How to hide central heating pipes

[Slicecbr]

Help if possible.
I'm updating my bathroom and got to the wall where the central pipes are. The rest of the room is going to be full height tile and thinking of the best way to hide these pipes.
The plan is to put a towel rail on this wall (rather than the previous radiator). I don't want to change where the pipes come down from the roof as it's asbestos so want to leave as is.

My thoughts were:

Keep the existing trunking running down the wall and straighten the pipes where they currently kink out and box it in with a tile finish flush with the third row of tiles. Then either tile up to the trunking or keep the upper 2/3 wall as a painted wall.

Chase the pipe work into the wall, and create an an access panel at the 90 degree turn and tile the whole wall

Any ideas would be great. Was hoping to have figured it out by when I got to it but still undecided.

Thanks

 

[stem]

You could box the pipes in using either plasterboard or plywood and then tile over them.

 

[Mottie]

I'd box them in and tile over. Personally I’d get rid of the coving in a fully tiled bathroom.