PVC Cable Trunking in the UAE: Concealing HDMI, Ethernet and Power Cables Without Drilling

The cable behind a wall-mounted TV. The router feed running along the skirting board. The extension lead snaking across a home-office floor. Every one of them ends up as a permanent trip hazard, a dust magnet, or a chew target for a bored pet. PVC cable trunking is the quiet fix: a rigid channel that snaps around the cables, adheres to the wall, and takes paint or wallpaper so it disappears into the finish.

Sizing the trunking to what is inside it

The channel needs to hold the cables loose enough that the cover snaps shut without pinching insulation. Rough guide:

10 × 10 mm suits a single low-voltage cable: one ethernet run, one HDMI, or a phone line. 16 × 16 mm handles two or three thin cables together, which covers most TV wall-mount jobs (HDMI + power + optical). 25 × 16 or 25 × 25 mm takes a bundle of four to six cables including power leads, which is where home offices and AV rack feeds usually land. 40 × 25 and 50 × 50 mm are for commercial installs and any run that needs to carry stiff mains cables around a corner without kinking.

Rule: pick the next size up if you are unsure. Overspec costs cents; undersizing means peeling it off and starting again.

Why the self-adhesive backing matters (especially in rentals)

The old way to fix trunking was to drill and screw the base to the wall. That works, but it leaves holes when you take it down, which is exactly what a landlord does not want to see at end of lease. A high-tack self-adhesive backing lets you press the trunking onto a clean dry wall or skirting in seconds and pull it off later without repainting.

Two conditions: the surface must be genuinely clean and dry (wipe with a dry cloth, and give freshly-painted walls at least 48 hours to cure), and the ambient temperature during install should be above roughly 15°C. Both are easy to meet in an air-conditioned UAE interior.

Paint or wallpaper it so it disappears

PVC accepts standard interior wall paint and most wallpapers. The stocked SKU is white to start with; painted the same colour as the wall, it reads as a very shallow moulding rather than a channel. The factory dimension print is on one side of the profile only, so you either turn that face to the wall or roll one coat of your wall paint over it and the print vanishes.

For paint: light abrasion with 240-grit sandpaper for the primer to key, one thin coat of standard emulsion, dry, second coat. Skip the primer if the paint is high-quality with good adhesion; most modern acrylic emulsions grip PVC directly.

Installation, top to bottom

Cut to length with a junior hacksaw or a sharp utility knife (score the profile several times, snap cleanly, tidy the edge with sandpaper). Peel the adhesive backing, press the base along the wall or skirting, hold firm for 30 seconds. Lay the cables into the channel loose. Snap the cover on. That is the whole job for a typical five-metre run.

For corners, mitre the profile at 45 degrees so two pieces meet cleanly; internal and external corner offcuts add a couple of minutes and give a much tidier finish than butting square edges. Where the trunking meets a socket, cut a neat notch around the box rather than trying to route the cable through the wall.

Ordering

SILVER CROWN white self-adhesive PVC cable trunking is stocked in 10 × 10, 16 × 16, 25 × 16, 25 × 25, 40 × 25 and 50 × 50 mm profiles, in packs of 3 (2.7 m), 6 (5.4 m) and 12 (10.8 m). Tell the counter the total metres and the size, and we will pack for pickup in Deira or UAE-wide delivery.