Hiding The Central Heating Pipes, Chasing Walls - Home Renovation Ron.
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2024
- The plans for the house have escalated as usual! I couldn't live with with those pipes sticking out of the wall, such a small detail that no one has worried about before, but I guess I'm not normal.
Huge thanks to Chris and his amazing team at CN Plumbing and heating, very impressed with their work, look them up if you're in the East of England!
Still lots of work to do, but I can see the end now!
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Great work there Ron. Plumbers must've been pleased that you did all the ground work so they could just get on with it.
Thanks mate, it was more to the point of the more I do the less i have to pay them 🤣🤣
The plumbers work is very neat 👌🏻
Thankyou ❤
Im doing the opposite to my rads. Previous owners had buried the pipe in the wall , when one of the poor fitting valves started leaking it was a nightmare to fix. All the heat now enters the room and not the north facing outside wall. I thing shiny copper pipes look nice.
That's why our guys put as few joins as possible in the wall itself, thanks for watching 😁
I’ll be doing this in my house. Thought to do it myself but I think I’ll get a plumber in and it’ll be done in a day or two rather than a week
I've been doing the rest of the house myself, but I thought I'd leave this to the professionals. I'm glad I did as their experience on bending and routing the pipes was amazing 😁
Hi Ron, how did you go about filling in the chases with the fabric on the copper pipes? What did you do in the end? Thanks
There is another video after this showing the whole process. Be easiest to find if you look in my playlists and look under Home Renovation Ron 👍
Hi there
Great video, what did the guys use to cut the walls. They made such neat cuts
They used a grinder (with a Hoover attachment) to cut two slots top to bottom, then used an air chisel to chop out between the two lines. Thanks for watching 😁
Great video. We have just moved into a property where we are having pipe problems. Lots of loud banging when we have the heating and hot water on. Lasts for about two hours after it’s been turned off. Our pipes are well and truly hidden which is the problem because we are considering getting the upstairs pipes relayed. Can I ask what made you go for copper pipes over a plastic system?
Thanks for watching 😁 it sounds like you've got a blockage or trapped air somewhere and its bubbling around after it stops pumping. I went for copper as that's what the plumbers recommended, more reliable joins and better to form into the complex shapes they were making.
I had to flush the rest of they system 3 times to get the sludge out, the additives you can put in for a day and then flush out are great.
We just had to have all of the copper plumbing removed from our house and replaced with plastic. The copper had deteriorated and was leaking in several places.
How did your new fashionable radiators perform in the winter?
They've been great, get just as hot as a traditional rad. I under spec'd the btu for the room as I use the fire mostly, so they should have both been doubles, but still do the job, just take longer to warm the room on their own.
Very nice. Where did you get the grey radiators from? Thanks
I got then online but can't remember now. Google Designer Radiators and lots will come up.
@@SuperRon ok will do many thanks mate.
Am near watching this video because I need this doing in my house, but it’s finding someone who is good at there job and not a cow boy these days.
Would love to know how much this would of cost.
I paid a local company 5k to install a new combi boiler and fit 4 new radiators (We supplied). They have used plastic piping and chased them into the wall.. their excuse (as we expected copper) is that it's better when behind the wall (less expansion etc). Is this correct? Also do the plastic pipes need insulating etc? As currently they haven't done this and I want to make sure I'm not being ripped off.
Any advice much appreciated. Thanks!
Not sure on the pros and cons I'm afraid, they recommended copper that they use on jobs like this so I left it to the experts.
Do you know why they replaced the 2 rad pipes with 4, as they still T of the same pipe?
I'm not sure to be honest, I guess better flow to each individual radiator. They work great now 😎
@@SuperRon Great video, just researching for myself. I sat and thought about this question to get inside of the plumber's mind :-) I would guess the answer is this is the only way not to have a joint of any kind (t-joint) in the wall... this approach means the manifold you described upstairs is where all the action happens. Also, the pipes would have to cross over each other and take up more space in the chased-out wall.
Very good point about there then being a joint in the wall, that is probably it 👍
Copying Goonzquad? Cars to house renovations. I was wondering when you would post again. 👍👍👍 Keep the posts coming. 😀
The low budget edition 😂 the house work has paused the car work at the G-unit at the minute, but still plenty of autoshack content coming 😁
Which radiators are those and where did you get them from?
Type Designer Radiators into google and loads will come up.
@@SuperRon are any brands better than others?
If you need to remove the radiators to decorate etc,,,,, the pipes to the radiator tails look too short to be able to undo the valves from the rads and move them aside as they would be too rigid. I this you would need to remove the radiator and valves together and undo the pipe coming up from the bottom which would be a pain (have to drain rather than turn off valves.
It might be close, it's not the end of the world if I do have to take them off the pipe side and drain, it's not a regular activity and look great with minimal piping.
@@SuperRon I agree. It’s how mine are.
I can officially reply now, i have just taken the rads off with the valves in place! it was tight but they went!
Doesn’t actually show you how to chase out when pipes are in situ.
No I didn't want to disturb the guys working.
What are the names of those radiators and where I can get them ??
They're called designer radiators, I got them online, give them a google 😁
Thank you Sr I’m also in the process on renovating my rental so I wanna hide the pipes as well
Did you get any plaster cracking?
No nearly 2 years now and still looks just as good. 😁
I found couple carcking around the chasing column. I tried to use mesh tape or drywall filler but don't really work. Do you have any clue how to repair it?
@fanco561 mine is still fine with no cracking with my method. Maybe you need to take more out into a V before filling again
@@SuperRon Thanks for replying. I will do again.
Sorry one more question. Once heat turns on, is it really hot if you touch the chasing area?I found the difference is mine seems not cover by heat insulation. @@SuperRon
Take photos with measurements for future
Great tip 👍
how much did it cost
It was around the £1000 mark. There was other pipework they fixed too.
Why would you buy single and not double rads 🤦♂️
Two Singles forfil the requirements of the room fine, so wasn't needed, plus theres a wood burner in the room too
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