pipe in floor
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Do you mean as in potable water pipe (hot and cold) or heating pipes or even gas pipes.
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Don't know what the official reason is but when they built my house 30 years ago they put the central heating copper pipes into the screed and in some places it's broken the screed up where over the years the pipes have been expanding and contracting. The screed has crumbled away and if I brush the loose bits off I've got a 2 inch deep hole in the floor.
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Both really. Hot and cold water and central heating pipes. Not to concerned about gas as mine is all above ground once inside.
Basically my central heating pipes are in the floor in my house. They look like they were lagged with a fiberglass type material prior to burying. We have had an extension built and now it is time to plumb it. I do not want to fall fowl of building regs hence my questions. As the upstairs floors are in it will be a lot easier to plumb the upstairs using plastic for water and heating radiators from below as the ceiling is not yet in. Downstairs seems a bit of a puzzle. Idealy Iwould like to do this in copper, lag with denso and bury in the screed, leaving tails up where required for "onward" plumbing, again at a later date.
What is the general thinking on this, wanting to keep within current regs?
Many thanks
Both really. Hot and cold water and central heating pipes. Not to concerned about gas as mine is all above ground once inside.
Basically my central heating pipes are in the floor in my house. They look like they were lagged with a fiberglass type material prior to burying. We have had an extension built and now it is time to plumb it. I do not want to fall fowl of building regs hence my questions. As the upstairs floors are in it will be a lot easier to plumb the upstairs using plastic for water and heating radiators from below as the ceiling is not yet in. Downstairs seems a bit of a puzzle. Idealy Iwould like to do this in copper, lag with denso and bury in the screed, leaving tails up where required for "onward" plumbing, again at a later date.
What is the general thinking on this, wanting to keep within current regs?
Many thanks
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Why ?
Because you say so or because you have no faith in your soldering ?. lol
You're talking nonsense man. Its common practise on new builds to bury the pipe in the weak mix of the sand and cement screed with armaflex insulation (or similar) as protection.
OK so a few will use the conduit but many use copper.
On a long convoluted run with plastic pipe inside corrugated conduit you would have difficulty replacing it anyway if you had to remove it for some reason.
Why ?
Because you say so or because you have no faith in your soldering ?. lol
You're talking nonsense man. Its common practise on new builds to bury the pipe in the weak mix of the sand and cement screed with armaflex insulation (or similar) as protection.
OK so a few will use the conduit but many use copper.
On a long convoluted run with plastic pipe inside corrugated conduit you would have difficulty replacing it anyway if you had to remove it for some reason.
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