Visible pipes!!

Purple-flower

Hello everyone,

I would like to hide some visible pipes by placing them in the walls. Just wondered what the logistics of this are? Is it easy for a builder to do? are there some types of walls to which this cannot be done? I'm a DIY novice at the moment so please be gentle with me . A bit of an idea is in the pics below:

I would like to go from this:



to this (not the decor, although it is lovely) clean walls no pipes:




Any help is much appreciated Thank you

SailorSam

The way i found the best and the neatest was to get a piece of coving, the type you normally have the top of the wall by the ceiling. It should be hollow behind and big enough to hide the pipes
On show you can either paint or wallpaper over it.

moonrakerz

If coving won't do it, use mdf skirting board to box it in.

googler

More to the point, what purpose do the pipes serve?

Are they your water supply? The upstairs or downstairs neighbour's? Send & return for your central heating?

The walls look solid, plasterwork on brick, so that would make burying them in the walls more difficult. Would be easier in a modern house with plasterboard on wooden studwork.

As previous folks say, get someone to build an mdf surround, or build a false wall from plasterboard and wooden studwork to cover them. You'll lose a few inches of that corner of the room, but it'll get you to where you want to be.....

Wookey

If your still working on that chimney breast/fireplace then what might be possible to do is have the pipes relocated and dropped down the side of the fireplace. A small stud wall can then be erected adding a few inches to the width of the chimney breast and covering the pipes. Another solution would be to trak the wall and bury the pipes into it. Either of these will be a completely hidden solution. Boxing in the pipes is also possible and would be the easiest/cost effective way out however you are still left with something to "look at", really depends on how you look at it.

Dippypud

http://www.encasement.co.uk/?gclid=CMz-sI-dmKkCFcod4QodJX_oug

http://www.screwfix.com/p/double-pipe-cover-15mm-pack-of-4/79354?cm_mmc=GoogleBase-_-Datafeed-_-Heating%20and%20Plumbing-_-Double%20Pipe%20Cover%2015mm%20Pack%20of%204

http://www.wickes.co.uk/copper-tube-pipe-cover/invt/420300/

ormus

http://www.thediyworld.co.uk/boxing_in_pipes.html

how to box pipes in.
you can use plywood, mdf or plasterboard.

diable

To be honest if it was me and I wanted to keep the aesthetics of the room intact I would chase the wall out and would replace the copper pipes with plastic pipe.

lidlest

we had these ugly pipes everywhere - gas pipes right? Get it capped off at the supply and then just pull them all off, out or in.

If in future you want a gas fire/ new people want gas fire it is pretty reasonable to get a pipe put in direct. (or tough they cant have it).

ormus

highly unlikely to be gas pipes.
most likely to be the CH water pipes. flow and return.

1jim

I would hav thought water pipes also for CH. I would just box them in, a quick cheap and relativly easy diy job. I have done this with mdf in the past. If you go to a woodyard they will usually cut it to size for you so its just a dimple job of fixing it up. I attached mine to wooden battens for stability