Some advise on finishing shower room around pipes

drummer_666

Hello,

I have a shower room which I need to finish off.

It's hard to get a decent photo as the room is small, but basically I need some sort of plastic trim I guess to go around the pipes and the woodwork and above the door to finish it off.

Does anyone have any ideas?





I also have a plug socket, where the metal bit has snapped off inside the casing, where you would screw into. Has anyone got any ideas to get around this?

Thanks a lot

cattie

The pipe work needs boxing in really, anything else is going to give a very cheap & nasty look.

27col

On some sockets it is possible to remove the adjusting part and replace with one from another socket box. If not, then the box will need to be replaced. Not a difficult job.

plumb1_2

Thats a bad install of the pipes. They need stripping back and altering so you can box them in.

drummer_666

but boxing in the pipes with what, that's a second stop !!!! so really needs to be accessible so not be tiled over

regarding the socket, how can the box be changed as there are elec cables running down to it and across to other boxes. would that not mean cutting plasterboard back for access etc?

cajef

drummer_666 wrote: »

regarding the socket, how can the box be changed as there are elec cables running down to it and across to other boxes. would that not mean cutting plasterboard back for access etc?

You switch the electric off at the mains, disconnect the socket and remove the box from the wall feeding the cables out through the hole in the box, fit a new box in the wall feeding the cables back through, make good any plaster you may have removed with a filler then reconnect and switch the supply back on.

If you are not capable of that then call an electrician before you electrocute yourself.

flashg67

Box it in but put an access door in for the stop c0ck - example - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/White-Access-Panel-Inspection-Hatch-Plastic-Revision-Door-150-200-250-300-400-/221350547783?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item3389855147

For the socket, you will have to remove and refit all the wires to remove & replace the socket box (after switching off at the mains of course!).

plumb1_2

You need to change the backbox, or you can drill the back of the backbox and plug/screw it. Red rawplug and a 2" x 6's pan head screw.

plumb1_2

drummer_666 wrote: »

but boxing in the pipes with what, that's a second stop !!!!

Box it in with plywood, and fit a access panel .

27col

drummer_666 wrote: »

but boxing in the pipes with what, that's a second stop !!!! so really needs to be accessible so not be tiled over

regarding the socket, how can the box be changed as there are elec cables running down to it and across to other boxes. would that not mean cutting plasterboard back for access etc?

Of course the plaster would need to be cut back a bit. but it is still not a problem. The wires went into the box and they can come out just as easily. It isn't rocket science, just a bit fiddly.

drummer_666

couldn't have taken the back box out, as there is a socket below it under the counter, and the cable fed thru this box and continued to the bottom one, but have been able to drill into the wall and use a long screw - so thanks for that idea.


As to boxing in the pipes etc, what would you suggest finishing the boxing with? I.e in the photo on the left hand side this is the bit of timber that is part of the stud wall / door frame, but I need to cover it with something - something white but not tiles (don't have more of the same left)

thanks again