Cable Support Above Suspended Ceiling

Various reasons are given for this practice such as.

Cable support above suspended ceiling.

Now most untrained installers see nothing but the tiles themselves as fair game for cable support. It has long been accepted as good practice to support cables above suspended ceilings. Methods of supporting cables makeshift solutions. Anecdotal evidence indicates that electricians sometimes fix cables run above suspended ceilings by a number of unorthodox and improvised means.

The suspended ceiling grid may not have been designed to. Suspended ceilings offer simple access to utilities such as plumbing electric and heating and cooling systems. Suspended ceilings also provide excellent accessibility when running wires from one part of a room to another. The two main reasons for this are electrical safety and fire safety.

To manage your all your data communications and other network and fiber optic cables you need to make sure that you establish proper cable support and layout either under the floor or above a suspended ceiling that can be easily accessed so additional cables can be added or cables can be removed. However you may have seen cables slung over suspended ceilings in a haphazard fashion and resting on the ceiling grid. A suspended ceiling includes a series of tiles supported by a framework suspended from a room s natural ceiling. Refurbishments sometimes remove suspended ceilings to open up the area and this should be possible to achieve without the need for a rewire.