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I am building an extension on my house. The downstairs room has a concrete floor, cavity brick/block walls and I am planning on dry lining the walls using dot and dab. This room will have a radiator under the window and I have just realised that I don't know how to run the central heating pipes to this radiator. The pipes will need to run down the wall from the ceiling. In existing rooms I have pipes running down the corner of the room, boxed in, but I assume that I can do something more clever in the extension.
How can I conceal the central heating pipes in the dot and dab wall? Is copper or plastic pipe better for this - the rest of the plumbing in the house is copper, I have a reasonable amount of experience with copper pipe but no experience of plastic pipe. I assume that the pipes are normally run down the wall and then the plasterboard is fixed on top? Is there anything special that I need to do to insulate the pipes, eliminate noises as the pipes heat/cool, protect the pipes from the dot and dab, etc?
Any tips welcome!
Thanks
How can I conceal the central heating pipes in the dot and dab wall? Is copper or plastic pipe better for this - the rest of the plumbing in the house is copper, I have a reasonable amount of experience with copper pipe but no experience of plastic pipe. I assume that the pipes are normally run down the wall and then the plasterboard is fixed on top? Is there anything special that I need to do to insulate the pipes, eliminate noises as the pipes heat/cool, protect the pipes from the dot and dab, etc?
Any tips welcome!
Thanks