Not happy with installation of Central heating-ADVISE

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bridgedino wrote: »

That's quite an 'industrial' looking installation.

I'd be very unhappy too. Seems to be a cheep boiler with an even cheeper looking installation

Are your floors concrete ?

A bit of paint on those pipes and it'll look a lot less 'industrial'.

I think my main (maybe only) complaint would be the positioning. It doesn't look awful, if it were tucked away somewhere.

thescouselander

bridgedino wrote: »

That's quite an 'industrial' looking installation.

I'd be very unhappy too. Seems to be a cheep boiler with an even cheeper looking installation

Are your floors concrete ?

^^^^This. That's a very ugly looking installation. The pipes seem to be all over the place - I wouldn't have handed over money for that.

unclebulgaria

I think you have to be given better advice firstly.
You can bury pipes into a wall, if its solid brick under the plaster it wont be cheap at all, I've done it and it a lot of work and the pipes need to me covered with tape to protect them from corrosion.
If the walls are modern "dot and dab" then pipes could be hidden under the plasterboard but still need covering for protection.
If the walls are thermolite block or cinder block then if you were to channel out the wall you would break the face of the blocks and end up with very deep holes that are no use whatsoever.
The Boilers piping isn't ideal but I really doubt you'll get those hidden as that wall looks like solid plaster on brickwork.
I can't see the rads but not sure why the installer decided to bend the two CH pipes dropping from the boiler. Might have looked better on the right side of the boiler and been easier to cover up with boxing.

sniggings

if in a different place, not such a problem, was there nowhere better to put it?

Now it's there I would just put plastic/wood covers over the pipes, it'll be far cheaper than burying them and will look a lot better than now.

Keep_pedalling

Shellgirl wrote: »

No, all wooden floorboards!
I am very unhappy....I'm shocked that people think gas pipes on display up the middle of a wall is excepable!
Well I've learnt my lesson....apparently I need to know all the ins and outs of a trade so I can ask questions and make sure they do it properly!

You don't have exposed gas pipes running up the wall those are all water pipes. There appears just to be a small section of gas pipe coming in from what looks like an external wall, and I don't recommend chasing that lot into a solid brick wall, especially an external one.

A better solution would be to rip out that rather tired looking bathroom suit, and box in the whole wall which would enable you to get an extra layer of insulation installed as well. Unfortunately that is not so easy now the boiler has been installed, but probably easier than reinstalling the piping.

Francesanne

espresso wrote: »

That is one picture.

I'd be very unhappy too. That's ghastly mess. Good luck getting it rectified.

Keep_pedalling

For the copper pipes leading to the rads you can get some white plastic leaving to go over that, which looks much better than paint.

I've just seen the pic of the external gas pipe, which does confirm that it is a solid brick wall. I would not worry about that too much unless the lower part of that pipe work is vulnerable to being bashed in which case some capping would be in order.

NICHOLAS_2

The pipes running to the radiators is unsigthlty, i don't get why they would not have took them into the floor and brought them back up if the floor was just boards.

The boiler plonked in the middle of a wall, it would seem, is also odd. Better in a corner so that it could be boxed it.

I guess you could always stud off the bathroom wall to cover some of the pipes and box it in.

I would want the rad pipes rerouted though, boxing will look trampy.

Maybe they thought the house looked like a tip and you wouldn't be bothered.

pendragon_arther

That is the way they install the pipes nowadays, but the plumber should have covered them with ducts. You then paint the walls and ducts with the same colour to help hide them.

Seronera

First things first. External piping is the norm in that boiler situation,and also piping downstairs radiators using external "drops" from the upstairs is also perfectly normal. Recessing pipes is not always possible, never mind practical, and it will come at a cost as its a lot of work. Also its a disaster when you get a leak,and people drill holes through buried pipes.......and they do believe me.

BOILER ONLY

Having said all that,that pipework is a mess, and if the rest of the house is the same I do sympathise. When you do drops you can make attempts to hide them, either by running the pipes behind curtains, or taking them to a corner where they are more discreet and can be more neatly boxed in.

Those flow and return pipes do not even look straight up the wall, and the lower pipework is not straight and what is going on with those bends beneath the boiler. Aesthetically its very displeasing. Now my pipework is not perfect,but I try a lot harder than that. I used to work with a lad who won awards for his pipework,and I have to say his work was fantastic,