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Title: Need help please
Post by Viresh on Dec 10^th, 2021, 9:54pm

Our house is under renovation our builder has laid copper pipes and some electricals wiring in a concrete trench and lagged copper pipes with some black hair felt material cloth kind of material which he has than covered and levelled everything up with sand cement mix. Is it a right thing to do? Am I running a risk of leak in coming years Please advise what can I do over here

Title: Re: Need help please
Post by Natedog on Dec 11^th, 2021, 1:49am

You can get a plastic tray that sets into the concrete and had a drop in wooden top panel to allow for access. Depends what sort of flooring is going down as to whether you can use it or not.

Whilst I'm not a fan of burying pipes in floors or walls, it's not always easy to avoid.

Title: Re: Need help please
Post by Viresh on Dec 11^th, 2021, 7:39am

We will putting tiles and water ufh over it

Title: Re: Need help please
Post by woodsmith on Dec 11^th, 2021, 10:36am

Sounds like your plumber knows what he is doing and so I assume he has pressure tested the pipes before covering the them. In which case you should have no problems now or in the future.

Title: Re: Need help please
Post by Lectrician on Dec 12^th, 2021, 6:11pm

Sounds pretty normal, and preferable if there are any joints.