Rad pipe position

[DIYspanner]

Its a downstairs rad plumed with 10mm JG push fit and the pipe passes through the skirting so presumably runs up the wall to feed/return pipes. The house is a 2003/04 build.

I need to establish the position of the pipe run in the wall adjacent to the window frame because I want to fit curtain hold back brackets but I'm fearful of screwing into the rad pipe.

Can anyone shed light on this for me please?

Thanks!

 

[Madrab]

Not a chance I'm afraid, there are no standards for that, so anything would just be a guess. Without actually cutting back the wall/skirting to see where it actually enters the wall and from there straight up, it would be impossible to tell.

 

[RandomGrinch]

You may get an idea if you can beg/borrow an IR camera.

 

[CBW]

Hard to tell from photo, but they look as if they come up from floor? Is this an upstairs or downstairs window?

If you’re confident they’re in the wall, As a rough guess, you could turn the heating on and feel the wall, sometimes you can get heat transference.

 

[DIYspanner]

Hard to tell from photo, but they look as if they come up from floor? Is this an upstairs or downstairs window?

Its a D/S rad and the pipes, like all other rad pipes D/S, go into the skirting board.

The house inner layer is timber frame construction. I've had a socket off and there are what appear to be three layers of plaster board sandwiched together then a thin gap then a sheet of Stirling board.

 

[DIYspanner]

Noted on the heat trace method!

I will investigate.