Hi folks,
The bathroom pipe work in my flat goes along 2 walls of my bedroom and is boxed in. I cant put any furniture against these walls and ideally I want to put up 2 stud walls so I can use the space (I’d rather not have a built in wardrobe around the pipe work). However a friend told me they believe that the pipes need to be left accessible, giving the example that if they were under the floorboards they would be accessed by lifting a floor board and a stud wall would prevent access. Is this a building standard requirement? And do you think the stud walls are a good or bad idea? I don’t wish to build shelving around it as I’ve nothing to shelve, much prefer to put my furniture against the wall but I won’t if it’s not advisable as I want to sell the flat on eventually.
Any advice appreciated.
Thank you.
The bathroom pipe work in my flat goes along 2 walls of my bedroom and is boxed in. I cant put any furniture against these walls and ideally I want to put up 2 stud walls so I can use the space (I’d rather not have a built in wardrobe around the pipe work). However a friend told me they believe that the pipes need to be left accessible, giving the example that if they were under the floorboards they would be accessed by lifting a floor board and a stud wall would prevent access. Is this a building standard requirement? And do you think the stud walls are a good or bad idea? I don’t wish to build shelving around it as I’ve nothing to shelve, much prefer to put my furniture against the wall but I won’t if it’s not advisable as I want to sell the flat on eventually.
Any advice appreciated.
Thank you.