On Nov 25, 6:22 pm, "Keyser Sose" wrote:
Hi, As mentioned in the post header, is it okay to bury the pipes in
plaster? I wrapped some aluminium foil round the 10mm pipes after moving
some radiators and buried them. It seems ok. Some parts couldnl't be
wrapped in the alu though and are just touching the plaster. Ok to do this?
Steve

A bit of this;
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...11027&ts=80734

inside a bit of this;
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...42300&ts=80780

The old technique used to be to wrap the pipe with Denso tape with a
50% overlap, so there was a double thickness.

Aluminium foil in plaster will start electrolytic corrosion; it's the
foil that will be corroded, I think (can't be bothered to look it up).
You shouldn't embed pipes in an external wall, they'll freeze and the
heat loss to outside will be huge. You didn't say it was an external
wall, but rads are usually on external walls.