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[liam8223]

With reference to the cable trunking you intend to lay, I strongly recommend using 100mm, I use it on my industrial estate, and we run armour cables etc up it to power other units etc, our longest run is 150m and that works fine with a drawrope.

We also run cat5e cable for ethernet, low voltage for cctv etc.

I will be adding this little 'upgrade' to my new workshop build.

Also one VERY important note - take it from my experience - you MUST seal each end of your trunking to be vermin proof. I had rats running through mine, munching my cctv feed wires in the process, was a very costly and time consuming task to replace. The easiest way is to stuff something in there or, as i have done build a small wooden box with a door in which to terminate te trunking in, keeps things dry and the blooming rats and mice out!

HTH
Liam.

 

[RogerS]

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Also one VERY important note - take it from my experience - you MUST seal each end of your trunking to be vermin proof. I had rats running through mine, munching my cctv feed wires in the process, was a very costly and time consuming task to replace. The easiest way is to stuff something in there or, as i have done build a small wooden box with a door in which to terminate te trunking in, keeps things dry and the blooming rats and mice out!

HTH
Liam.

Steel wool seems to be the weapon of choice.

 

[wobblycogs]

If you are going to lay 100mm pipe I would certainly agree that you want to lay a bunch of other things at the same time. I would probably draw through four pieces of Cat 5 as it's good for a load of low voltage applications as well as ethernet and it's pretty cheap. I'd certainly consider water but then you have to think about getting waste water away.

 

[pike]

thanks all. i will ask my leccy to advise where to bring the swa to. yeah i will cap any ducts, i did the same when i laid my water main.

i dont think i want net in the shed but you're all right about cat cable, its easier to do it now just in case.