Hi there, Just wondering if you sell something like this? I'll soon need to pull cables through 25-30m of pipe. Cheers! Chris
I have seen this, may be I should be pushing and not sucking/pulling eh? https://www.screwfix.com/p/spring-steel-fish-tape/67849?_requestid=541952
Got a leaf blower brilliant tool for blowing draw lines for cables through pipes, 30 mtrs easy distance. And a vac works as well,never tried that method.
What kinda cable Straight run or bends also Tight bends .... like 90 degrees Any access points along the run Can use cable pulling lube https://www.screwfix.com/p/ideal-ye...DQ&gclsrc=ds&dclid=CIyQxoHUu90CFcETGwodCbUBjw
Hire a cobra rodding reel from your local tool hire company. https://www.hss.com/hire/p/duct-rod-120m-x-9mm
Jesus, you lot give me so many options, fair play! KIAB - I like the leaf blower idea, but I've got an adjustable air compressor, may be I can use that? Just trying to save pennies where possible DIYDAVE - Just a straight run around 25-30m. No access points along it, but only to avoid moisture ingress (will be underground about a foot. Cables will be power and network (Cat6). Magicspark - wow, that looks like some good gear, cheap to hire for a day as well. Thanks everyone!
Plenty of options as referred to above. Can you lay the pipe out straight before you fit? If so, get an initial pull cord in there at that time, the job should then be way easier as you move up. Had to do a similar length a while back, one end on the balcony and around 5m up, the other on the ground, a few decent heavy nuts on the end of bricklayers line (bright pink and doubled), started to feed in and kept on, with an occasional shake. A minute or so later, the nuts dropped out of the end and I had two pull cords there, one to use and one as back up. Typing mine along side your reply ... so it sounds as though you have the room to lay it out first. And I would also suggest pulling the cables through before you install the pipe/conduit. Pull 1m out of the end and leave the drum/box at the other. Much easier than doing it with buried cable.
Is it ok running power and data cables touching in the same trunking ? Don’t know enough about it but possibly can lead to interference or similiar amongst data cables I’ve read Dado trunking, say in offices, has divided compartments to seperate power and data cables Someone way more knowledgable than me, hopefully will comment on this point Apologies if I’m totally wrong, I’m not actually stating as fact, more that it needs checking out
Power could use SWA,so no need for ducting & Cat 6 could be exterior grade & run through a length of MDPE pipe.
You can get SWA Cat6 too. Yes it can, although I have recently seen an installation done this way and there wer no problems. I prefer to keep them 150mm apart if possible and crossing at 90 degrees.
Last 25mtr roll of 20mm MDPE I bought cost me a tenner. Might even find cheaper on Ebay, or try a wanted on Freegle,Freecycle, always mdpe pipe being listed on my local one.