plumbing within a new stud wall?

weezl74

Hi,

I wonder if there are any builders reading the forum who can offer some advice...

My partner is planning on building a new stud wall to form the wall of our bathroom.

This wall will need to house the plumbing, coming up from the floor.

Does anyone know how you go about doing this? All the info we've found on building stud walls suggest one piece of timber along the base of the wall, in say 3x4 timber, but how would you get a pipe up through this.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

The suggestion 'get a builder in' has already been noted!:D

Cheers all,:beer:

Weezl x

thebaldwindowfitter

drill a hole through the sole plate then put noggings in(horizontal timbers)higher up to fasten pipes to with pipe clip

Mutton_Geoff

If you're planning to put a radiator, towel rail or fix a sink to that new wall, make sure your noggins go in the right place to fix the items to. It will be stronger than trying to fix heavy stuff to the new wall using plasterboard plugs.

I'd also use heavier Rockwool insulation rather than standard loft insulation in the wall to provide better sound insulation from the next room. Nothing worse than hearing your partner ablute whilst you're still in bed!

weezl74

Thanks both!

So, we pre drill a hole in the sole plate at the point the pipes emerge from the floor then drop the plate over the copper fixings?

Is the sole plate the same as the 3x4 batten/timber running along the base of the stud wall?:o

Weezl x

ormus

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k162/ormus55/guesswhat/studwallplumbing2.jpg

its an american diagram, but it shows the pipes/studwall ok.

ps. 4x2 is usually ok for stud walls.

weezl74

Hi and thanks for all the responses so far...

Forgive the multiple questions here, but are the plastic quick-fit plumbing joints/elbows etc and plastic pipes any good for re-routing the plumbing, our fear is that if we housed something leaky within a wall we'd be in big trouble!:o:D

Thanks for any suggestions (and great diagram ormus!)

Weezl x :beer:

ormus

with plastic plumbing you should try and not use any joints inside the wall.
even with soldered copper pipe, its best to test the system before closing up the wall.

secure all pipes properly. leaks are usually caused by pipe movement.

lagi

4 x 2 or 3 x 2 timber will be fine for stud wall.

Devon_Hippo

weezl74 wrote: »

Thanks both!

So, we pre drill a hole in the sole plate at the point the pipes emerge from the floor then drop the plate over the copper fixings?

Is the sole plate the same as the 3x4 batten/timber running along the base of the stud wall?:o

Weezl x

There is a good diagram here - http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/partition_wall.htm which explains the terminology and some things that should be done and for the UK market (the US are a little different)