Trunking for wall lights

[PAD66]

Hi All

Been asked to install some wall lights, customer does not want me to chase cables in walls at present. It it is a downstairs flat with no access to above. My intention is install a FCU on the ring and surface mount in trunking. I want to know if any one knows of a quadrant shapped trunking that that i can run up a corner and along the coving. Not the best solution I know.

Thanks

 

[telectrix]

nothing to stop you clipping the cable up the corner, along the top of the wall, and fitting some coving over it.

 

[Deleted member 9648]

Only quadrant shaped trunkings I know of are in larger sizes....I would have thought MT2 size trunking tight into the corner on the vertical with MT0 along the edge of the coving would look fine. Only problem for me would be the drops to the wall lights,whatever you use thats going to look naff,would the client accept short chases from coving to wall lights?

 

[Richard Burns]

TLC do the D line mini trunking 30 x 30 lots of fun colours, that will probably not match the wall, but might worth a try.

 

[terry1969]

Look ugly won't it,clip it mate

 

[PAD66]

Thanks for the replies might just clip it, they have said they want me to go back and chase in the cables when they decorate, why they can't wait to have the lights fitted until then I'll never know, but works work.

 

[terry1969]

Good luck

 

[guest119]

Didnt wall lights go out of fashion in the 70s?
Along with flock wall paper, pictures of Indian woman, 3 ducks and ratchet plastic rise n fall lights?

Boydy :laugh3:

 

[PAD66]

Your right, there even polished brass with shades

 

[telectrix]

good style never goes out of fashion. i'm still here! :1eye:

 

[dcelectrical]

the rise and fall light reminds me of one of my first bits of electrical work, we used to have one over the lounge and it broke, my dad got one of his pals to replace it but not the big orange glass shade that hung from it, about a month later a couple of my mates came over after school and my best mate said watch this to one of the others and he proceeded to pull the live pendant off the ceiling, luckily my parents were out and I managed to get it fixed before they returned, 1986 G-d I am old we used to have brown and orange walls wood panelling and a bar for snowballs cherry brandy and cresta floats

 

[guest119]

Wood panelling went out of fashion..................but now its on the floors!

 

[dcelectrical]

electric UFH for wood floors - makes my pocket smile just thinking about it

 

[Engineer54]

If these cable runs are going to be chased in eventually, then why not super glue the cables to the wall. With a little matching paint and they will almost disappear!! Got to be better than either trunking or clipping!! I did a run of cable using this method on a circular concrete column (2m) for an alarm detector at a friends commercial building in Cyprus, worked a treat!!!

 

[chrisjacob]

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