I always put a length of foam pipe insulation around the pipe where a cable crosses it.The electrical cables touching the 22mm pipe is not the best.
I always put a length of foam pipe insulation around the pipe where a cable crosses it.The electrical cables touching the 22mm pipe is not the best.
You need good clearance with these otherwise as they get old and more brittle you risk damaging them, is this where new plastic pipe has been connected to the original pipework ?Another issue and see this next photo is that the plastic pipe connectors sit proud of the joist/
I doubt nail clips will fit (unless the joist has been deep cut! ). Suggest you get some flat felt pipe lagging and try to wrap this around the pipe where it passes though the joist. This is always a good idea in such cases as it will also eliminate the annoying expansion noises that occur when heating and cooling.Hi and thanks for replying - the cat 5 accidently is not alongside mains
Good thought I would take the nails out but don't know how best to hold the pipes in such a confined space willlooksee if nail in ones will fit.
Leave the nails and just wrap them with cloth tape, or slip a bit of plastic tube over them.Hi and thanks for replying - the cat 5 accidently is not alongside mains
Good thought I would take the nails out but don't know how best to hold the pipes in such a confined space willlooksee if nail in ones will fit.
I’m not sure I’d agree. Our 1900s house upstairs floors were butchered around in the ‘70s for ch pipes and wiring. ‘Craftsmen’ back then didn’t seem to care much about the butchery work they did on joists that were already a bit old and twisted.I suggest lay a chipboard/ply floor over, even if its not T&G, you'll not need as many fixings less risk involved in fixing single floor boards, you can mark it showing the pipe and cable runs, + felt insulate the pipes over the joists as has been suggested.
22mm is probably a hot water pipe anyway so should be totally insulated.I always put a length of foam pipe insulation around the pipe where a cable crosses it.
The problem then is how do you get the pipes through without using a lot of connectors. What I have seen, I believe an european concept is cable and pipe runs that allow external access so changing or adding pipework is an easy job but in the UK they just throw so called houses up without any thought for future owners.Pipe's should go through middle of joists too.
Notches and holes should always be in the first and last third of the span not the middle: Notching and Boring joists SafelyPipe's should go through middle of joists too.
Esp at the middle of the joist span.
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