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I'm doing some unrelated work under our living room floor and I noticed that the 15mm copper piping used for the GCH is unsupported in lots of areas, so thought I would remedy this while I'm there. For example, there is run of more than 3 metres which is only properly supported at the ends.
It's a big (and very handy) void space of a few feet to work in, but because they are half way between the floor joists and the founds I can't think what the best way would be to secure them and take the strain off. I can't clip them directly to the underside of the joists as the pipes are too low and there isn't enough play.
It looks like someone has used a single pile of bricks in the middle at some time the past, which has fallen over (which is unsurprising given the height the bricks would need to be stacked to and there are only enough for a single 1 x 1 pile.
So they're too low to clip to joists, if I added timber battens they would have to be very thick (12") to get down that far, and yet they seem too high to support easily from found level.
It seems a weird way to have done this, but the only thing I've been able to think of as a fix is to build / lay a couple of 2 x 2 brick towers topped off with something to stop them abrading the pipes. I did wonder about creating some sort of sling under the joists, but that feels like a bit of a bodge.
Any suggestions for an easier way to to improve this situation? There's an engineered hardwood floor going down soon, so I don't want to have to be under there again to deal with future leaks.
It's a big (and very handy) void space of a few feet to work in, but because they are half way between the floor joists and the founds I can't think what the best way would be to secure them and take the strain off. I can't clip them directly to the underside of the joists as the pipes are too low and there isn't enough play.
It looks like someone has used a single pile of bricks in the middle at some time the past, which has fallen over (which is unsurprising given the height the bricks would need to be stacked to and there are only enough for a single 1 x 1 pile.
So they're too low to clip to joists, if I added timber battens they would have to be very thick (12") to get down that far, and yet they seem too high to support easily from found level.
It seems a weird way to have done this, but the only thing I've been able to think of as a fix is to build / lay a couple of 2 x 2 brick towers topped off with something to stop them abrading the pipes. I did wonder about creating some sort of sling under the joists, but that feels like a bit of a bodge.
Any suggestions for an easier way to to improve this situation? There's an engineered hardwood floor going down soon, so I don't want to have to be under there again to deal with future leaks.
