Water Pipes

If there were a very long pipe run possibly, but the normal thing with copper pipe under floors (if done properly) was to wrap in Denso tape ( the gooey stuff) to protect the pipe and allow for movement.

Presumably this inverted U is too far out from the wall to fit the dishwasher and you now have a broken cabinet as well and nothing to show for it.

There are so many bodgers around in all trades that nothing surprises me.....

.andy

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Yes, about a foot away from the wall.

Fortunately I hadn't got so far with breaking the cabinet that I couldn't put it back together again, so that's an option. Have left it slightly dismantled so that the chap can show his wife when she comes in from work, and they can discuss the options - none of which looks delightful.

I have advised the flat owner to consult a CH engineer to see if these pipes could be reformed and laid flat - looks doable to me, though some drainage of the water pipes will need to be done.

If it was my own place I'd be happy to do it, but with another flat downstairs and not being 100% sure I'd rather not take the risk that something could go awry (especially at this time of year....). Someone else can carry the can for that.

PoP

Could the sink (or washer) have been there previously? Maybe the pipe came up to the sink then was teed off for the bathroom.

That'd be the trick - a wet'n'dry vac would help here. Is the floor concrete? If so it's an SDS hammer job and a slip joint to join the pipe, if wood just a board or 2 up.

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It is a concrete floor, but around these pipes is a sort of "loose" concrete screed. I tried picking at it with my fingers but it didn't really give - though I suspect using a small chisel and hammer would have done the trick. I'd have thought an SDS would have seen a hole in the ceiling of the flat below :)

The pipes to/from this raised section appear to be laid under wooden boards - I tapped my way across the kitchen floor towards the bathroom with the end of a screwdriver and it definitely changed the sound when I moved off the pipe ducting.

PoP

Hello PoP

Is it likely it once supplied something there which has now been removed, and the feed for the bathroom was taken from there as "it's convenient and out of sight"?

I can't see it being easier to add two 90' bends under the floor to bring up the pipe to make it easier to add another.