Cable Support Above Suspended Ceiling

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Cable support above suspended ceiling.

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. The suspended ceiling grid may not have been designed to. A suspended ceiling includes a series of tiles supported by a framework suspended from a room s natural ceiling. For example a cable may come into contact with the cut edges of the grid at a notch where sections of grid intersect or may become trapped between a ceiling tile and the grid possibly when other trades are carrying out work in connection with the ceiling or other services routed above.

Various reasons are given for this practice such as. Supporting cable above suspended ceilings. Had eia tia 569 precursor to the current tia eia 569a been followed there never would have been cable on the ceiling tile in the first place. However you may have seen cables slung over suspended ceilings in a haphazard fashion and resting on the ceiling grid.

It has long been accepted as good practice to support cables above suspended ceilings. The two main reasons for this are electrical safety and fire safety. Now most untrained installers see nothing but the tiles themselves as fair game for cable support. Refurbishments sometimes remove suspended ceilings to open up the area and this should be possible to achieve without the need for a rewire.