I've seen this on buildings but can't seem to find it for sale, or
know what it is properly called to ask for it or search for it at
screwfix.
Can anybody help and advise where I can buy it from?

Where I have run wires along and down exterior walls (e.g the wire out
to my shed) I want to get hold of some metal trim to fix over the wire
and cover it up.
Both to make it look tidier and to protect it low down from someone
catching it (it is in a narrow alley).

The stuff i have seen was just a shaped section of galved metal that
laid over the top of the wire and was nailed/screwed onto the wall on
the flats on either side.
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On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:42:50 +0100, Tom Woods
wrote:

I've seen this on buildings but can't seem to find it for sale, or
know what it is properly called to ask for it or search for it at
screwfix.
Can anybody help and advise where I can buy it from?

kind of like this PVC channel:
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...56601&id=31046

but just big enough for one mains cable, and also in galvanised metal.
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On 25 Aug, 17:45, Tom Woods wrote:
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:42:50 +0100, Tom Woods

wrote:
I've seen this on buildings but can't seem to find it for sale, or
know what it is properly called to ask for it or search for it at
screwfix.
Can anybody help and advise where I can buy it from?

kind of like this PVC channel:http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...&ts=56601&id=3...

but just big enough for one mains cable, and also in galvanised metal.
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Or from TLC, who sell it in single lengths:
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Ind...sed/index.html
(steel) or http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Ind...Pvc/index.html
(PVC).

Chris

In message , Tom Woods
writes
I've seen this on buildings but can't seem to find it for sale, or
know what it is properly called to ask for it or search for it at
screwfix.
Can anybody help and advise where I can buy it from?

Where I have run wires along and down exterior walls (e.g the wire out
to my shed) I want to get hold of some metal trim to fix over the wire
and cover it up.
Both to make it look tidier and to protect it low down from someone
catching it (it is in a narrow alley).

The stuff i have seen was just a shaped section of galved metal that
laid over the top of the wire and was nailed/screwed onto the wall on
the flats on either side.
--
http://www.101club.org
The 101 Forward Control Club and Register


The sort of thing BT etc. use to protect their cables maybe. Perhaps
some one in uk.telecom could point you in the right direction.
--
Bill

"Tom Woods" wrote in message
...
I've seen this on buildings but can't seem to find it for sale, or
know what it is properly called to ask for it or search for it at
screwfix.
Can anybody help and advise where I can buy it from?

Any electrical wholesaler. No idea what it is called 'some of that
galvanised cover for exterior cables' works.

Colin Bignell

On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:59:28 +0100, "nightjar" nightjar@insert my
surname here.uk.com wrote:


"Tom Woods" wrote in message
.. .
I've seen this on buildings but can't seem to find it for sale, or
know what it is properly called to ask for it or search for it at
screwfix.
Can anybody help and advise where I can buy it from?

Any electrical wholesaler. No idea what it is called 'some of that
galvanised cover for exterior cables' works.

Steel capping, usually.

--
Frank Erskine

On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:42:50 +0100, Tom Woods wrote:

I've seen this on buildings but can't seem to find it for sale, or know
what it is properly called to ask for it or search for it at screwfix.
Can anybody help and advise where I can buy it from?

Where I have run wires along and down exterior walls (e.g the wire out to
my shed) I want to get hold of some metal trim to fix over the wire and
cover it up.
Both to make it look tidier and to protect it low down from someone
catching it (it is in a narrow alley).

The stuff i have seen was just a shaped section of galved metal that laid
over the top of the wire and was nailed/screwed onto the wall on the flats
on either side.


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Look in Wickes, B & Q etc. for 'galvanised channelling'. It may be in the
plastering section as it's often used under plaster.

Cic.

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Windows shown the door
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Frank Erskine wrote:
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:59:28 +0100, "nightjar" nightjar@insert my
surname here.uk.com wrote:


"Tom Woods" wrote in message
. ..

I've seen this on buildings but can't seem to find it for sale, or
know what it is properly called to ask for it or search for it at
screwfix.
Can anybody help and advise where I can buy it from?

Any electrical wholesaler. No idea what it is called 'some of that
galvanised cover for exterior cables' works.


Steel capping, usually.

Or channeling like this
http://www.qvsdirect.com/Channeling-...eel-c-552.html

Bob

"Bob Minchin" wrote in message
...
Frank Erskine wrote:
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:59:28 +0100, "nightjar" nightjar@insert
my
surname here.uk.com wrote:


"Tom Woods" wrote in message
. ..

I've seen this on buildings but can't seem to find it for sale,
or
know what it is properly called to ask for it or search for it at
screwfix.
Can anybody help and advise where I can buy it from?

Any electrical wholesaler. No idea what it is called 'some of that
galvanised cover for exterior cables' works.


Steel capping, usually.

