Recently I had a very bad plumber experience. Had a system boiler removed and replaced with a combi. I've recently removed the old airing cupboard to discover that he had left a few wonderful features:
1) The cold water mains riser into the roof space for the shower runs along the front edge of the airing cupboard. This is now in the middle of the room.
2) The hot water feed from the old tank has been cut and capped approximately 6" above the level of the floor boards, again in the middle of the room.
I'm keen to fix all this but I have a few questions.
The hot water cap is about two foot from a T junction, one leg goes off to the new combi and the bathroom, other leg to the kitchen. Is it ok just to cut and cap closer to the T junction and below the floor boards? This will leave a leg of the T with no flow through it. The T is soldered and I don;t fancy removing it and replacing with an elbow (poor soldering skills)
The other question is about the cold water riser. Can I run it in a chase in the wall? The wall is going to be hacked off and hardwalled so this seems like an ideal thing to do. Do I need to run in conduit?
Any advice appreciated.
Cheers
Bob.
1) The cold water mains riser into the roof space for the shower runs along the front edge of the airing cupboard. This is now in the middle of the room.
2) The hot water feed from the old tank has been cut and capped approximately 6" above the level of the floor boards, again in the middle of the room.
I'm keen to fix all this but I have a few questions.
The hot water cap is about two foot from a T junction, one leg goes off to the new combi and the bathroom, other leg to the kitchen. Is it ok just to cut and cap closer to the T junction and below the floor boards? This will leave a leg of the T with no flow through it. The T is soldered and I don;t fancy removing it and replacing with an elbow (poor soldering skills)
The other question is about the cold water riser. Can I run it in a chase in the wall? The wall is going to be hacked off and hardwalled so this seems like an ideal thing to do. Do I need to run in conduit?
Any advice appreciated.
Cheers
Bob.