Connecting water supply into garage ?

[colin H]

Hello folks ,
I am thinking of converting my garage into a utility room , and will need to connect the water supply from the house , which is four feet away from the garage .
What do I need to consider , when planning this project . for example , how deep should I bury the pipes , and will I need to insulate them to protect from frost , which type of joint is best ,etc . ?

Thanks , Colin

 

[kevplumb]

, how deep should I bury the pipes ,

at least 750 deep

will I need to insulate them

yes and bed them on sand and cover as well

which type of joint is best ,etc . ?

strictly speaking manipulative but yorkshire will be ok

unless you are using plastic then do it in one run with no buried joints

 

[colin H]

would plastic be o.k. , considering the existing pipework is copper . Also , whats the best way to insulate - do you use pipe lagging , then cover with plastic pipe ?

 

[kevplumb]

you can join plastic to copper no probs

insulation have to say armaflex

 

[doitall]

I would assume, you will have some form of heating to protect the appliances, as well as the pipes.

 

[colin H]

I would assume, you will have some form of heating to protect the appliances, as well as the pipes.

Hadnt considered this , - the folks next door have had a washer in the garage for years , without heating , so I didnt think it would be necessary .

Also , would it be permissable to run part of the pipework down the outside wall of the house , say from a foot above ground level , down to depth , then back up , and into the garage , or does the whole lot have to be buried - which is gonna make things tricky !

 

[kevplumb]

you could but it will need to be well insulated

 

[seco services]

you can use a ground breaker and shalloduct will over come alot of the installation problems.

 

[colin H]

you can use a ground breaker and shalloduct will over come alot of the installation problems.

o.k. , thanks , can you tell me what these are , and what they do !

 

[seco services]

ground breaker gos on the wall and protects any external pipework.
shalloduct is a water regs approved insulation that over comes underground pipework being less than 750mm deep in the ground.

http://www.groundbreaker.co.uk/