Hello again all...
...and my apologies if this has been covered previously.
I've recently bought a 1960s/70s bungalow in need of extreme renovation. Typical of the houses of that time, there is only a single 13A socket in each room, and the house is in need of a complete rewire.
I have the opportunity to put sockets where I like, and I plan to flood-wire the house with Cat6 cables or better.
The Cat6 cables will be chased vertically in a star pattern back to a patch panel.
But for mains power, which is the best way to chase conduit into the wall?
I have typically seen additional sockets being added through vertical chases, with the cable being daisy-chained from socket to socket through the loft. This seems like a lot of cutting, and a lot of cable, with the added difficulty of forcing two lengths of 2.5mm² cable down the same conduit.
However, I don't see why I can't chase horizontally between sockets: less cable length, only one cable per conduit, and the crossover between data and power cables is kept to a minimum.
Surely this is the way to go, or am I missing something fundamental that means I shouldn't do it?
(PS, I only plan to chase horizontally on one side of the block walls and knock-through appliances on the other side. I suspect chasing both sides will lead to a loss of wall above!!)
...and my apologies if this has been covered previously.
I've recently bought a 1960s/70s bungalow in need of extreme renovation. Typical of the houses of that time, there is only a single 13A socket in each room, and the house is in need of a complete rewire.
I have the opportunity to put sockets where I like, and I plan to flood-wire the house with Cat6 cables or better.
The Cat6 cables will be chased vertically in a star pattern back to a patch panel.
But for mains power, which is the best way to chase conduit into the wall?
I have typically seen additional sockets being added through vertical chases, with the cable being daisy-chained from socket to socket through the loft. This seems like a lot of cutting, and a lot of cable, with the added difficulty of forcing two lengths of 2.5mm² cable down the same conduit.
However, I don't see why I can't chase horizontally between sockets: less cable length, only one cable per conduit, and the crossover between data and power cables is kept to a minimum.
Surely this is the way to go, or am I missing something fundamental that means I shouldn't do it?
(PS, I only plan to chase horizontally on one side of the block walls and knock-through appliances on the other side. I suspect chasing both sides will lead to a loss of wall above!!)