Tidying cables

because people want both a TV Aerial Connection and a Sky connection

And Sky+ requires 2 cables not 1

every new build I have lived in.

there may be trucking for part of the route, but a large percentage of it is plastered behind a wall - people usually don't want their TV in a hallway

No need to disconnect the Ethernet cable. A shrouded RJ45 plug will easily pass through 20mm trunking with room to spare. As the OP needs to pass 4 cables all he needs to do is tape the cables so that the plugs are one behind the other and they should pull through easily.

Richard

Brown and red trunking is available.

That still assumes it's still in the installation process. Beauty of trunking is it can be fitted afterwards without disconnecting anything.

And I really don't think trunking looks anymore cheap and nasty than plastic conduit. ;-)

The split option on this?

Yes I agree. if you can't see it it don't look too bad.

Bill

Yes it's no good outdoors.

Bill

Anyway, use 25mm. Why struggle?

Bill

It just looks amateurish and it is flimsy, and the sun gets it.

Bill

Sky+ needed two feeds from the multiswitch to each wallplate. They rarely put ducting or indeed any future-proofing in any domestic new-build. After Sky+ came out a lot of builders wouldn't even have two feeds put in, and this led to all sorts of unhappiness. Google 'stackers

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Bill

One coax carries VHF, UHF, and SAT IF.

Bill

Or CCTV cable. Or any vaguely co-axial-like cable that was cheap.

Bill

But not Sky Q and anything else.

Owain

As long as it's brown. Everyone knows aerial cable is brown.

Owain

Mine is on a south facing roof terrace and been there for some 15 years. Perhaps you get more sun in your part of the world?

But if the sun goes for plastic trunking, it will do for plastic conduit too.

New build these days is apparently up to 85% or so full fibre to the premises. No need for Sky dishes then?

To be fair, with the UV stabilised stuff so far I have not had any problem. I have a run of 38x25mm trunking that runs down the side of the house[1] - on a south facing wall with little or no shade, and after 12 years is showing no signs of degradation.

Plastic trunking is available in various colours. Brown is readily available at reasonable cost via ebay or a variety of other sources.

PVC is very easy to paint with oil based stuff - no undercoat needed.