Boxing these pipes in

[Keitai]

Gonna get the 150mm high 75mm deep mx boxing. 3 metres for pipe.

 

[Charlie George]

Gonna get the 150mm high 75mm deep mx boxing. 3 metres for pipe. For under sink have no idea. No woman on sales doesn't seem to know the products very well to advise as well. It's 280mm high and 60mm deep but this seems beyond her brain power to work out what I need for this small section!

Might be good idea to actually work it out for yourself,sizes are all available online, or tell her to join the forum so she can reply to all your posts.
Just looked online they sell 75mm x300mm,and as for being beyond her brainpower,you should be the last to question that.

 

[Keitai]

Got the boxing stuff from Pendocks. Can I cut it to size using my circular saw? Not totally sure how to do this. A table saw would be better I guess.

I'm going to baton on the floor and fix through the bathrooms vinyl. I guess use a detector for any pipes.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Can I cut it to size using my circular saw? Not totally sure how to do this. A table saw would be better I guess.

Whilst a table saw would be a better idea, providing you have a rip fence for your circilar saw it is doable. You need to support the Pendock do that it can't move whilst you are cutting. You need s sharp, fine tooth blade. You need to add some form of extension fence plate (e.g a piece if hardwood ply or an offcut of planed hardwood) to increase the size of the fence. The base of the saw must be clean and burr free so you don't mark the Pendock. To get the saw to run more smoothly, spread a little candle wax or wax furniture polish on the underside of the base plate and buff up. Helps it run less jerkily

I'm going to baton on the floor and fix through the bathrooms vinyl. I guess use a detector for any pipes.

If the batten is 22mm thick and the floor is 18mm thick (i.e 40mm in total) then 35mm screws should work without the need to test for joists

 

[Keitai]

Whilst a table saw would be a better idea, providing you have a rip fence for your circilar saw it is doable. You need to support the Pendock do that it can't move whilst you are cutting. You need s sharp, fine tooth blade. You need to add some form of extension fence plate (e.g a piece if hardwood ply or an offcut of planed hardwood) to increase the size of the fence. The base of the saw must be clean and burr free so you don't mark the Pendock. To get the saw to run more smoothly, spread a little candle wax or wax furniture polish on the underside of the base plate and buff up. Helps it run less jerkily


If the batten is 22mm thick and the floor is 18mm thick (i.e 40mm in total) then 35mm screws should work without the need to test for joists

Is this anything like what you mean?

Maybe not!


I'm gonna get a flexible piece of wood and use that as the fence , turn the boxing upside down then try the circular saw or jigsaw on it. I'll practise on the waste part first. Rachet it down.

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[Keitai]

I just used a fine toothed hand saw to cut the pendock boxing. Marked and cut carefully. Think the cuts good enough. The power tool way was becoming a headache

Rachet strapped it down.

Regarding putting the baton into bathroom floor. It's ground level so I guess concrete under the vinyl, there won't be any pipes, will there?

 

[Keitai]

Went ok. I decided to gripfill the baton on floor as I was worried about pipes so haven't fixed the boxing to it yet as I'm waiting for it to go off
. Bit worried about large boxing under sink. Couldn't get much baton onto the wall. Also is it worth glueing the stop endso n on the large boxing to stop them falling off?

Does the baton need to be touching the top of boxing for a stronger fixing as well (bit of a gap in places)?

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