My builder is struggling to fit new rads because of floor joist position and noggins in the way of piping vertically. He's said the best he can do is this. It's not very pretty and the pipes will be painted but are there any other options?
Yes, Even leaving the pipes that come through the floor where they are, its quite possible to hide the horizontal pipes just behind the bottom of the radiator, then bring them to the lockshields/TRV with a wee bend down, a 90 elbow to come forward then long street elbow directly into the compression fitting.
Cheers Hans, I suggested running against bottom of rad but he said only option was to run along floor. Likely to have a problem with vacuum if did that
Why can't they run under the floor - notching joists if need be and bending around any joists that can't be notched?
A bit messy. As in Han's photo, I would have brought both pipes up one end & ran one up behind radiator. And I also say that radiator is a bit small for that room. Think the builder should stick to building & find a decent plumber.
I think the noggins are directly under the rad pipes. Says u can't notch noggins and I think he's right on that front
Can’t the noggins be cut out, pipes run neatly then noggins replaced in a slightly different position ? They’re only there to stiffen up joists and stop any twisting. Not super critical if they’re moved 100mm left or right Of course, it’s always easier when viewing from your keyboard, that I realise but .......... those pipes would annoy the heck outta me (you as well it seems) What type of rad is it ? Double panel double convector .... looks like it’s got a lot of work to do
Robster52,Them short vertical pipes will get in the way of the skirting board (if a skirting board is to being used) The rad can be piped in any fashion,heck its 2019 and so easy to conceal pipes and make a neat job of it.Builders doing diy plumbing omfg. As mentioned by ^ DiyDave the size of the radiator matters,he knows about sizes tbh,we dont know the room heat requirements but to keep it all looking neat a radiator same length as the window will look better and spread the radiator heat output around the room much better. Butt there are many but's.
Toasty might be a tad optimistic, hopefully no longer freezing cold. Got 3 weeks off in Oct to take out the kitchen/lounge wall and rebuild the main spine wall so as to create a bigger kitchen. Oh, and rewiring the whole house while all the ground floor ceilings are down
A bit of a mess to be honest. I can’t think of any real reason why the pipes couldn’t go straight into each valve. The pipes also look squint and he’s burnt the wall.
It's a double panel single convector 600x600, 2897 btus at 70deg c. According to calculator room req is 1707 so should be well in