Hiding wiring along a wall...

Sumanji · 15 Aug 2006 at 11:23

Hey,

I have some wires running along a wall and I want to hide them in those plastic guard type things they used in offices. It's sort of like a square tube that you screw to the wall (I guess) and the wire runs within it...

Can anyone tell me what these are called, and where I can get some from (no competitors obviously!).

Cheers,

Suman

kcer · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:06

Cable trunking.

Any general hardware store, such as B&Q.

I'm going to run a network cable through my ceiling, so I bought a 16x16mm 6' piece for a couple of quid.

Sumanji · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:36

Yeah, that's the one

cheers! Is it relatively easy to cut and fit? And how easy is it to add new wires in to the trunk if necessary?

Cheers,

Suman

hybrid · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:50

stanley knife can cut it... or a really sharp pair of snippers.

It comes with an adhesive glue strip on the back for easy fixing. Great stuff. The top can pop off at any time to add more cables in too.

t31os · 15 Aug 2006 at 15:13

hybrid said:
stanley knife can cut it... or a really sharp pair of snippers.

It comes with an adhesive glue strip on the back for easy fixing. Great stuff. The top can pop off at any time to add more cables in too.

The self adhesive trunking costs double the price in most cases, its a waste of money, use the non-adhesive stuff and drill some screw holes, once its up you won't see them and it'll cost less.

Personally i found those mini hacksaws (cant remember the name) work really well.

Just remember certain wires shouldnt be grouped together because of inteference (you'll have to look this up though).

comp builder · 15 Aug 2006 at 17:05

if you are up for it the best looking way to do it is, knock a hole in your wall put the wires in (with capping over the wires) and plaster back up

but trunking is by far the easiest way to do it, you just get a small junior hack saw measure the length you want it and cut, then peel the blue tape off the back and stick to the wall

although my dad normally put screws in aswell as the sticky back dosnt seem to be very strong

ajm · 17 Aug 2006 at 08:34

The self adhesive trunking costs double the price in most cases

If you buy it from Wilkinsom's then it is a lot cheaper.

Fanatic · 17 Aug 2006 at 08:36

comp builder said:
but trunking is by far the easiest way to do it

HA!..

... masking tape f.t.w

Trigger · 17 Aug 2006 at 09:01

ajm said:
If you buy it from Wilkinsom's then it is a lot cheaper.

It's still more expensive than the stuff without the adhesive strip, not to mention not as strong. Don't go cutting it with a stanley knife either, you need to use either a hacksaw or a tenon saw- anything with relativley fine blades really

Make sure you don't group cables which will interfere wih each other such as electrical cables and network cables :cool:

gr1mey · 17 Aug 2006 at 09:29

if you want to hide them in the plasterwork, you will want to get a tubular conduit rather than the box-type trunking your are talking about.

The reason is the conduit is tougher in the event of someone drilling there, and they are specially coated to stop the chemicals in the plaster from corroding it