New central heating installed, hide radiator pipes

[gasmanstu72]

it is a bit odd that they've chose to drop the pipes down right next to the radiator. Usually they're dropped in the corner and then along the top of the skirting board. Maybe there's something above that stops this?
or if the radiator is under the window the drops can be hidden behind the curtain.

 

[FiremanT]

Yup, that's a fair point, It could be made that small, not sure how it would look though. I was looking at it from the point of boxing the corner section which may look a bit better.

I wouldn't want it there in the first place TBH.

Timber both sides of pipe. Timber in corner. Clad right across. So the corner is boxed, but the pipe is in a very narrow “duct”. No vent required, and will look exactly the same as yours.

 

[FiremanT]

it is a bit odd that they've chose to drop the pipes down right next to the radiator. Usually they're dropped in the corner and then along the top of the skirting board. Maybe there's something above that stops this?
or if the radiator is under the window the drops can be hidden behind the curtain.

I had to scroll back to look

The window must be pretty high

 

[bricksmasher]

Thanks for all the opinions guys,

We have s very large window in the living room which is floor to ceiling, so the girlfriend wanted to keep that feature lol, so couldn't run radiator under the window, hence this wall, and one opposite (near back boiler position so pipework isn't seen)

Just behind this wall in the picture is the stairs, so that's most likely why.

I'm torn as several people have said several things , I don't think I would get used to them showing as they are , and if they were boxed in and fitted then painted over etc then I could definitely love with that if chasing them in isn't recommended.

The gas pipe bothers me in the living room because it's just ugly and even if I painted it it still looks out of place to me, so I night look at boxing that in too.

I'll speak with plumber tomorrow and get his opinion
Thanks for all the advice

 

[bricksmasher]

Plumber came back and removed all the excess pipework that should have been removed in the first place, he was very good about it as it wasn't him that did the work, just his staff

He will send a quote for burying pipes into the walls, did say that the very top of the pipework coming in through ceiling wouldn't be chased into the wall, so I guess my options are to box that bit on somehow or just deal with it, though I'd happily just box the lot in my partner would prefer them chased in as much as possible

He said the gas pipe on living room was had to go there just due to layout of the gas meter and boiler and could be boxed in.

Unfortunately the old stop cock running down the side of the chimney breast is cemented in and said he could try and remove is we signed s declaration buy advised it could cause any number of problems water wise under or through the house so we will avoid that one, silly question while I am here, this lever on what looks like the water supply to the boiler (left hand side) , what this stop the water to the whole house? As I want to Rip out my kitchen sink and all soon

 

[Madrab]

Turn it off and see though possibly not, that may be the old rising main that ran up to the attic to supply the cold cistern that would have been up there.

You want to ask the plumber as he would have had to turn the mains off to get that yellow handled lever valve installed.

 

[gasmanstu72]

agreed with the above,
that yellow handle will no doubt stop every tap in your house except the kitchen sink!

 

[bricksmasher]

Thanks

I tried it, it turned of the water to the cisyern, the cold water tap to the bathroom upstairs but not the hot one

Ive pulled mist the kitchen out so think I'll leave the rest for the people that know what they are doing
Thanks all

 

[Madrab]

If it doesn't turn off the hot then the 15mm cold feed up out the floor will be the rising mains supply and the 22mm pipe will have been the old cold feed down from the cistern. The lever valve should be on the 15mm pipe before the tee to the boiler. That ISO valve - that really shouldn't be there at all IMO - will shut off the cold supply to the boiler and by default the hot water.

 

[bricksmasher]

Thanks for all the help on here
Managed to get water turned off outside in the end and managed to get the kitchen all out now thanks to all of your helpful advice


Crap photo I know but it's better than the old kitchen that was in there