Structured Cabling in Talatuoya

It is well worth it. Laying conduit and a few Cat6 points at the brickwork stage costs far less effort than retrofitting later. We usually suggest points for the TV area, a study or home office, the CCTV recorder location and ceiling spots for Wi-Fi access points, all running back to one cupboard. Even unused conduit gives you an easy path for future upgrades.

Yes. Where there is no void above the ceiling, we use neat surface trunking along walls and skirting, painted or colour-matched where possible, and plan routes so cables follow the building's lines rather than crossing open walls. Floor-level trunking or a short conduit chase can reach a counter in the middle of the shop without trailing cables.

Cat5e is the budget option and fine for basic needs; Cat6 is the sensible default for most modern offices; and Cat6a supports 10-gigabit speeds, worth it for server rooms and backbone runs but rarely necessary for individual desks. For most offices we run Cat6 to workstations and Cat6a only on the backbone.

We recommend two data points per desk — one for a computer and one spare for a phone, printer, or future need — rather than exactly one per person. Retrofitting a single missed point after the finishes are complete costs far more than including it upfront.

Cabling during construction, before walls close up, is significantly cheaper per point than retrofitting into a finished space, where cables must be routed around existing finishes. If you're planning a new fit-out, involve your cabling provider at the same stage as your electrician.

Yes. Every structured cabling installation includes termination, testing, and certification documentation. Untested cabling can look fine on day one and cause intermittent faults months later that are far more expensive to diagnose — so certification is standard, not an optional extra.

For a typical 20-person office in the Kandy area, professional structured cabling runs between LKR 150,000 and LKR 300,000 depending on cable type and layout complexity, including data points at each workstation, patch panels, a network cabinet, and testing certification. We provide a detailed quotation after a free site survey.