jpadie Posted Friday at 22:00 Share Posted Friday at 22:00 I've got a small mini-split with the usual two refrigerant lines, cable and condensate pipes coming out of the side of the building. Building is clad with black fibre cement. What do others do to box in / hide the external mini-split pipes? Are there good ducting systems for air con pipes? I was thinking of using 100mm waste pipes and cutting a channel in the back to allow the pipes to slide. Anyone tried that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markocosic Posted Friday at 22:16 Share Posted Friday at 22:16 Neatest? Hide them behind the cladding. Easiest after the fact? Black air conditioning trunking. Comes in to halves. Clips together. Ends and bends etc all available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpadie Posted Friday at 22:25 Author Share Posted Friday at 22:25 6 minutes ago, markocosic said: Neatest? Hide them behind the cladding. Easiest after the fact? Black air conditioning trunking. Comes in to halves. Clips together. Ends and bends etc all available. Thanks Thought about doing it under the cladding and was the original plan. But there is a flange joint in both refrigerant lines that has already had leakage. I felt it would be better to leave it serviceable. I didn't know about AC trunking. Not in the Screwfix catalogue! Will hunt for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markocosic Posted Saturday at 10:14 Share Posted Saturday at 10:14 (edited) IMO don't install that way rather than trying to make midpipe joints serviceable: - Route pipework for indoor unit such that the flares are indoors behind the unit. (there's space for this designed in) - Buy longer linesets when installing or have the installer braze them. - Use a leak detector when installing (heated diode units are about £50-75 and sensitive down to 3grams/year) Edited Saturday at 10:15 by markocosic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell griffiths Posted Saturday at 11:13 Share Posted Saturday at 11:13 Plus one to brazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpadie Posted Sunday at 08:55 Author Share Posted Sunday at 08:55 22 hours ago, markocosic said: IMO don't install that way rather than trying to make midpipe joints serviceable: - Route pipework for indoor unit such that the flares are indoors behind the unit. (there's space for this designed in) - Buy longer linesets when installing or have the installer braze them. - Use a leak detector when installing (heated diode units are about £50-75 and sensitive down to 3grams/year) I don't think that's permitted for these splits. The lines going into the indoor unit are brazed. The first line set is 2m and because there's propane as a refrigerant I'm led to believe that no joints can be inside the structure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markocosic Posted Sunday at 10:57 Share Posted Sunday at 10:57 Ah, propane! In which case braze the lot bar the joint at the outdoor unit 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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