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Sounds like you have done this before... quick question: is it normal to run multiple conduits carrying the same type of cable parallel to each other? For insta
by madamelic 3y ago
Sounds like you have done this before... quick question: is it normal to run multiple conduits carrying the same type of cable parallel to each other? For instance, multiple conduits running up from the first floor to the attic where all the final runs are done.
It seems like 2" smurf tubes are relatively rare (I can find them but seems like they aren't interested in selling them in 100 foot rolls) so 1" are more common. According to conduit guidelines, 1" conduit for 40% Cat6 is a measly 6 cables while 2" is 22. So even at 2", I would still need 2 - 3 two-inch conduit runs.
Is this off-base or do people generally hunt down 2"+ conduit?
- saalweachter 3y agoI didn't have that situation (I was putting in Smurf tubes while insulating an old balloon-framed house, so I was mostly doing straight runs down the walls, with the occasional bend around a window, before filling up the airspaces), but if I did, I'd try to just build a void in to go all the way up to the attic. If you don't want to leave it bare wood, you could put in 4" PVC, with the T's at each floor, instead.
- madamelic 3y agoHmm! Thanks for the input. I was considering PVC as well. My house is old and had multiple additions so its layout is all topsy turvy and there are no straight cavities so I might just run lots of flexible conduit at least up from the server closet into the attic. At least then it will be a little easier to run new drops.