Running cables inside the wall cavity

[Big_Dan]

I need to run coax, phone and cat 5 to various rooms. The cavities are open but the blockwork and the brick on either side of it are quite thick.

Any tips?

[eps]

A drill?

[headcase]

Nightmare of a job, you say the cavities are open, does that mean you can look down the cavity from above? or do you just mean its not full of insulation?

[DeanVRS]

can you not train a mouse to carry it for you down the void .

[annodomini2]

SDS and a big drill bit

Check for other wiring/gas/plumbing first mind

[CatherineJ]

Not easy I would guess. When we had the burglar alarm installed earlier this year I asked if the wire from the panel to the key pad and bell box could be hidden in the cavity. The distance between the 3 items wasn't huge yet it took him about 2 hours to do it.

I think the big problem he had with mortar that had dropped in the cavity.

[ChrisnChris]

Wasn't there a product that appeared on "Dragon's Den" that did exactly what you are trying to do. I thing that the punter had already marketed the product to BT for installing cables. I think 2 of the dragons invested...might be worth a search

[esselte]

ChrisnChris said:

Wasn't there a product that appeared on "Dragon's Den" that did exactly what you are trying to do. I thing that the punter had already marketed the product to BT for installing cables. I think 2 of the dragons invested...might be worth a search

Wasn't that for passing cables through cavities rather than down them?

[ChrisnChris]

esselte said:

Wasn't that for passing cables through cavities rather than down them?

Oh......ok

[LMC]

ChrisnChris said:

esselte said:

Wasn't that for passing cables through cavities rather than down them?

Oh......ok

I remember her on DD, she said she was working on something to go down cavities.

[esselte]

LMC said:

ChrisnChris said:

esselte said:

Wasn't that for passing cables through cavities rather than down them?

Oh......ok

I remember her on DD, she said she was working on something to go down cavities.

Fair do's

[Engineer1]

Is the building finished? Can you put cable ducting under the floor or in the ceilings then going up or down the cavity?

[Westy Pre-Lit]

You'll need something like this

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/75807/Hand-Tools/Cab...

or this

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/67849/Hand-Tools/Cab...

or these ( they can break though if the angle is to sharp or they get jammed up )

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/82483/Electrical-Sup...

Don't expect it to be easy though, running cables though voids can be a proper pain in the backside.

Edited by Westy Pre-Lit on Thursday 24th September 07:11