Hi all,
Wonder if I might beg some expert advice.
I am re-doing our bathroom, which involves moving the in-bath shower from one end to the other. To achieve this I started to chase into the exterior wall at the end of the bath. After removing a load of blown bonding plater I revealed that the breeze block behind was not in great shape (previously had a window there that was made into one window when the bathroom was made one room from a separate toilet and bath rooms).
So, decided to ditch that plan and put the mixer on the adjacent (internal none load bearing) wall. After chasing out the channels I discovered that the breeze block wall was not the 100mm thickness I had naively assumed it was. I think it is actually 50mm, with a single internal hollow area of approx a third the thickness of the block. My chase naturally broke into this. In the none hollow areas the chase depth ranges from 25mm to 30mm. The chase is approx 50mm wide.
If I wrap and cement the pipes in, and bond and finish plaster...will this be safe enough? Or should I abandon this and cement the chases closed and think of another plan...?
Thanks!
Ste
Edit: here is a pic for reference...(looks like the host has entered it, the chases are vertical, up into the loft)
Wonder if I might beg some expert advice.
I am re-doing our bathroom, which involves moving the in-bath shower from one end to the other. To achieve this I started to chase into the exterior wall at the end of the bath. After removing a load of blown bonding plater I revealed that the breeze block behind was not in great shape (previously had a window there that was made into one window when the bathroom was made one room from a separate toilet and bath rooms).
So, decided to ditch that plan and put the mixer on the adjacent (internal none load bearing) wall. After chasing out the channels I discovered that the breeze block wall was not the 100mm thickness I had naively assumed it was. I think it is actually 50mm, with a single internal hollow area of approx a third the thickness of the block. My chase naturally broke into this. In the none hollow areas the chase depth ranges from 25mm to 30mm. The chase is approx 50mm wide.
If I wrap and cement the pipes in, and bond and finish plaster...will this be safe enough? Or should I abandon this and cement the chases closed and think of another plan...?
Thanks!
Ste
Edit: here is a pic for reference...(looks like the host has entered it, the chases are vertical, up into the loft)