i live in a lower ground floor (basement) flat which has solid concrete floors.
i'm having a new central heating system installed now and copper pipes have been laid in the floor and covered in screed, and some have been chased into walls and plastered over.
these pipes have been covered in the felt lagging. while looking something else up on here, i came across some posts where people have said that you should use plastic pipe or plastic covered copper pipe ideally when burying in screed, or they should be covered in denso tape. (does the same apply to plaster walls?)
of course, all the pipework has already been laid so it would be a nightmare to redo. the corgi reg. engineer is insisting the lagging is fine as it is what he always uses (he showed me some of it and it does have a plastic inner lining.)
i understand this probably hasn't been installed to current best practice. but i'm confused as to whether it will be ok or not? i assume if the copper fails due to the screed in 5 years time the engineer who fitted it and says its fine won't come back for free!
thanks everyone.
i'm having a new central heating system installed now and copper pipes have been laid in the floor and covered in screed, and some have been chased into walls and plastered over.
these pipes have been covered in the felt lagging. while looking something else up on here, i came across some posts where people have said that you should use plastic pipe or plastic covered copper pipe ideally when burying in screed, or they should be covered in denso tape. (does the same apply to plaster walls?)
of course, all the pipework has already been laid so it would be a nightmare to redo. the corgi reg. engineer is insisting the lagging is fine as it is what he always uses (he showed me some of it and it does have a plastic inner lining.)
i understand this probably hasn't been installed to current best practice. but i'm confused as to whether it will be ok or not? i assume if the copper fails due to the screed in 5 years time the engineer who fitted it and says its fine won't come back for free!
thanks everyone.