today we're going to take a look at the extensive range of plastic trunking from d-line
okay before we go any further i've got a question for you gordon what is it d line trunking that's a
good good question gary and the answer is staring you in the face if we take a closer look at the
actual trunking itself you will notice the shape of it area yeah is the letter d yes or half circle
um and that obviously is the first of many little differences we used to see in rectangular trunking
let me tell you the first one is this range nests like a russian doll we'll come on to to
sizes soon but the fact you can nest them inside each other it makes it great for transportation
but let's have a look at the trunking itself um so the biggest change people will see between
this and rectangular trunk is it's a single component there's no separate base and a lid
if i hinge this open right the lid stays attached and could be quite handy obviously to rest cables
in some applications as well can that well yeah that's it so and then it also comes with a plastic
film which protects it during transportation so a lot of trunking gets scratched and things like
that we could use that during first fix flip it over and all of the range is self-adhesive with
this foam tape again just basically peel the backing off and you're ready to go so that's
really good in it so standard two meter length it comes with a hinge lid the film that protects it
and sticky back that's great isn't it yeah and a huge range of sizes so let's have a closer
look at what you can get so let's start with the smallest in the range the micros we're not on part
numbers when it comes to the d-line range the micro 16 by eight millimeters or to put that in
reference to a cable here's a single alarm signal cable that we've put in there so very useful for
those kind of installations stepping up to the micro plus so that's 20 by 10 millimeters and
just to give you an idea we can fit two category six data cables in there comfortably probably one
of the most popular ones will be this one the mini 30 by 15 millimeters and in there we've put two
twin and earth 2.5 20 in earth cables what's gary would like to say 2.5 twin and cpc
we'll just take a moment to open this up we'll see another great d-line product won't we gary
yeah we've got the safe d-clips they've got an extensive range of clips metallic clips
in order to prevent surface warring systems from premature collapsing in the event of a
farm we just fit a couple into this trunk in here yeah just hinge that back on and
then the range continues the mini plus 40 by 20 millimeters the maxi 50 by 25 millimeters
and then the maxi plus 60 by 30 mm just give you an idea there we've filled this up with a vast
array of different twin and earth cables from 10 millimeters six millimeters four millimeters yeah
there's a good uh good selection you can get in there but obviously remember grouping and spacing
requirements would still apply that's what the size is covered and we only showed white there
but looking down here gordon there is some other colors in the range well there is this one that'll
keep you incredibly happy gary it's in there somewhere just get it out of the russian doll
it's the magnolia finish obviously a lot of houses when they're first built
are painted magnolia well mine's been up for 15 years and a lot of our rooms still are magnolia
you should put it against the wall show good it is yeah so that's in contrast obviously to
the white obviously brilliant white yeah so it's almost almost invisible against a magnolia surface
and but that's just the start of the colours there's a red to keep the fire alarm people
happy we know they like to scatter that around building so you can tell where that fire alarm
cabling is um but then we're into some other colors black which is look incredibly popular at
the minute they tell me you know i think you've told me many times that black is the new white
yeah that's popular in the new castle area where you can pair it up with the black and white
um gray and going alongside this are accessory boxes and one that was a little bit skeptical at
first was this was this brown finish or what's termed orc so it's obviously meant to mimic a
wood finish i thought you know who buys brown cars and things like that you do see them on the road
but actually when i've paired this up with some wood paneling we had in the unit it actually does
yeah almost becomes invisible again paired with your favorite accessory gary the rope edge brass
yeah but it's in the right application it looks great and then they can go and say the same for
the black can't we so when we paired it against that black surface and those beautiful black
switches that we looked at before it gave a great finish didn't it yeah it does so it blends in and
then you know where we're going to be using this a lot of the time you know if someone has
wood paneling but also think of desks you know sometimes tidying up that cabling behind a desk
you know doesn't have to just be a you know white uh pvc trunking stuck on the on the front
of a wooden desk you can blend it in with that obviously a lot of furniture now grace silver's
popular yeah a lot of applications beyond what we initially think of in electrical installations
