Recent content by nearlythereyet

Cheers. Haven't tried it as yet, but if I have to, could I get away with thinner lagging for the inside of the pipe (where it will need to sit in the chasing) and thicker on the outside (where I'll box it in - and where I guess it needs to be most protected)? Its a mixture of vertical and...

Cheers all. Given it's 22mm pipe, and the plumbers were so sure it wouldn't freeze, I hadn't questioned it (and no one else has since either!). The reason I ask about regs is whether I should report them... Anyway, it sounds like I might just have to lag the pipe (if I can squeeze it into the...

I can't re-route the pipe inside. There's probably about 10-15mm space between the pipe and the face of the wall, so that doesn't leave much space for lagging. I'm not mad about deeper chasing - any other options? The plumbers were English (although I wouldn't want to vouch for how well they...

Outside. The plumbers told me it didn't need insulating if it was buried into the wall (about 2m above ground) - is that right?

Cheers. It's an external wall, so no fear of pictures! We've been asked to chase it into the wall otherwise agreed, boxing in would be better.

Hi all, we've been renovating an old Victorian flat, and to cut a long story short, the mains has had to be re-routed along an external wall (prob about 1.5 metres in total). The wall has been chased out, and the plumbers have laid 22mm copper pipe with denso tape to protect. But just before...

Yes, rads have been on site for months now, so no excuse as far as I can see. But they decided they didn't need to hang them, and would "carefully measure" instead. I now have engineered floorboards glued to a concrete floor, so would be v messy to take them up again. For info, I asked the...

Thanks folks, much appreciated. I'll ask them to use a bending spring (they'd told me joints were the only way...!) And I guess I'll have to think about the chrome finish.

Oh yes - the plumbers are coming back to sort it! But they couldn't care less what the end result will look like. Their plan is to just use lots of copper joints, so I wanted to check if there's a neater way for them to do it. The pipes are too far apart, and / or too far back against the...

Hi all, I have plumbers installing some old style rads in my living room. Annoyingly, they've ****ed up the measurements, so grateful for advice on a solution. They've installed the pipes for either side of the rads, but the measurements are out by around 10-20mm on each (from the wall...