Cable staples for electrical cable

Purplepenguin88

We have just moved into a house which is severely lacking in electrical sockets and the 1 double socket that does exist is invariably always in the worst possible location.
We will get an electrician in to put in some extra sockets in pretty much every room in due course.

In the interim we're using a couple of extension cables but it's not great having them trailing around the place.
I was going to buy some of the cable tacks and fix them along the skirting board to tidy them up. But when the Virgin installer installed the box upstairs he used a cable staple gun which was a lot quicker solution.
Is it possible to use these staples on electrical cables (approx 6-8mm?) and if so does anyone know which brand/type of staple & gun is best to get? Since we have this problem in every room except the kitchen it would be a LOT of the little plastic tacks to buy (and laboriously install!)

Thanks
PP

rob7475

something like this will do the job and this one comes with a pack of round staples.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/3-in-1-staple-nail-gun-kit-a47qw

Purplepenguin88

Thanks that's really helpful

stator

Please don't use a staple gun on a mains cable.
A VM RF cable is not as dangerous as a mains cable.
Please do it by hand.

Carrot007

stator wrote: »

Please don't use a staple gun on a mains cable.
A VM RF cable is not as dangerous as a mains cable.
Please do it by hand.

This!

Please keep it safe people!

Purplepenguin88

OK, will do. I'm now off to find industrial quantities of the little clips!

TheCyclingProgrammer

Screwfix sell packs of cable clips, but make sure you get the right size and shape (some clips are for flat cables and some are for round).

pmartin86

You're seriously over-thinking this...

http://www.screwfix.com/p/tower-round-cable-clips-6-7mm-white-pack-of-100/15636

pack of those, and an all purpouse hammer and you'll be done.