Welcome, Guest. Please Login or Register
Welcome To Ask The Trades!
Mar 28th, 2024, 1:54pm
Quote: If your car could travel at the speed of light, would your headlights work?


Page Index Toggle Pages: 1
Send Topic Print
Hot water pipe run above central heating pipe run (Read 1553 times)
Gammy_leg
Junior Member
**
Offline

If in doubt, dig it out.

Posts: 96


Total Thanks: 0
For This Post: 0


Gender: male



Hot water pipe run above central heating pipe run
Jan 24th, 2017, 5:42pm
 
Hi,

I'd like to run a new hot water pipe from my new combi boiler to the bathroom. The hot water pipes currently run half way around the county before they get to the bathroom and I'm wasting about 2 sinks of water before it gets hot enough to have a wash.

The shortest route follows the line of a central heating pipe run and I was thinking of reaming out the existing central heating joist holes and sitting the hot water pipes on top of the central heating pipes. This will reduce the time for at least warm water to get to the bathroom and also cut back on wasting water.

Can I ream out the holes to accept the hot water pipe as long as I stay withing the 25% max diameter rule?

Thanks
Back to top
 
Thank User For This Post View members image gallery  
IP Logged
 
woodsmith
Global Moderator
Trade Member
Author
*****
Offline


Posts: 4395


Total Thanks: 135
For This Post: 0


Gender: male

Trade: Joiner

Re: Hot water pipe run above central heating pipe run
Reply #1 - Jan 26th, 2017, 8:45am
 
I would have thought it would be very difficult to ream out the holes without the risk of puncturing the existing pipes, why not just drill another hole a few inches away?
Back to top
 
Thank User For This Post View members image gallery  
IP Logged
 
Page Index Toggle Pages: 1
Send Topic Print