Advice on radiator pipe location in bathroom

[DazJWood]

I am redoing a bathroom and have stripped out everything except for a new toilet temporarily plumbed in.

Walls are back to the breeze block and brick work. Floor is back to floor board. I plan to tile both the walls and floor.

Walls will either be the marmox type boards or hardie backer board (tanked in shower area). Floor will be probably overboarded with plywood and potentially hardie too.

I have the pipe runs sorted for shower, toilet and basin but now need to adjust the old central heating pipes for a radiator. I will be installing a vertical radiator.

How do I go about working out where the pipes need to go? I have the radiator and valves so know the pipe centres but am not sure of the best approach for planning the distance from the wall.

I can bring the pipes up from the floorboard (like the old installation) or bring them out the wall by channeling into the breeze block. I would prefer to bring them up from the floor ideally; though I can see the advantage of coming out from the wall (determine how high it needs to be and bring out the pipes at the correct centres). If I bring them up from the floor then do I calculate where the final wall will finish (marmox board and adhesive depth plus tile and tile adhesive depth), then calculate depth of radiator (with valve) to wall depth and then plumb in the pipes? Or is there a better way to do it?

Thanks in advance,

Daz

 

[Rob Foster]

Often nowadays just leave an upstand and flexies do,the rest
centralheatking

 

[Aire]

Often nowadays just leave an upstand and flexies do,the rest
centralheatking

Flexi's to a radiator? I hope that's not a serious answer

 

[Aire]

I'd bring my pipes out the wall, too many variables to guarantee your pipes been accurate out the floor.

 

[Windy]

I would either estimate finished wall depth as you have a fair bit of adjustment available on a towel rail fixings but channel the wall will allow you to set the pipes up correctly first time.

 

[Rob Foster]

Flexi's to a radiator? I hope that's not a serious answer

well to be honest because my main gaff has been sold for demolition there was not much point in doing things properly, but the cylinder gave up 2 years ago just as we signed the deal,
these deals take ages so I wizzed out got a new cylinder banged it in and I was in a hurry so just joined it all up with flexies ..hot water side and the heating flow and return. guess what ? we are off next week before the 360's come in and demo it but my temp fix /bodge worked fine style for over 2 years Rob Foster aka
centralheatking
I also do know how to do things properly I was gsr, corgi,acops,
acts and certified on medical gas and hydrogen installation

 

[Aire]

well to be honest because my main gaff has been sold for demolition there was not much point in doing things properly, but the cylinder gave up 2 years ago just as we signed the deal,
these deals take ages so I wizzed out got a new cylinder banged it in and I was in a hurry so just joined it all up with flexies ..hot water side and the heating flow and return. guess what ? we are off next week before the 360's come in and demo it but my temp fix /bodge worked fine style for over 2 years Rob Foster aka
centralheatking
I also do know how to do things properly I was gsr, corgi,acops,
acts and certified on medical gas and hydrogen installation

So if you know how to do things properly why tell op to bodge it? He needs a permanent nice looking finish, not a make do repair until his house is demolished.

 

[king of pipes]

Chop the pipes in the wall and bring them out at the rad valve centres something like this. Kop

 

[DazJWood]

Thanks for all the advice!!
Lol except for the flexis idea! I certainly won't be doing that!

I will channel them into the wall like the photos King of Pipes has posted. Nice finish!

Many thanks again,

Daz

 

[Rob Foster]

Thanks for all the advice!!
Lol except for the flexis idea! I certainly won't be doing that!

I will channel them into the wall like the photos King of Pipes has posted. Nice finish!

Many thanks again,

Daz

My flexi idea was tongue in cheek daz...let us have some piccys when your done ...keep in touch we like to get payback for advice, good luck. chking Kop is as he states king