Hi All
I have a problem i hope you can advise me on
I had all my central heating replaced (boiler, rads & microbore pipework changed to 15mm). the main run of pipework upstairs runs along the landing. the floorboards were pretty rubbish here, broken & cut short from previous owners/contractors) so i said to the plumber i would replace them for new when the work was done.
The two main pipes run across cut-outs in the joists, but where i need to put the new floorboards basically where the floorboards meet on the long egde is exactly where the pipes run, because of this i cant nail or screw the long edges of the boards to the joists without bursting a pipe. therefore the boards are pressing on the pipe. is there a way of supporting the floor boards? a mate suggested fitting "noggins" inbetween the joists, but he doesn't know what size wood to use or how best to fix them. All i got from the plumber was that is where the pipes ran before with the old system, which he is right of course, but he didn't suggest how to resolve it.
i would have thought it would be better to have the pipe run centrally to a floorboard but what do i know
any ideas?
cheers
I have a problem i hope you can advise me on
I had all my central heating replaced (boiler, rads & microbore pipework changed to 15mm). the main run of pipework upstairs runs along the landing. the floorboards were pretty rubbish here, broken & cut short from previous owners/contractors) so i said to the plumber i would replace them for new when the work was done.
The two main pipes run across cut-outs in the joists, but where i need to put the new floorboards basically where the floorboards meet on the long egde is exactly where the pipes run, because of this i cant nail or screw the long edges of the boards to the joists without bursting a pipe. therefore the boards are pressing on the pipe. is there a way of supporting the floor boards? a mate suggested fitting "noggins" inbetween the joists, but he doesn't know what size wood to use or how best to fix them. All i got from the plumber was that is where the pipes ran before with the old system, which he is right of course, but he didn't suggest how to resolve it.
i would have thought it would be better to have the pipe run centrally to a floorboard but what do i know
any ideas?
cheers