best way to hide network cables..

[matty-hodgson]

Ikea sell some plastic channels (they use them to hide cables going to plasmas etc). You can pin these right at the bottom of the skirting (or top is wide enough) and they open down the middle. they are just about the width of a cable (about 10mm across). Not perfect, but they look pretty discreet and certainly better than bare cable pinned to the wall / skirting.

this seems like the best solution so far. any chance you know the name of the stuff? do they sell it on their website?

[gagaga]

Had a quick check of the website.... no luck.

They are in the downstairs bit at the Wembley store where all the pots / plants / pictures are - actually with the bulbs / electrical extensions. They were in packs of about 20 with each strip about a metre and a half long.

Cheers
Gary

[GoNz0]

this seems like the best solution so far. any chance you know the name of the stuff? do they sell it on their website?

B&Q sell stick on trucking with a pop on cap in longer lenghts, even better is to pop in your local electrical trade shop and pick some up. you can get very small profiles stuff there for less than B&Q

[Lourdes]

Go into a trade supplier and ask what trunking they have, it's really cheap.

[oolon]

This is in the order I like doing things in...

1***) Run more cables than you need, your only doing it once.
2) Stud partition walls, these are perfect for running cables inside, for B&Q to can get recessed flush fitting stud partition wall back boxes which are great.
3) Under floor
4) Under carpet. (If you have a solid floor or don't have the time to move the furniture, and in a low traffic area so the cable is not damaged).
5) Trunking recessed into the wall using an angle grinder and chisel... (make a real mess, however is invisible when done).
6) Black flexible (round) conduit (Screw fix sell it), anchored to the wall with cable clip and ties. (when you decorate you can just cut the cable ties and decorate under it! It can snake over things like picture rails, and curve up ceilings where you have eaves, or coving.
7) Bear wire on surface, if your running a single this has less impact than trunking or conduit.

I never use and hate

Straight, white trunking, only looks ok when its installed, when you decorate it looks terrible, if you paper you cannot get behind it, if you paint you either get paint on the trunking or there is a line of the old colour. trunking is also often fitted close to the corners, so you cannot get around it to paint the gap. If you have a picture rail or ceiling coving, you either have to cut a section out or the wired have to be exposed to jump over it... Hateful stuff, almost as bad as those large plastic coverings for double glazed windows... get the guys to plaster it in, the room will look at lot better.