On 18/05/2011 07:37, Count de Monet wrote:
WiFi to my workshop from my router is patchy at best so I want to run some
cat 5/6 cable for a permanent connection.

The cable will be surface clipped for 90% of the run except for one metre
which must be underground (under a gate)

A gap exists between decorative slabs under the gate just a bit wider than
the diameter of the cable. If I remove the mortar between the slabs I can lay
the cable and then re-fill the gap with cement.

I don't want to widen the gap enough to be able to fit conduit or similar to
contain the cable as this will spoil the look of the area so will the cable
be OK just buried like this over this short distance or is their anything I
can do to protect it when underground? I was thinking of self amalgamating
tape.

Opinions and suggestions please?

Whether it is okay for a long-lasting job or not, it is cheap enough and safe, I
would have thought, to just go for it. Replace it when it fails.