What wiring better - on the floor or a ceiling?

Having decided to carry out major repairs or building a new home (the dream of many, including my own), early or later, the question arises: how to perform wiring correctly, efficiently and cheaply - on the floor or at the ceiling?

In this article I will compare the two.

When is it better to use a wiring on the ceiling?

1.You want to make the hinged or suspended ceiling.

In this embodiment, the wires are hidden under the ceiling is very simply and cost-effectively. And if the room is a multilevel plasterboard, you can beat everything so that the wires will hide in drywall boxes.

2.The room is made screed floor.

floor screed - a time consuming and costly process. If the current state of the floor you are satisfied, or you need to keep the floor intact, it is better to lay the wiring is on the ceiling.

When is it better to choose the wiring on the floor?

1.Critical ceiling height

Not every home boasts high ceilings. And if the ceiling height in the room, for example, 220 cm, the ceiling wiring - not the best choice. In order to hide the wire in the ripple on the ceiling, you need to take away from the ceiling height of at least 3-5 cm, which is quite critical if a small height of the room.

2.It is planned to fill the screed.

If the repair process still scheduled screed it is better to lay wires and pour them on top of the concrete.

3. Sockets and switches are set at a height of 30-90 cm.

Most of the sockets and switches are set on "European standards" - close to the floor. And if the wiring is on the ceiling, it takes much longer wire to bring it to the socket strips. In this case, it is more convenient to lift the cable from the floor.

As shown, in the average two-bedroom apartment with modern wiring difference in the length of the wire can be up to 500 meters! Yes, it's not a typo, to half a kilometer.

With an average price of 50 rubles per square meter of wire tangible savings. And add another price gaskets and seal cutting grooves. Thus, when evroprovodke laying on the floor will be much cheaper.

If a ceiling for this all clear enough (in the wire corrugation secured to the ceiling and close plasterboard or stretch ceiling), then with a floor embodiment is somewhat more complicated.

Perform gasket without protective bellows can not be: during maintenance work can damage the cable.

However, even the availability of the corrugations can not guarantee absolute safety. Out of ignorance or out of a desire to save often set colored HDPE corrugated, which do not comply with electrical and fire safety and burn easily.

So what do you choose: a floor or a ceiling?

In reality, there is no single answer. Perhaps it will be the so-called hybrid option, when the power circuits are laid on the floor and low-voltage (internet, telephone, lighting) - on the ceiling. Before you make a final choice, weigh all the "pros" and "cons", you should consult with professionals and only then make a decision.

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