What method of laying home wiring choose

Open wiring does not fit into the design of the apartment, since all its structural elements are located outside. The whole apartment is riddled with boxes. This is not very beautiful, especially if the apartment has a large number of outlets. The most optimal option is to lay the hidden type of wiring.But the method of laying concealed wiring has one significant drawback - it is not only a very time-consuming job, but also very dirty. There is an alternative way - you can lay wiring in the baseboard. Here all the advantages of a hidden and open type are combined. The main advantage is that there is no need to break the wall covering. Strobes still have to be done, but much less. They are necessary for laying the wire from the baseboard to the outlet or to the lighting equipment. Skirting boards must be chosen with a built-in channel (holes) for laying the wire. In them you can put not only the wires of the electrical wiring, but also the wires of telephone communication and the Internet. That is, skirting boards of this type are quite practical. As for their appearance, they are in no way inferior to ordinary ones. There are many skirting boards of this type on sale and you can always find the most suitable option for yourself.

dmitry, channels in the skirting boards are small. Little breaks into them on the periphery, and the main cable bundle, which increases as you approach the shield, will never enter the baseboard.

Guest-Bone-NailI agree with you. But still, using the channels in the skirting boards, you can reduce the number of required strobes in the walls. In those places where the cable bundle is large, you can cut through the stroba and lay wires in it, and in the rooms where you need to lay a pair of cables, you can use the baseboard channel. In most cases, a large bundle of cables and wires passes only in the hallway (corridor), then it branches out into bundles of several cables that go into separate rooms of the apartment.

Laying wiring in skirting boards is absolutely unacceptable, and here's why. Firstly, both during the construction of a new house and during the repair, flooring is carried out in the last turn, when the walls and ceiling are ready. And the installation of electrical wiring, as a rule, is carried out even before the plastering of the walls. So, just throw the main wires to the floor so that they can wait for their baseboard? So they will be cut off 10 times during the repair. And then, even assuming that the trunk wires still go along the plinth, where and how are you going to make the connections, and where to hide the ends? According to the rules, all connections must be made only in junction boxes, which at the end of installation must be covered with lids. Want to put the junction box at floor level? so there’s a lid and will not last 10 minutes, be sure to hook it if not with your foot. And the last one. Anyone who is really engaged in electrical installation, and not a "theoretical" electrician, knows well how tedious the work of installing outlets is at a height of 25 cm from the floor. This work has to be done, bent over for a long time and kneeling. After each such outlet, you have to rest for several minutes until blood circulation is restored in the legs. And if you have to perform installation at floor level - what, will you have to work lying down?

And with regard to which wiring is better - in the boxes, or hidden, then any professional electrician will tell you: only hidden. The wiring in the box is used when you need to stretch the wire in the apartment, in which you are absolutely not going to make repairs. Here for this there is a box that can be stretched under the very ceiling, where it will be almost invisible. In addition, there are colored boxes, the color of wood, etc. As for the talk that, they say, the box can be opened and the wiring changed, then the author of the article clearly froze the stupidity. Anyone who really worked with boxes will understand me. Once installed and closed box can no longer be touched, otherwise you will have to change the box itself. Over time, the plastic of which the box is made becomes old, and when you try to open the box, the lid, and the box itself cracks along the bend along the entire length.Well and then - if you have already laid the wire, then why change it?

Vladimir, it all depends on desire. All methods are quite feasible in practice, including laying the wire in the skirting boards. If the wiring is replaced, then there is no difficulty. After the baseboard is mounted, the required cable can be laid in it. As for the installation of new wiring, it is also possible to carry out the installation of wires after laying the flooring. If necessary, you can hold a temporary cable for connecting power tools and lighting devices. After wiring, remove this temporary cable.

You can put a junction box at the level of mounted outlets or, if you wish, branch conductors directly in the socket.

Of course, it all depends on the scheme of future wiring. If it is supposed to draw several lines into the room, then they most likely will not work out in the baseboards. And if you need to install several sockets in the room to power low-power electrical appliances, then for laying one or two cables, the way to lay the wiring in the baseboards is quite acceptable.

At the expense of boxes I do not agree. You may have come across low-quality products. Boxes that cost 5-10 years normally open and close. Why open? For example, you need to lay another cable for a new outlet in case you need to connect a new appliance.

Vladimir, the “theoreticians” would then be forced to plaster themselves, glue the wallpaper and paint ... and so on for twenty-five to thirty years. Well, or at least voice the thoughts of those who do this. And that is, there are still fans of corrugations at the porches, and boxes with 80% filling ..