I've recently bought a 1960's bungalow which is in need of some serious refurbishment - electrics inadequate (1 socket per room), central heating pipes leaking in the concrete floor, leaking copper waste pipes etc etc etc.
I'm planning on abandoning the existing central heating system, and reinstalling from scratch with a new gas boiler and resized radiators etc.
Question is, what's going to be the easiest method of installing? So far I've thought of 3 ways of doing it. 1. run everything in the roof, and chase down the walls to bring down the pipes to individual rads. 2. run everything in the floor, in which case everything will need to be chased into the floor. 3. install some additional 15 or 20mm insulation slabs over the concrete floor, then run the pipework through this under a new chipboard/ply floor.
I'm not keen on the chasing options, as I'd like the various joints in the pipework to be accessible (also the water regs aren't keen on pipes being buried in walls or floors). I like the idea of the false floor option, as it gives me some additional insulation in the floor, and everything can be made fairly accessible. Anyone ever done anything similar? If so, do you bang your head regularly on the tops of doorways? Is it feasible?
Advice, thoughts etc etc very much appreciated.
I'm planning on abandoning the existing central heating system, and reinstalling from scratch with a new gas boiler and resized radiators etc.
Question is, what's going to be the easiest method of installing? So far I've thought of 3 ways of doing it. 1. run everything in the roof, and chase down the walls to bring down the pipes to individual rads. 2. run everything in the floor, in which case everything will need to be chased into the floor. 3. install some additional 15 or 20mm insulation slabs over the concrete floor, then run the pipework through this under a new chipboard/ply floor.
I'm not keen on the chasing options, as I'd like the various joints in the pipework to be accessible (also the water regs aren't keen on pipes being buried in walls or floors). I like the idea of the false floor option, as it gives me some additional insulation in the floor, and everything can be made fairly accessible. Anyone ever done anything similar? If so, do you bang your head regularly on the tops of doorways? Is it feasible?
Advice, thoughts etc etc very much appreciated.