yeah it is and not only have we got a lot of colors and different sizes there's also some
fantastic accessories should we take a look at those next so d-line produced an extensive range
of accessories to go with the trunking so let's look at the system here we've built so starting
with the maxi trunking we've then teed off it with this reducing t down to the mini system
follow it along we've got an adapter that takes us straight into the box but this is also a t
you can also get adapters that go direct into a box that obviously d-line produced the range of
boxes as well in the colors of the system that just clips in there very easily job done that's
the t version of that part in there we've got obviously standard tees everything else you'd
expect to see internal external angles there's some useful flange adapters couplers and this is
quite useful one that we haven't seen before in other trunking systems so it's an adapter
from the trunking system down into a 20 millimeter entry that you might use if you're going to adapt
into some metal clad accessories or perhaps emergency lighting if you're installing them
and the range it's a bit like a russian doll it keeps on going down so here's a mini
down to a micro that might be useful in some data cabling installation so this is a small part of
the range there's obviously an extensive range to go with this extensive range of sizes and options
that's just a few of the many accessories in this d-line range and we've used them over
here and i'd just like to say you spent more time in joinery workshop knocking up the rig
than we did installing the trunking on top of the skirt and why is it so poignant that the
trunking goes on top of the skirting board yeah one of the popular uses for this is to put the
d-line on top of an existing skirting board to sort of create that effect that you might have
with a decorative skirting board that's popular in a lot of buildings and by doing that you can
make it seamlessly blend in but those accessories are great the way they just clip on you know
there's no mitering of corners uh there is even and you like this a degree of tolerance
in the length of the trunking itself so you don't need to go all the way up to the edges that the
yeah the corner pieces can can get you out of a little bit of trouble gary yeah and also getting
yourself out a little bit of trouble you can actually paint it any color you want so if
this wall was green for instance you could paint the trunk in to blend in with that we've used the
half round here they also do a quarter round one might i like to look at the quarter round as a use
yeah so this you could create the fact that you may have a cornice in a room so tuck it
up against it between the ceiling and the wall so yeah the core just fits in it fits in there
and yeah again let's think when we're using trunking we're typically adding to an existing
installation you know i don't think there's many new installations that would go out from the start
with all trunking but it's it's that additional socket in there especially in these times people
having to change the use of their buildings quite a bit quickly because you know what regulations
change on a on a regular basis um so i was out in york and i could see you know people had fitted
equipment in cafe windows and just yeah run the cable around the bottom of a stair where you could
think actually just using the d-line trunking so quick so easy for those quick additions to
an installation and we've seen it many times in commercial installations coming down obviously
feeding trunkings etc but also when we're thinking about mounting our tv maybe on a wall at high
level and we've got to bring all that sound system cables up to the tv as well yeah yeah you put that
smart tv pan it with your betamax recorder gary you've got to get that massive scar lead down the
wall and yeah all the other cables games consoles and things like that people want to plug in
yeah if you don't want to be chasing at your wall and yeah just a little bit of trunking in
one of the colors or yeah paint it to the finish or your go-to magnolia yeah a great solution we've
also used it here in the workshop haven't we where we had the metal cloud accessory we do
like that adapter don't we and we used that with this i looked down here we used that with the mini
trunking yeah okay and then we used the micro one didn't we when we came down to a switch just with
that two core cable for control yeah just a vault free contact so again you know easier than uh
using yeah cable clips processing the drill walls and things like that it's just a quick way to tidy
up cable a lot of smart devices now come with you know they look great in themselves but there's
always a lead that has to go off to a power supply then yeah again it's just a quick way to tidy up
some cabling yeah we're always interested in your feedback are you currently using d-line trunking
or didn't you know it was out there now you're thinking yourself there's loads of applications
where i can use this and it's more aesthetically pleasing in those environments we'd love those
comments is there an accessory we haven't mentioned and there is many of them and you
want to leave that in the comments below and we'll try and get back to as many of those as we can