vetinerary practice

[G_FUNK]

Hi

i have been asked to price up a small vetinerary practice new build. Its going to be with suspended ceiling im scratching my head on away of running the cables over the ceiling and correctly supporting them. In the past when i worked for a company on jobs with suspended ceiling cables were just placed on top of the ceiling. It looks untidy and the cables aren't fixed they are only supported by the ceiling. I was thinking about cable basket but in order to wire up the build the basket would prove quite expensive. The cheaper alternative would be a cable tie system running cables around the building. Has anyone got any other suggestions ?

 

[RyanCheetham]

Use tray or basket. Do the job right do it once. Explain to the client that it is the best way to the job

 

[dim_bulb]

Have they told you all the equipment they will be needing I.e ops light, x ray machine, dark room with developer they have a lot of gear!

 

[robd]

Done periodics on some places with suspended ceilings which have been in conduit. Drops down to light fittings into back entry boxes that sit just above ceiling height, floursecents etc can then fix to these. Makes a better job, don't know much about vets practice requirements though.

 

[telectrix]

all depends on what the upper floor is. might be joists and floorboards, in which case drill joists one way and clip the other. if it's concrete, use basket/tray suspended by threaded rod.

 

[telectrix]

Have they told you all the equipment they will be needing I.e ops light, x ray machine, dark room with developer they have a lot of gear!

true, but the darkroom is back in the stone age. now they use digital x-rays and upload onto a laptop.

 

[MDJ]

You could use cateenery wires, that is a cheaper way and widely used, tray would be far more professional, but cateenery would be okay if you didn't have too many cables on it and it was wrapped properly, the problem could be the amount of cateenery wires needed to support the circuits, it could get quite ugly pretty quickly above the ceiling if it isn't thought about, go for tray and do a nice job.

 

[telectrix]

and don't forget that they will also require data and phone cabling, segregated from the LV.

 

[Andy78]

A good alternative to tray and basket can be well fixed loops of all round band. Obviously not for as many cables as tray can hold, but a good, cheaper, faster alternative. Making sure to only use all round band with a nice thick plastic coating of course.

 

[dim_bulb]

true, but the darkroom is back in the stone age. now they use digital x-rays and upload onto a laptop.

My partner is a head veternary nurse I'll tell that...

 

[AdieB]

I use what I call a hit clip which is a cable tie base moulded onto a plastic rawplug. Drill a 6mm hole and then hit the rawplug end into hole and then secure cables to base with cable tie. (Tried to post picture but it did not work)

 

[G_FUNK]

Thanks for the advise and i have this box ticked now