Hi,
I need to run a pair of feeds for my hot and cold water supply to a new shower.
The best plan of attack I see is to notch out the joists that it will run perpendicular with and then run the remaining distance parallel with the joists.
I've looked at notch limits and such, and also seen suggestions that gas pipes need to run under joists, can the water pipes though be bracketed to the side of the joist as in my diagram?
Putting 3mm steel plates above the notches is fine, but there will be an elbow where the pipe then goes downwards to the height it would remain for the parallel run.
Of course I could drill holes in the joists as well, and then the same question remains as to the parallel run. A notch would take 2 x 15mm pipes as my joists are 7x2, but drilling would mean they are offset from the feed would it?
Is there a limit they need to be from the floorboard above or the ceiling below? There is a lot of flex that has been drilled through the centre of the joist so is the safest way to run it under these holes or above?
At the end of the run they will come down and be chased into the blockwork behind a dot and dab wall.
Cheers for any pointers
Adam
I need to run a pair of feeds for my hot and cold water supply to a new shower.
The best plan of attack I see is to notch out the joists that it will run perpendicular with and then run the remaining distance parallel with the joists.
I've looked at notch limits and such, and also seen suggestions that gas pipes need to run under joists, can the water pipes though be bracketed to the side of the joist as in my diagram?
Putting 3mm steel plates above the notches is fine, but there will be an elbow where the pipe then goes downwards to the height it would remain for the parallel run.
Of course I could drill holes in the joists as well, and then the same question remains as to the parallel run. A notch would take 2 x 15mm pipes as my joists are 7x2, but drilling would mean they are offset from the feed would it?
Is there a limit they need to be from the floorboard above or the ceiling below? There is a lot of flex that has been drilled through the centre of the joist so is the safest way to run it under these holes or above?
At the end of the run they will come down and be chased into the blockwork behind a dot and dab wall.
Cheers for any pointers
Adam