You What??

[securespark]

Read the first comment below.

What is he on about?


http://www.screwfix.com/p/tower-pvc-grommet-open-pack-of-100/11833

 

[stillp]

"When using standard electrical back boxes for hiding 10mm heating pipe you can even pull the pipe though without them popping out like others do."

 

[JohnW2]

Read the first comment below. What is he on about?

Goodness only knows! You might have to be brave and go to that 'other forum' to find out (but remember to wear your flak jacket!)

Kind Regards, John

 

[AndyPRK]

Creating a safe zone so u don't drill thru pipes?

But ott

 

[EFLImpudence]

You must need quite a lot of back boxes for a pipe run.

 

[Robin0577]

I did once see a 10mm "microbore" heating system in a 1980s build that had been installed as follows...

1. First fix - run pipes down wall vertically, ending in standard electrical boxes.

2. Board and skim wall.

3. Second fix - fit elbows to pipes in the centre of each box, then cover with the old type MK logic flex outlet, bringing pipe out horizontal through central hole straight into rad valves with rear facing unions.

Perhaps that what he's on about?

 

[sparkwright]

Seen this before on first fixes.

HEP flexible pipe running up or down walls, and box used as some kind of restraint for the pipes to emerge from plasterboard.

 

[flameport]

It's a standard arrangement when using small diameter plastic pipes for the radiators.

Metal backbox with grommets, with one of these on the front:
http://www.johnguest.com/speedfit/product/pipe-accessories/radiator-outlet-plate/

 

[Lectrician]

"When using standard electrical back boxes for hiding 10mm heating pipe you can even pull the pipe though without them popping out like others do."

In modern homes, they often take plastic microbore down behind the dry lining, and out through a metal back box below/behind the rad.

 

[securespark]

Doesn't that radiator leak?

Well, it's the first I've seen it done this way: mixing plumbing with electrical!

Next we'll have Live on the flow and Neutral on the return pipes....

 

[ban-all-sheds]

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