Plaster boarding over boiler pipes

[Chriswheela]

Hi all, you’ve all been such great help with a lot of the stuff I’ve been tackling. Now my kitchen is probably the worst in the house... but as a temporary (a couple years, maybe 3) fix before I tear it down and start again. I’m thinking of plasterboarding over the bare bricks.
I’ve just had a new boiler fitted a couple months ago now (turned out to be a bit of a cowboy but you live and you learn hey!) so it’s a little close to the external wall isn’t it!

question is... can I fix some timber to the wall, and screw on some plasterboard to make it look somewhat presentable. (Even though I do kinda like the look of the pipework )

 

[terryplumb]

You can fix timbers and plasterboard above,below and to the sides ,not withstanding the fact that the left hand side looks very close to the wall and what you add may restrict access even further for removing the cover / servicing/ maintenance etc.

 

[Notch7]

Lovely plumbing, almost seems a shame to cover it up the work of a craftsman.

 

[oldbutnotdead]

+1 for leaving the pipework exposed, lovely parallel runs, Munsen rings not those horrible plastic things. Get a stiff brush out on the brickwork to get the rubbish off, seal it and call it a feature wall
EDIT The Magnaclean is a bit ugly but the pipe drop/turn is lovely, perfect straight line through the elbows. 9.8 from this judge, he'd have got a 10 for wide radius bends

 

[dilalio]

Even a swaged joint in there too.

 

[oldbutnotdead]

Keep contemplating a swaging tool- would make correcting my not quite parallel offsets much cheaper