Hi all,
I've got a builder that installed gas central heating with the pipes running on the skirting. This was then boxed in by using mdf, but the mdf is almost 200mm x 200mm! I would expect the mdf to be as close to the pipes as possible. According to the builder, that's the way its supposed to be, but I have serious doubts about this.
Is there anyone with experience in boxing in central heating pipes? Is this normal practise?
thanks Carel
Where we've boxed pipes in, it's typically been around 90mm deep and
100-150mm high.On 1 Jun 2004 02:08:24 -0700, snipped-for-privacy@solomon.web.za (Carel) strung together this:
There is a product available that is plastic of some sort, and just clips over the pipes like a false skirting. I think Tower do it and someone else.
Depends on who's fitting the CH\boxing. Chances are if it's a builder that installed the heating none of it's right so for him, maybe it is normal practice to make it look a mess.
Carel wrote
There's no "supposed to be" about it - this is the usual way that builders pull the wool over your eyes. The depth of the boxing depends only on the distance from the wall to the outer face of the pipes, and should be as tight as possible but not touching the MDF, as this might cause noises when the pipes expand/contract. For 15mm pipes on pipe brackets this works out at no more than
60-70mm, depending on the thickness of the skirting and allowing for 10mm thick MDF. The height should ideally be slightly deeper than the skirting to hide the existing, and so that a new length of skirting can be provided on the face of the boxing to make it look a finished job.HTH Peter
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