When to use steel trunking

steel trunking

Many people what trunking is, but many people don’t understand the correct trunking to use, or indeed, when to use it. With areas of high footfall, steel trunking is ideal. Steel is known for it’s mechanical strength, making it the perfect material for trunking, particularly trunking that is used in public areas.

Screeduct offer a variety of heavy-duty steel trunking solutions, suitable for a variety of applications. When you have pipes or electrical cables that need to be ran under floor, Screeducts trunking solutions are ideal. In spaces such as offices, cable management is a vital consideration to make to ensure the space works how you need it to. Having trailing wires around the office is a serious healh and safety violation, and could lead to serious injury. By running the cables under the floor, you not only drastically reduce trip hazards, but you also reduce the risk of the wires becoming damaged. Screeduct use patented side flanges to fit their trunking. They also have a wide range of accessories that allow the trunking to be fit with different jointing and cornering, so the required configuration can also be achieved.

Perhaps even more importantly, pipework also needs protection from damage. Containing pipework within heavy duty trunking reduces the risk of damage to the pipes. If something such as a water pipe should burst, this can cause significant damage to the surrounding areas. This is why protecting your pipework is vital. Screeduct know that access to underfloor trunking for maintainence and repairs is vital. This is why they provide trunking with removable flush-fitting covers, that allow the trunking to be accessed in a variety of places.

For more information about Screeducts steel trunking, please visit their website.

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