Or channeling like this
http://www.qvsdirect.com/Channeling-...eel-c-552.html

Bob

But that's really intended for internal use under plaster - I doubt
that the galvanising thickness is enough to stand up to use outside
for long. The proper stuff has a semi-circular 'hump' and is hot dip
galvanised not electro-flashed, but I don't have a source I'm afraid.

AWEM

On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:31:28 +0100, "Andrew Mawson"
mused:


"Bob Minchin" wrote in message
...
Frank Erskine wrote:
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:59:28 +0100, "nightjar" nightjar@insert
my
surname here.uk.com wrote:


"Tom Woods" wrote in message
. ..

I've seen this on buildings but can't seem to find it for sale,
or
know what it is properly called to ask for it or search for it at
screwfix.
Can anybody help and advise where I can buy it from?

Any electrical wholesaler. No idea what it is called 'some of that
galvanised cover for exterior cables' works.


Steel capping, usually.

Or channeling like this
http://www.qvsdirect.com/Channeling-...eel-c-552.html

Bob

But that's really intended for internal use under plaster -

Chances are that's what the OP has seen though. It's better than
nothing.
--
Regards,
Stuart.

"Lurch" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:31:28 +0100, "Andrew Mawson"
mused:


"Bob Minchin" wrote in message
...
Frank Erskine wrote:
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:59:28 +0100, "nightjar"
nightjar@insert
my
surname here.uk.com wrote:


"Tom Woods" wrote in message
. ..

I've seen this on buildings but can't seem to find it for
sale,
or
know what it is properly called to ask for it or search for it
at
screwfix.
Can anybody help and advise where I can buy it from?

Any electrical wholesaler. No idea what it is called 'some of
that
galvanised cover for exterior cables' works.


Steel capping, usually.

Or channeling like this
http://www.qvsdirect.com/Channeling-...eel-c-552.html

Bob

But that's really intended for internal use under plaster -

Chances are that's what the OP has seen though. It's better than
nothing.
--
Regards,
Stuart.

Loads of the proper stuff up the side of telegraph poles G

AWEM

On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:31:28 +0100, "Andrew Mawson"
wrote:


"Bob Minchin" wrote in message
...
Frank Erskine wrote:
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:59:28 +0100, "nightjar" nightjar@insert
my
surname here.uk.com wrote:


"Tom Woods" wrote in message
. ..

I've seen this on buildings but can't seem to find it for sale,
or
know what it is properly called to ask for it or search for it at
screwfix.
Can anybody help and advise where I can buy it from?

Any electrical wholesaler. No idea what it is called 'some of that
galvanised cover for exterior cables' works.


Steel capping, usually.

Or channeling like this
http://www.qvsdirect.com/Channeling-...eel-c-552.html

Bob

But that's really intended for internal use under plaster - I doubt
that the galvanising thickness is enough to stand up to use outside
for long. The proper stuff has a semi-circular 'hump' and is hot dip
galvanised not electro-flashed, but I don't have a source I'm afraid.

Comtec do the stuff I'm thinking of, but they might be trade only -
not that that should really stop you... :-)

http://www.comtec-comms.com/document...omtec%20tc.pdf

Find a friendly BT^H^H Openreach engineer...

--
Frank Erskine

This sort of thing?
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Ind...ing/index.html

"Andrew Mawson" wrote in message
...

"Bob Minchin" wrote in message
...
Frank Erskine wrote:
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:59:28 +0100, "nightjar" nightjar@insert
my
surname here.uk.com wrote:


"Tom Woods" wrote in message
. ..

I've seen this on buildings but can't seem to find it for sale,
or
know what it is properly called to ask for it or search for it at
screwfix.
Can anybody help and advise where I can buy it from?

Any electrical wholesaler. No idea what it is called 'some of that
galvanised cover for exterior cables' works.


Steel capping, usually.

Or channeling like this
http://www.qvsdirect.com/Channeling-...eel-c-552.html

Bob

But that's really intended for internal use under plaster - I doubt
that the galvanising thickness is enough to stand up to use outside
for long. The proper stuff has a semi-circular 'hump' and is hot dip
galvanised not electro-flashed, but I don't have a source I'm afraid.

Yep - that's the stuff I've had from my wholesaler when I asked. Quite
capable of withstanding a few mis-hits from a 4lb lump hammer when driving
in the fixings.

Colin Bignell

Thanks everybody,

I will try and find some channeling and see if it looks like it will
cope with being outside. I'd only seen that in PVC before.

Otherwise I will see if anywhere local does the capping or if i can
get enough other stuff together to make it worth ordering from TLC or
QVS.

Ta

"Lurch" wrote in message
...
But that's really intended for internal use under plaster -

Chances are that's what the OP has seen though. It's better than
nothing.

Indeed. It will probably do the job, and should stand up to the
weather for a fair while. I will check it out.


On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:05:20 +0100, "Andrew Mawson"
wrote:

Loads of the proper stuff up the side of telegraph poles G

Just noticed that!
I think the neighbours might notice if i go remove it though!