Hiding pipework

[apj101]

Hi guys,
I have an exterior wall in my bathroom (i believe is is an extension). The wall is i believe 2 brick thick (doubt it has any fancy caverty). On the inside of the wall there are pipes leading all the way along the wayy feeding the sink and toilet. I want to get a bowl sink and therefore boxing the vertical piping up the sink would look rubbish...so

can you grind a channel for the pipes into the brick work and hide the pipes in there and just plaster&tile over them

thanks guys

 

[apj101]

sorry that should read hiding pipework in the title

MOD 2

it does now

 

[apj101]

why is no one replying

 

[racket]

Not a good idea you would need to put the pipes inside a plastic sleeve because the pipes will expand and contract with temperature, so if you seal them with plaster the plaster could chaff on the pipes and cause a leak I've seen this happen when somebody buried pipes in a concrete floor and they leaked.

Can you not put the pipes under the floorboards and come up inside the pedestal of the sink so you wouldn't see any pipes.

 

[apj101]

Not a good idea you would need to put the pipes inside a plastic sleeve because the pipes will expand and contract with temperature, so if you seal them with plaster the plaster could chaff on the pipes and cause a leak I've seen this happen when somebody buried pipes in a concrete floor and they leaked.

Can you not put the pipes under the floorboards and come up inside the pedestal of the sink so you wouldn't see any pipes.

thanks. I cant hide them in the floor easily because its a concrete floor and the sink will be a counter top bowl and hence no pedestal

Any ideas on how to hide them

 

[racket]

Another thing you could try is what I did, instead of hiding the pipes why don't you do the pipes in chrome and make them look nice with nice stand off brackets, if the rest of your fittings are chrome then it will all match

Just a thought

 

[Milt1978]

Unsure if this would be an option but you could stud the wall out to hide the copper and waste pipes? it would take a few inch off the room but would be far less work and could be a better finish. depends on the room size?