I’m looking to re route a sky cable & a Ariel cable from one side of the room to the other without being clipped around all the skirting board. My plan was to go under the floor boards in crawl space as my laminate is lifted but I’ve only got 1ft suspended floor. I may be able to fish cables from one side of the room to the other (still to find out). As I don’t want to lift every single floorboard am I safe to lay the cables flat on the dry crawl space or would I be safer running them both through 25mm conduct.
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Try and clip them off the floor if you can. Depending on the construction there may be a dwarf wall or two to get over on the way under there.
Another alternative is aerial cables don't have to follow the same rules as electric cables so if you are taking the skirting off you could route them behind that before you replace it. DO NOT run mains cables that way.
Another alternative is aerial cables don't have to follow the same rules as electric cables so if you are taking the skirting off you could route them behind that before you replace it. DO NOT run mains cables that way.
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You can (If they fit) but its not recommended. Today you know where it is, next month,...............skirting is a bit loose, a few screws will solve that..........why is there no picture on the TV 
Run them under the floor, clip where you can.
Run them under the floor, clip where you can.
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If that's all you can do, then that will have to do.
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It is aerial, Ariel is washing powder among other things.
Coax cable has a minimum bending radius. If you fit it behind the skirting you will undoubtedly exceed this at the corners and get reception problems.
Coax cable has a minimum bending radius. If you fit it behind the skirting you will undoubtedly exceed this at the corners and get reception problems.
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I think antenna is the word neither of you can spell.
@DIY GUY , put it under the floor with a clip at each end,
Its not mains cable, and the worst than can happen is you lose the TV signal due to deterioration at some stage.
just be careful and use a proper sized round clip so as not to crush the co-ax ,
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If you are worried about future problems and there won't be access when the floor is back, put a length of 25mm conduit with a long radius bend at each end and coming up through the floor to just above floor level at each end.
That will protect the cable, and worst case, you could fish new cables end to end should they get damaged or you need something different.
That will protect the cable, and worst case, you could fish new cables end to end should they get damaged or you need something different.
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I needed to run some data cables from one side of my house to another (data cables same category as sky/ aerials) I fished 3 lengths of plastic conduit through the floor space, joining the ends as I went. Once finished, I just left it there and ran the cables through it. no clipping or faffing about under the floor and cables protected from damage and creepy crawlies too.
Managed to get my sky cable across the room through conduct. Would it be ok to run a cable from my lighting circuit from a separate piece of conduct from one end of room to the other, or am I safe to just lie it on floor of crawl space. Crawl space is dry and concrete base.
nothing wrong with running a lighting cable through a separate run of conduit or if you use crawl space put some clips in to keep it off the ground.Managed to get my sky cable across the room through conduct. Would it be ok to run a cable from my lighting circuit from a separate piece of conduct from one end of room to the other, or am I safe to just lie it on floor of crawl space. Crawl space is dry and concrete base.
If I can’t manage conduct could I clip one side then pull other side only tight enough to lift it from ground then clip so it stays off ground? Cheers
dont see why not. better than having it trail on the sub floor
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