock.

On 11 Feb 2004 02:35:39 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) (anthony james)
wrote:

>Dave Stanton <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>. ..
>> On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 06:43:10 -0800, anthony james wrote:
>
>> Electrical conduit or electrical trunking, made for the job no less !!.
>> See your local electrical wholesaler.
>
>Indeed it is, but it was surprisingly expensive when i last looked at
>it. I dont yet have a price for drainpipe either so could be in for
>an equal shock.

Conduit's not that expensive. Drainpipes pretty reasonable too. I've
got miles of the stuff laying around. If you were local I'd sell you
some BT 2" ducting cheap!
...

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd.

(E-Mail Removed) (Lurch) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...

> Conduit's not that expensive. Drainpipes pretty reasonable too. I've
> got miles of the stuff laying around. If you were local I'd sell you
> some BT 2" ducting cheap!

where's local? ;-)

On 11 Feb 2004 07:36:32 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) (anthony james)
wrote:

>(E-Mail Removed) (Lurch) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
>
>> Conduit's not that expensive. Drainpipes pretty reasonable too. I've
>> got miles of the stuff laying around. If you were local I'd sell you
>> some BT 2" ducting cheap!
>
>where's local? ;-)

I'm in Shrewsbury, but regularly go to Sheffield, Hull, Nottingham and
various other surrounding areas. (I say regularly, more every week or
two).

...

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd.

(E-Mail Removed) (Lurch) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...

> I'm in Shrewsbury, but regularly go to Sheffield, Hull, Nottingham and
> various other surrounding areas. (I say regularly, more every week or
> two).

South of Watford would be better for me. Big lengths of drainpipe
were about £8 when i passed them in Homebase last night so I'll work
something out.