Gas pipe run

[dave1]

but to be honest, i know i said its expensive but i quoted £500 for the job as i didnt want it. All it is is installing hob and pipework for washing machine and sink

Sounds like a sweet little job.

 

[mutley racers]

i hope it turns out that way. I am still waiting for that simple job. Also, I am on a job which i am running over by 2 days and over £100 on materials. so this will make up for that

 

[mutley racers]

Grrrrrrrrrrr! Easy money, not

 

[mutley racers]

Well fellers, we all thought it was easy money today with this little bit of pipework. But like I said last night, I am still waiting for that easy job where nothing going goes wrong. And I thought his was the one. I was just putting my last clip on the waste pipe when pffffffff I drilled right into an old live bit of barrel. Luckily it was quite low to the floor so I just chiseled up the wall and floor to get to the closest joint to plug it. What a bugger...

 

[mutley racers]

I tell you what, I needed the middle sized stillsons to get it to budge. What a mission. Kind of enjoyed it though. Not actually sure where the pipe was going as it was right at the back of the house going up towards the bathroom. No fires up there

 

[Destroyer2813]

Feel your pain did the same as that drilling a pilot drill through for a waste core couple of years ago

 

[mutley racers]

Any ideas why they left these gas pipes where they are and live but not supplying anything? The kitchen gas supply is new in copper and the meter is next to the kitchen under the stairs but they left lots of live barrel in the walls and popping up through the kitchen floor

 

[mfgs]

I normally drill through cables, not pipes. Worst one was a cooker supply run diagonally across a wall that I hit when doing the core hole for the flue. I had to sit down for 10 mins after that.

 

[mutley racers]

horizontally run and buried, naughty. yeah, i sat down and had lunch as soon as it happened as I was expecting to finish and have sarnies on way to next job.

 

[Deleted member 32524]

Tracpipe is useful however for a 2m run a roll will not be cost effective. I may be wrong but I think you only get rolls of it?! Keep it simple use a length of copper and some plastic pipe to sheath it and do as you are thinking.

 

[Reg Man]

Copper wrapped with Denso is OK, but you should cover the denso with polythene as well because Denso is not restitant to ingress of cement and it will dry out.

Personaly I would use plastic coated copper, its alot less messy and makes a better job.