Just laying the last few T & G hardwood boards on the suspended timber floor. As the floor is 10" joists with battens, UFH on insulation topped with 3" of screed within the joist void at the top I was using a board, nailed to the joist with folding sliding wedges to but up the T and G tight. I deemed this to be fine as the UFH was set within the joist voids but of course I forgot the one place where 65mm down the pipe crosses the joist at one end to get to the manifold. With amazing accuracy I have managed to punture the one place it goes through the joist! so now I have a floor that I need to dig out the screed, empty the UFH pipe and repair it. The plan is to cut the top 2.5 " of the joist to get at the hole in the pipe (and fill it later with a structural repair in compression). Questions are: does anyone know of a method of repairing a single hole in a pipe with some form of "welding" and is it reliable? I am tempted to cut and put a joint in - using a copper or plastic connector and have a trap for later access if needed in the T and G The other option is not to cut the joist and to have two connections either side of the joist. Any comments welcome.... Yrs pretty cheesed off Chris G
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15 years ago