Under Carpet Wireway

[Elizabeth Warner]

Good afternoon all,

We are looking at ways to clean up the cabling in one of our conference rooms. We have looked at Steelcase Thread and unfortunately we cannot run any additional cables through. We are curious what products/methods you have used for under carpet wire ways and what were the outcomes. 

Thank you in advance for any information you can share.

Best regards,

Elizabeth Warner, CTS

Project Manager

NC State University

OIT Classroom Technology

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[Larson, Kelly J.]

We have used a product from wiremold, well, our electricians have.  It is fairly flat and has a wide section for low voltage.  It can be left as a flat black plate or a carpet insert can be added.

 

 

http://www.legrand.us/wiremold/ofr-series-raceway.aspx

 

Cheers!

Kelly

 

 

 

Kelly Larson

Lead Audio Video Systems, ITS

MC-220        320-308-5260

St. Cloud State University

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[Kitterman, Matt (kittermn@uidaho.edu)]

Hi Elizabeth—

We have used Connectrac in a room and it worked well. https://connectrac.com/

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Matt Kitterman / instructional systems specialist / ITS—Classroom Technology Services / University of Idaho

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[Chris A Galvan]

We use to use AVTrac from Extron but I see that it is retired now.

http://www.extron.com/product/printable.aspx?id=avtrac

AVTrac® 482 - Printable Version | Extron www.extron.com Features. Low profile cable raceway system — Provides a safe, yet discreet means of running power, data, and AV cables across open floor surfaces and high traffic ...

Sorry I cant be of more help.

Chris Galvan  CTS

George Mason University

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[Booker, Vaughn]

Extron's AV trac was actually made by a company called Connectrac - which is still in business.

Here's a link:

https://connectrac.com/

Vaughn Booker, CTS

ITS Classroom Hotline

UNC Chapel Hill

919-962-9734

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[Wadlinger, Greg]

Hi Elizabeth,

 

Apologies in advance thinking outside the carpet…

 

I’m not sure what the rental cost for the proper tool might be, but you might consider coring (if the floor is concrete), buying a proper poke through, and delivering the signal without disrupting the carpet, etc (except for the one hole).

 

Home Depot rents the corers.

 

http://www6.homedepot.com/tool-truck-rental/Core_Drill_Rig/3510639/

 

g

 

Greg Wadlinger

Digital Education/Instructional Technology

Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

Hanover, NH 03755

wadl...@dartmouth.edu

603.646-0228

 

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Good afternoon all,

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[Keith Mills]

That looks like a tool that could get me into a lot of trouble!

 

K.

[Philip Nardangeli]

I agree Keith, must be a Canadian thing. :-)

One note of caution regarding coring.

Make sure a scan is done of the spot in the concrete to make sure there is not a water or power line present.

Phil

Phil Nardangeli 
Supervisor, Audio Visual Services 
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[Wadlinger, Greg]

Hi Keith,

 

Yeah, I’m at the intersection of AV and Tim’s Tool Time (arg, arg, arg!)

 

=)

 

g

 

Greg Wadlinger

Digital Education/Instructional Technology

Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

Hanover, NH 03755

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603.646-0228

 

[McCallister, Mark]

No lie, we had a contractor use up one of his nine lives when he went through a concealed conduit with a 440V circuit in it with a core drill.  Trust not as-builts...

-Mark

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[Thomas, Harry (CIV)]

Yep, I once watched an contractor miss a hydraulic line by about 1/4 inch. The line was in plain view on the ceiling in the room below, but he didn’t like taken measures and considered counting his steps to be adequate measurement.

Harry

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Harry Thomas

AV/VTC Engineer

Educational Technologies

Naval Postgraduate School

Monterey, California

831-656-7671

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Hi Elizabeth, 

I concur w/ Greg coring w/ a poke through's ideal, plus 10-15% scalability in raceway sizing. If it's not high traffic and you prefer not renovating infrastructure, I use SAFCORD as an inexpensive "over/under" fix here  Works well in ad-hoc, multi-purpose spaces and there's a few colors to try blending in w/ your interiors.

My GC's like FSR's products are always to code w/fire-rating, etc. and moisture resistant to electricians! FSR can customize anything to your connectivity needs and turn around product very quickly being manufactured out of Newark, NJ.

Wld love to hear how it works out!

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[jj...@umich.edu]

Poke Through will work, but Coring is not DIY.   Have an Electrician do it.

Thanks
John Jahn CTS-D/I | DMC-E
UM-LSA-ISS-Engineering

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[Elizabeth Warner]

Thank you all very much for the suggestions, we will be looking into the different products. However, I think we are going to stay away from any major renovations. 

Best regards,

Elizabeth Warner 

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[Dan Tucker]

Elizabeth, Connectrac will be releasing a new product later this year version 2.7 Under-Carpet.

Will carry power and up to 6 or 8 Cat 6 cables. I saw it at a show a couple weeks ago @Storr Office Products, RTP 

https://connectrac.com/nevercoredrillagain/ 

-dan

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