Is it possible to conceal broadband fibre wires

[Mogs43]

BT installed broadband fibre into my flat and have left a big mess. I didn’t appreciate that they would simply run a wire around the room - for some reason I thought it would be concealed . It’s not and looks a mess. Is there anyway I can conceal it? The walls are mostly internal stud walls. Is this something an electrician or plasterer may be able to help with and , if so, will it cost thousands?

Thank you in advance for any help - I am very grateful.

You could try using self adhesive trunking and then painting over the trunking
www.screwfix.com/c/electrical-lighting/mini-trunking-lengths/cat2530017

Did they not tell you they were going to run the wire round the room?
It is due to where you chose to place your router?

If it's round the edge of the ceiling could you put hollow coving on top? Like this:

www.hm-online.co.uk/products/Axxent-Coving

As already mentioned, if (as it looks in the photos) that it has been run at high level then coving will cover it.
If you unclip it from the wall for some reason be careful not to damage it, although protected it is a fibre which can be damaged (it fractures) and cannot be easily repaired (they would run a new cable but charge you for it).

Thank you for your responses - that’s very helpful. I was planning to get it painted so perhaps the decorator might be able to fit coving before they do the work?

The router is in the living room (the only place they said it could go) and they said they needed to thread the wire though from the front door - I naively thought it would go through the stud walls not on the outside. It just looks a mess - very grateful for your suggestions. Thank you

What did you expect the engineer to do? Start taking walls down to thread your fibre cable through. People have unrealistic expectations when having fibre installed.

Maybe that wasn't an option in this case. Not everyone lives a a detected house where there is side access. In my experience, its much easier to route the cable round the outside then go directly into the room where the router is. Going through internal rooms and wall is much more time consuming.

It's very easy to call the engineer out as lazy when you don't know the full circumstances, maybe the engineer only had this option.

If you have skirting boards, you could ask a carpenter to space them off the wall by 12mm or so. Then you can run comms, speaker, alarm and phone cables in the void.

It is most convenient if you do this when you are about to redecorate, and fix the skirtings back with small screws. The carpenter will tell you that the old skirting will be damaged so you need new.

You are NOT ALLOWED to run electricity cables behind skirting.

Or you can run mini trunking on top of the skirting. It will not be noticeable.

We had ours fixed outside the house around the side and into front room. The engineer wasn't keen to do this but I advised that I wouldn't have it unless that's how it was fixed and they managed just fine.

Work for openreach we work on behalf of service providers who have at set price and criteria for installation
usually hit the house in direct line of sight from pole straight in and minimal surface internal wiring

the thing is we will cable round houses all day . Exactly how you want if your prepared to pay for it
nothing to do with laziness or poor service you are getting what you pay for .
customers pay in average pay between £50 and£150 to provide service from the exchange miles away direct to your house