Is there a decent external trunking for electrical cables that actually looks nice?

[Ges1]

HI everyone,

I'm just redoing my living room that has a couple of spurs running from an electrical socket, and the previous installer didn't chase the cables into the wall, and I'm not judging them, because I can't be bothered to either - they used that awful square box trunking, and it looks terrible, is there a prettier alternative? All suggestions welcome. Preferably something super low profile.

Thanks so much

(PS. I'm not above just channelling the cables into the wall if nothing is suitable, could just do without it as the walls are lime render and I know I'll lose huge patches of it if I attack it with a grinder)

 

[FrodoOne]

HI everyone,

I'm just redoing my living room that has a couple of spurs running from an electrical socket, and the previous installer didn't chase the cables into the wall, and I'm not judging them, because I can't be bothered to either - they used that awful square box trunking, and it looks terrible, is there a prettier alternative? All suggestions welcome. Preferably something super low profile.

(PS. I'm not above just channelling the cables into the wall if nothing is suitable, could just do without it as the walls are lime render and I know I'll lose huge patches of it if I attack it with a grinder)

Please show a photo of that which is installed,
so that others may ascertain if there is anything "prettier".

 

[Murdochcat]

Plant pots ? Book case ?

Nothing makes surface trunking look good in a house

 

[Ges1]

Please show a photo of that which is installed,
so that others may ascertain if there is anything "prettier".

MK White Square Mini trunking (D)16mm

This white MK PVC plastic mini trunking is suitable for the containment of electrical and data cabling.

www.diy.com

Running along the top of the skirting board

 

[Notch7]

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[JohnD]

What do you mean by "external"?

 

[ericmark]

I used D-line there is also dado and skirting trunking

but the latter may as well put the standard trunking right above the standard skirting once painted it does not look like trunking just a high skirting.

I found standard T2 trunking was the same thickness as the plaster, so I used a hacksaw blade either side of the existing trunking, removed the trunking, then the plaster under it, and then replaced trunking and plastered up to it, one could not really remove the lid, so more like conduit, but once painted and furniture in place one did not notice it was there. Easier to fix than oval conduit, and square edge easier to plaster up to.