Post and beam Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 A neater routing strategy is possible in my build if i drill 20mm holes through the kicker blocks at the insulation/screed boundary height. In my ignorance i cannot see why this is not a good idea. Is this routine, acceptable or a totally stupid idea for reasons i dont understand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 Bigger holes and 25mm conduit. Anything smaller and it's a pain pulling the pipe through. Did it in several places. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Post and beam Posted October 9 Author Share Posted October 9 Thanks dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMo Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 I wouldn't go through any block work, only doorways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Paulie Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 yeah i just drilled 2x25mm holes through the cavity, lined them with 22mm conduit and passed the pipes though. Works without issue. Wasnt easy to get the return leg back through though as obviously you need to feed the entire remaining length back through the hole. I took a rough measurement of what distance i had remaining and cut it, fed it through and added significant swearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Post and beam Posted October 9 Author Share Posted October 9 4 hours ago, JohnMo said: I wouldn't go through any block work Whats the concern? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 6 hours ago, JohnMo said: I wouldn't go through any block work, only doorways. I went through internal walls using 25mm overflow pipe rather than crowd too many pipes in doorways, it saved pipe and easier to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMo Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 10 hours ago, Post and beam said: Whats the concern? Don't think it looks tidy. Don't like taking pipes under non structural walls either. All my pipes went through doorways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 12 minutes ago, JohnMo said: Don't think it looks tidy. Don't like taking pipes under non structural walls either. All my pipes went through doorways. But it’s buried in screed 🤷♂️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnboy Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 I've just finished laying my ufh heating pipes, I've done the same as mentioned above. I drilled a 25mm hole in the dwarf block beneath my studwork, fed a length of 25mm flexi electrical conduit through and then slid my pipe through. The pipe has metres measure markings on it so I read the length of the feed leg before cutting that length and a tad more extra from the remaining reel once the room had been laid, fed this through the return conduit and to the manifold. I still have 2 loops running through the utility doorway, if I'd have put all my loops through the doorway then they would have all been touching, if they'd have even fitted. I think it all looks neat and tidy and will be hidden in a week anyway once the screed is down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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