I have a 1927 built detached house - I recently took a wall down between the kitchen/dining room and have since stripped the plaster from all of the walls exposing the original brickwork.
My boiler (in the below pictures) is going to be replaced with a smaller new Worcester combi, in addition I'll be fitting a new kitchen with wall mounted cabinets to enclose the boiler.
My question, what is the most suitable wall covering for this part of the kitchen diner? Elsewhere within the room I intend to batten and cover with plasterboard, but would batten/plasterboard be sufficient to hang a boiler and cabinets from? I was considering batten and then using concrete boards for this specific part of the kitchen, plasterboard elsewhere?
Also, would I run the pipework behind the boarding (in the cavity between board and brick) so that I can neatly tile the wall underneath the hanging kitchen cabinets?
The boiler in the pictures below will be moving to the far left of the wall that it is currently attached to (into the corner of the room).
My boiler (in the below pictures) is going to be replaced with a smaller new Worcester combi, in addition I'll be fitting a new kitchen with wall mounted cabinets to enclose the boiler.
My question, what is the most suitable wall covering for this part of the kitchen diner? Elsewhere within the room I intend to batten and cover with plasterboard, but would batten/plasterboard be sufficient to hang a boiler and cabinets from? I was considering batten and then using concrete boards for this specific part of the kitchen, plasterboard elsewhere?
Also, would I run the pipework behind the boarding (in the cavity between board and brick) so that I can neatly tile the wall underneath the hanging kitchen cabinets?
The boiler in the pictures below will be moving to the far left of the wall that it is currently attached to (into the corner of the room).