Cat5e cable insulation and plaster

Question about cat5 cabling: if the cable going into the wall isn't capped with a plastic conduit before being plastered over, will the concrete/plaster degrade/destroy the cable's insulation rendering the cable useless? If so then roughly how long will that take to happen?

Assuming the cable won't be moving where it contacts the plaster/concrete, it should be fine. Heat will degrade cable sheathing over time, but it tend to be in the 10s of years if at all. I did some minor electrical cable replacement in a friend's house and the cable sheathing was falling off, but that was 1930s cabling, which is very old and was of a very different grade of sheathing. I wouldn't worry.

Shouldn't think it will be a problem, but you can post a question on the 'Screwfix' Site here-

http://www.screwfix.com/community/community/electric...

There's sure to be someone who can advise.

In reply to a post by camieabz:

Assuming the cable won't be moving where it contacts the plaster/concrete, it should be fine. Heat will degrade cable sheathing over time, but it tend to be in the 10s of years if at all. I did some minor electrical cable replacement in a friend's house and the cable sheathing was falling off, but that was 1930s cabling, which is very old and was of a very different grade of sheathing. I wouldn't worry.

Thanks as always. I suspected there wouldn't be a problem but wanted to make sure

In reply to a post by G3UZF:

Shouldn't think it will be a problem, but you can post a question on the 'Screwfix' Site here-

http://www.screwfix.com/community/community/electric...

There's sure to be someone who can advise.

Thanks, hadn't thought of that.