Am about to have the living room redecorated including walls plastered, and thought I’d take the opportunity to do something about the radiator pipes that run horizontally just above the skirting along the living room wall.
Ideally I’d like to bury them in the wall, but am very nervous about cutting such a deep horizontal channel into the wall as it would need to be at least 20-22mm to allow for the pipes, the pipe clips and the insulation.
I’ve seen websites that sell thicker skirting with a rebate cut out the back so that the skirting just hides the pipes, but the skirting then starts to get pretty “thick” in order to hide the pipes and be strong enough to offer some protection. Those things work, but for me it kind of looks obvious that they are hiding something, and also looks obviously thicker than the skirting on other walls.
This got me thinking about maybe cutting a shallower horizontal channel into the wall of say 12mm, so that the pipes aren’t really sticking out of the wall too much (maybe 10mm or so), which should mean that I could get away with “standard” depth skirting with a rebate cut into it.
In my mind it seems like a good idea, but interested to hear from anyone else who has attempted something similar, or from anyone who thinks it’s a terrible idea for reasons XYZ.
just an FYI, it’s a concrete floor with damp proof coating so I definitely don’t want to be cutting the floor up.
Good idea or terrible idea?
Ideally I’d like to bury them in the wall, but am very nervous about cutting such a deep horizontal channel into the wall as it would need to be at least 20-22mm to allow for the pipes, the pipe clips and the insulation.
I’ve seen websites that sell thicker skirting with a rebate cut out the back so that the skirting just hides the pipes, but the skirting then starts to get pretty “thick” in order to hide the pipes and be strong enough to offer some protection. Those things work, but for me it kind of looks obvious that they are hiding something, and also looks obviously thicker than the skirting on other walls.
This got me thinking about maybe cutting a shallower horizontal channel into the wall of say 12mm, so that the pipes aren’t really sticking out of the wall too much (maybe 10mm or so), which should mean that I could get away with “standard” depth skirting with a rebate cut into it.
In my mind it seems like a good idea, but interested to hear from anyone else who has attempted something similar, or from anyone who thinks it’s a terrible idea for reasons XYZ.
just an FYI, it’s a concrete floor with damp proof coating so I definitely don’t want to be cutting the floor up.
Good idea or terrible idea?
