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Hi all,

The title says it all really, I am just wondering what method those of you with more experience use to surface mount cable to hard breeze block, the kind where your nails either bend of just fly off lol??????

In my case, I need to mount cable to an unplastered garage (internally) made out of breeze blocks for sockets and lighting.

Cheers,

Martin
 
I assume you mean lightweight concrete block not breeze as they are quite soft.
Careful use of hammer and selecting every location for a nail, not just blindly trying to knock it into a pebble.

Failing that fix a thin battern to the wall first and then nail to that.
Or mark a line first and drill and plug first.
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You could always drill, plug and use all round band?

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Personally I would use pvc conduit myself.
 
Hum..... not to use cable clips and use something that uses a more secure fixing including screws.

In a garage or shed I would be using some form of protection.

Your design needs to take into account the environment its going in - so a garage, with no plastering and where people tend to not care too much having bare cable on walls is just asking for trouble.
 
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only thing i'd do different there would be to space out 2 saddles on the drops instead of 1. and i prefer the look of these clips to saddles.

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