trunking

[paul b b]

hello chaps,

its all posh around here these days!!

i have a rewire to do in trunking, question is what do you do with going over the skirtings? or is it a case of just bending it?

thanks

paul

 

[Doc Hudson]

I thought most makes of trunking don't bend very easily and if it did, the lid would have a tendency to pop off. And yes its very posh, Admin and some helpers have done a great job.

Doc H.

 

[NozSpark]

Drill down behind, cut slot out or trunking over the top are about the only options you have

My personal preference is to drill down behind though!

 

[steptoe]

depends how much time you want to spend trimming it,

profile gauge and some painters mate.?

 

[paul b b]

thanks noz,

do you then fit end cap on trunking?

when you say slot do you mean cut the back off the trunking?

 

[NozSpark]

No, i mean cut a slot out of the skirting!

end caps,, what are they?

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depends how much time you want to spend trimming it,profile gauge and some painters mate.?

Not going to be much room left in that MT2 for my 2 x 2.5 T&E

 

[Badger]

i cut it over the outside so it goes at a 45 degree angle across the skirting board.

 

[steptoe]

No, i mean cut a slot out of the skirting!end caps,, what are they?

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Not going to be much room left in that MT2 for my 2 x 2.5 T&E

it does depend a lot on the trunking and what is inside it and how thick the skirting is,

a slot in the skirting can be good if you take your time and do it neat, can be awkward though.

and the problem sometimes with drilling behind is that the skirting can sometimes pop from the wall and never goes back cos of the carp that falls behind it.

different methods for different scenarios really.

 

[Zeespark]

Why not buy a a Multimaster and use it to carefully cut away only the area wthere the trunking will sit on the wall?

Andy

 

[paul b b]

i have a multi cutter so may use that should be ok and if i mess up there is always caulk lol

 

[sellers]

i cut it over the outside so it goes at a 45 degree angle across the skirting board.

+1

a nice angle g'dangle on the trunking to complement the skirting, maybe leave the lid a little longer to go butt upto a line on the skirting if the skirtings thin enough

 

[spinlondon]

Either set the trunking to follow the skirting, or cut the skirting away.

First check with the householder, though, because they may decide to chase the cables into the wall at a later date.

 

[M107]

My methods:

1. Drill behind skirting & through the floor board to drop cables below floor level, drop trunking down to the skirting & cut the trunk to angle into the skirting, bit of decorators caulk to tidy up. sorted.
   
2. Use the fein and notch the skirting dropping trunking to the floor. Make sure you have some gripfill to fix the skirt to the wall either side of the trunking.
   
3. Lastly if there are not to many to do & the skirting isnt a fancy profile mitre the trunking.
   

The only down side to number 1, is if the wall is sat plumb on top of a wide joist. As normaly happens in the older places on the first floor.

 

[a1]

Before, during and after shots of this, please.

 

[revjames]

My way of doing this used to be:

1 Fit main trunking run down to skirting and butt it up to it.

2 Assuming there is no way behind the skirting, drill hole in floor, cut a piece of trunking that is long enough to overlap by about 50mm.

3 cut a slot in the back of this piece and fit to skirting.

4 fit cables.

5 make a lid for the skirting piece but leave a big flap at the end that neatly bends over the top. You will need to cut/file off the profiles foor the flap. When you fit the lid of the main drop it will fit snugly against the flap and keep it in place.

6 Decorators caulk fill in any gaps

It was good enough for the contracting section of MANWEB (north wales DNO ) and never had a complaint.

HTH

James

 

[M107]

Before, during and after shots of this, please.

will see what I can do