Hi,
Sometime back we had an old back boiler removed and had a new combi boiler installed. The back boiler sat behind the living room fire and the new boiler is now situated in another room.
As part of this job we had a new radiator installed in the living room directly under the window (think typical old living room with window wall being perpendicular to the fireplace wall).
In hooking up the new radiator the plumber used what were the flow/return pipes to the back boiler, ran them diagonally under the floorboards from the fireplace to the new radiator... and here lies the problem.
The house is a 1930s house with suspended wooden floors, this diagonal pipework is underneath the floorboards and as airbricks ventilate the underside of the suspended floor then this pipework is effectively outside the house - I hope this makes sense. To make matters worse, these pipes aren't insulated or lagged.
So I have two options and am looking for opinion.
I can get a plumber in to move the pipework so that all of the pipework is above the floorboards (ie running along the skirting boards) or I can insulate the pipes to an inch of their lives. The latter obviously being a cheaper option.
It has been suggested to me that the latter may actually be better option because if run the pipes along the skirting board then I won't be able to insulate the pipes very easily and some of the heat will go straight to the walls... and I have 1930s solid walls (ie no cavity and no EWI/IWI).
So, given this position, would there be any real difference (besides initial cost) to going one way or the other here?
Sadie.
Sometime back we had an old back boiler removed and had a new combi boiler installed. The back boiler sat behind the living room fire and the new boiler is now situated in another room.
As part of this job we had a new radiator installed in the living room directly under the window (think typical old living room with window wall being perpendicular to the fireplace wall).
In hooking up the new radiator the plumber used what were the flow/return pipes to the back boiler, ran them diagonally under the floorboards from the fireplace to the new radiator... and here lies the problem.
The house is a 1930s house with suspended wooden floors, this diagonal pipework is underneath the floorboards and as airbricks ventilate the underside of the suspended floor then this pipework is effectively outside the house - I hope this makes sense. To make matters worse, these pipes aren't insulated or lagged.
So I have two options and am looking for opinion.
I can get a plumber in to move the pipework so that all of the pipework is above the floorboards (ie running along the skirting boards) or I can insulate the pipes to an inch of their lives. The latter obviously being a cheaper option.
It has been suggested to me that the latter may actually be better option because if run the pipes along the skirting board then I won't be able to insulate the pipes very easily and some of the heat will go straight to the walls... and I have 1930s solid walls (ie no cavity and no EWI/IWI).
So, given this position, would there be any real difference (besides initial cost) to going one way or the other here?
Sadie.
