concrete kitchen floor containing 4 copper central heating

[UKMICKY]

Hi

I have a very neat hole cut into my concrete kitchen floor containing 4 copper central heating pipes.

I was going to cover them using foam pipe insulation, a few inches sand and then pour concrete over the top but am unsure if thats the way to go.

It would be preferable if i could avoid pouring concrete directly on the pipes so the concrete could be cut through and removed if need be in the future to expose the pipes if a leak were to appear.

Cant now put plastic pipe around them due to arrangment and joins.

Whats the best thing to appease the wife

Help appriciated

 

[Deluks]

They won't leak unless you have any joints, (which you shouldn't have in a location such as this)

The fussy way. Cover them with ply, tile backer board or thin sheet metal, preferably screwed down. Would be useful if you could 'rebate' the surrounding concrete to accomodate the thickness of the cover so it sits flush.