I am planning a new kitchen fit and trying to get my head around the plumbing under the sink...
The service void in the cabinet is causing me some confusion. I can see how the waste pipe for the sink will disappear behind this but struggling to understand its usefulness for my copper pipes.
I currently have the mains stop cock which is only accessible by stretching your hand under the plinth. Awful!
I was planning to extend the pipe on this slightly and have it coming through the base of the sink cabinet and fit a lever valve here as my main stop point followed by a drain valve. As I understand it this, will be clipped to the back of the cabinet but not inside the service void. I ca then have further valves for the cold water that goes to the rest of the house and isolation valves for the kitchen tap. I also need to extend this feed to the washing machine which is in the Units next to this. I was going to clip the pipe on the back of the unit with an appliance valve for this too. Finally, I have a hot water feed coming from the boiler which I was going to also insert from the bottom of the unit, clip to the back of the cabinet and then feed the tap via an isolation valve. Is this the right approach or should I be hiding any of this out of sight and in the service void of the cabinet?
Thanks in advance.
The service void in the cabinet is causing me some confusion. I can see how the waste pipe for the sink will disappear behind this but struggling to understand its usefulness for my copper pipes.
I currently have the mains stop cock which is only accessible by stretching your hand under the plinth. Awful!
I was planning to extend the pipe on this slightly and have it coming through the base of the sink cabinet and fit a lever valve here as my main stop point followed by a drain valve. As I understand it this, will be clipped to the back of the cabinet but not inside the service void. I ca then have further valves for the cold water that goes to the rest of the house and isolation valves for the kitchen tap. I also need to extend this feed to the washing machine which is in the Units next to this. I was going to clip the pipe on the back of the unit with an appliance valve for this too. Finally, I have a hot water feed coming from the boiler which I was going to also insert from the bottom of the unit, clip to the back of the cabinet and then feed the tap via an isolation valve. Is this the right approach or should I be hiding any of this out of sight and in the service void of the cabinet?
Thanks in advance.