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Thanks for your answers. I told them where I wanted the manifold and they didn't send a plan. But I can try to make the box accessible from the stairs. Great point. Thanks. The pipes should have gone through the stairs also but for some weird reason they ran them all through the kitchen. Do you recommend to insulate the back of the manifold on the kitchen wall? IE the Oven? The Boiler is in the floor directly above the manifold. I saw some insulating expansive foam in a can that I could put above the pipes running through the kitchen, or should I just leave it and hope that a busy kitchen day will not turn my kitchen into a sauna.

Hi all, I am just completing a conversion but hired professionals for UFL. What I find strange is that the manifold (RED) is in the kitchen, and all sections (4 excluding kitchen) go through the kitchen floor and not through the staircase (behind the kitchen) and therefore leaving the potential to overheat the kitchen, when all areas are on and kitchen is already at temperature. Should't they have taken into consideration that the kitchen is potentially the warmest place in the house and it will become a potential sauna? Also the Manifold is right behind the oven and stove. Can I should I insulate the pipes from the screed? Will lay down normal sand+cement screed... Any pointers really appreciated. Thanks